Recruit: French from Indiana Jones 5 to face Thierry Neuwicz in new TF1 series [EXCLU]

Revealed by Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, in which he lent his features to the character of Ted opposite Harrison Ford and Phoebe Waller-Bridge, young Frenchman Ethan Isidore will soon, according to us, play one of the two main roles. La Recrue, a new TF1 series, opposite Thierry Neivik (mafioso, just look, I lied).

This new project, which is added to the Cat’s Eyes series of events currently in production with Camille Lou, Constance Labe and Claire Romain in the lead roles, will start filming from mid-September in Biarritz and its region, thus expanding the offer. Chain of detective fictions, after Balthazar, Alice Never and the Profiling Verdict.

The Recruit was conceived by screenwriters Pierre-Yves Mora, Adrienne Denis and Marjorie Bosch, and the six 52-minute episodes that make up the first season will be produced by Alexandre Coffre, Alexis Charrier and Pascal Guerre.

A potential Arsene Lupine joins the powerful cop

Of course, expected in 2024 on TF1, The Recruit follows the adventures of Kevin Lorin, an orphan from the suburbs of Paris who was trained by the worst con artists to become a high-flying, potential Arsene Lupin at the age of 18.

While the police intervene in one of his scams on the Basque coast, Kevin, camped by Ethan Isidore, gives up on the run and, to everyone’s surprise, surrenders: he prefers to hang up his gloves before it’s too late. This early retirement takes an unexpected turn when the supervisor recruits him for special infiltration of a murder case. After this “love” experience, he will have only one idea in his mind: to become a police officer! There is no one better than him to “shoot” criminals!

But his noisy arrival at the police station will not be unanimous: if he can count on the trust of Commissioner Trinquant and the goodwill of his young colleague Sophia, for whom he has an undeniable pleasure, things will be much more complicated with Captain Vincent Berro. The role of Thierry Neyvich.

An experienced man and an exceptional policeman, somewhat rigid but always inconsistent, Bero can’t bear to have this unpredictable and uncontrollable child in his hands all the time. A child who also stirs up demons in him that cannot be escaped. However, this atypical duo soon sparks between dangerous pursuits and dangerous infiltrations.

The rest of the actors of the series, and in particular the identity of the actors who will portray Commissioner Trinquant and Sofia, are unknown at this stage.

Seen briefly in episodes of Sam and Mortel, Ethan Isidore thus landed his first recurring role on TV at just 16 years old, and continues to be on his way after getting a lot of buzz this summer thanks to Indiana Jones 5.

Thierry Neuvik, for his part, continues his collaboration with TF1, as he is also expected, in the coming weeks or months, in the credits of season 7 of Sam, where he continues to interpret Laurent with Hélène de Fugeroli, who is Natacha’s replacement. Lindinger in the lead role, but also Chantal Ladessou, Charlotte Gacchio, Fred Testot or even Amory de Creyancourt, who joins the cast for these new episodes.