On Wednesday, September 13, 2023, Netflix offers its subscribers an exclusive opportunity to discover the Tapie mini-series. In this fiction created by Olivier Demangel and Tristan Seguela, Laurent Lafitte steps into the shoes of the famous Bernard Tapp, whose life he recreates in this project divided into seven episodes. In this regard, AlloCiné had the opportunity to speak with the resident actor of the Comédie-Française.
“I made my own Bernard Tapp“
At our microphone, the actor clearly remembered how he continued to prepare for this very embodied role. Laurent Lafitte explained that he obtained information by conducting many readings to trace the evolution of the writing. As for his interpretation, on the other hand, he claims to have no “He worked a lot“.
He explains in our interview, which you can watch above: “With Tristan, I decided to make my Bernard Tapp, which is a kind of infusion of everything I could keep as a spectator of his life (…) I didn’t make a piece that was a little bit more. Copy and paste in American style.“
“Bernard Tapp is difficult“
But that’s not all… Laurent Lafitte also told us why he agreed to play the man who was a business leader, singer, politician and even the “boss” of the Olympique de Marseille: “It is interesting because it is difficult. And because it provokes things, it provokes very opposite reactions, which correspond to many French objections.“
Finally, the one who plays Josephine Japp, Fabrice Lucchin and Camille Chamois in Tapie, told AlloCiné if she could be friends with the man behind her character: “depends on He answered honestly, but not with humor. (…) If he was against him… (laughs) and the argument of ideas amused him, we could have been friends..”
“If he was obsessed, to the point where he always wanted you to change your mind (…), then I’m not sure“, continued Laurent Lafitte… One thing, in any case, is certain, the series Tapie is now available on Netflix, this Wednesday, September 13th.
Source: Allocine
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