‘It was particularly difficult’… This Sambri scene was difficult to shoot for Jonathan Turnbull (Enzo)

This Monday, November 27, France 2 aired the last two episodes of Sambre, its new event mini-series directed by Jean-Xavier de Lestrades, which in 6 episodes tells the story of the hunt for Dino Scala, a serial killer who sexually abused around fifty . Women in 1988-2018.

To embody this complex, multi-faceted character, the director called on Jonathan Turnbull, a young actor seen in the OCS series Sentinelles, who is a true revelation of this fiction. Slipping into the skin of this versatile character was clearly not easy for the actor.

At the press briefing, Jonathan Turnbull admitted that he took on the role without any prejudice and with the full confidence of Jean-Xavier de Lestrades. “I tried to remain bare, without any prejudice, like a blank page“, he explained.

“And I trusted Jean-Xavier throughout the filming. He was leading the dance and I tried to follow. To play such a role, you have to keep a little distance, otherwise you can easily fall into judgment.”

Obviously, there are certain scenes that were more difficult for the actor than others, as he confided to our colleagues. Recreational television.

“I couldn’t go all the way”

Playing a serial killer comes with some difficult scenes to perform, especially the assault scenes. Jonathan Turnbull explained that there was one scene in particular that he didn’t get to finish filming.

“The one when I put the victim on his knees. This was particularly difficult. It was longer in the script, but it was impossible to get to the end of what was written. There were too many. The boy came, we repeated the movements like a choreography, but despite everything, it was difficult..”

As difficult as these scenes were to film, Jonathan Turnbull managed to rise to the challenge, facing one of the revelations of the mini-series.

Find all episodes of Sambre now on the france.tv platform.