This is the actor who “drives Pierre Nini crazy!” Who is Julien de Saint-Jean, one of the apparitions of the Count of Monte Cristo?

The Count of Monte Cristo creates an event at the cinema! The film has already crossed the million mark and is on its way to success. It should easily outscore The Three Musketeers at the box office.

With Pierre Nini’s direction impeccable and invested as always, The Count of Monte Cristo can count on a very good cast that combines established and emerging talent. In the second category, let’s mention Annamaria Bartholomew (still participating in the biographical film Maria), Vasily Schneider, Adele Simfal, but also Julien de Saint-Jean.

“Excited, level of play, technique, talent quite easily”

The 23-year-old actor was visiting recently On the set of Quotidien With Pierre Nines and Vasiliy Schneider. For Pierre Nin, they are “two really outstanding actors”. He adds: “I picked up the strike, the level of play, the technique, the talent quite easily“.

Regarding Julien de Saint-Jean, he continues:Julien is extraordinary in his talent and humility. Both are perfectionists and Julien has a very disturbing, star-like cinematography; He drives me crazy!“

In The Count of Monte Cristo, he plays Andre, an important character who is one of the hero’s protégés: “My agent invited Alexandre and Mathieu to see my first film, Stop With Your Lies. We planned to have a drink to talk about the Monte Cristo script, and I told myself that if I was treated badly, the drink would go. Bitter taste…”

“But everything went well, and after the test with Pierre Nini, they said yes to the role of Andrei, I appreciate the huge risk that the choice of an actor, who was still a beginner, represented Dimitri Rasam and the directors!”

What route to Monte Cristo?

Where does Julien de Saint Jean come from? What is his history before this French blockbuster? He first joined the Lyon Conservatoire in 2016, then, three years later, continued his studies at the Ecole Supérieure d’Art Dramatique de Paris for two years. Wanting to become a comedy profession, he enrolled in Florentine’s course and, at the same time, increased the number of castings. 2021 is a decisive year for him. She is involved in the casting of the television film Emma Bovary as Léon Dupuy, one of Madame Bovary’s lovers, as well as in the 90-minute segment of the revenge porn Mise à nu with Julie de Bona and Sammy Garby.

Two years later, the actor plays one of the two main characters in Paradise, which tells a love story between two young people in a juvenile delinquent center. His performance earned him a nomination for the 2024 César Awards in the category of Male Performance.

Still in 2023, Julien remains on the subject of homosexuality in Olivier Payon’s Stop with your lies. In this drama, he plays Thomas Andrieu, who had a love affair with the young Guillaume de Tonquedec’s character.

In the process, Julien de Saint-Jean joins the impressive cast of one of 2024’s most anticipated films, The Count of Monte Cristo, led by Pierre Nin, Bastien Bouillon and Anais Demostier, which is currently in theaters.

Where will we see him after Monte Cristo?

After The Count of Monte Cristo, Julien de Saint-Jean will be in the cast of La Reparation, a new feature film directed by Varghen, 10 years after Le Temps des aveux. The actor is also expected to star in one of the upcoming French series of the new Max platform, a new adaptation of Dangerous Liaisons, in which he will find Annamaria Bartholomew. Finally, according to Télérama, he will also be seen in a German Netflix series in which he will speak in English. There are plenty of projects for this promising talent to go through!