“Do you know many people who would do that?” When Queen Jeanne Moreau left her head high on the set of this famous American TV series

A few months after winning an honorary Oscar in 1998, Jeanne Moreau was announced for the casting of Urgences, one of the TV series of the moment. The Jules et Jim actor was chosen to join the hit show, which he left within hours of his arrival!

However, before arriving on the set of Season 6, the actor was excited about the role and said that New Obs :

“This is a new and exciting adventure. I’m a professor of astrophysics, divorced from an English surgeon, and I’m going to Chicago to give a lecture at the Chicago Planetarium. My daughter is having an affair with Dr. Mark Green, whose father she is. Widowed, and my future son-in-law’s father, we’ll probably start an affair.

What happened ?

The departure of the actor to France is the subject of several articles, including one release Rediscovered by our colleagues Recreational television. The actors of the series emphasize that the slamming of Moro’s door is probably the merit of the production of the series. In any case, that’s the thesis of Anthony Edwards, who plays Mark Greene Desert):

It’s incredible pace and energy. It can be overwhelming. It’s very different from just doing one shot a day in a feature film, if that’s what you’re used to.

Therefore, officially, the reason for his departure is precisely the pace of work. Keep in mind that Jeanne Moreau was 72 years old in 2000, and we can easily imagine that a one-episode-a-week series with an extended daily schedule would be a daunting pace for the actress. Especially when we know that the actor had to shoot a narrative arc of five episodes, or potentially 5 weeks of work at this rate. And then the rumors start.

Gossip

Julianne Margulies (Nurse Carol) is sharper in her version of events: “He came, he looked, he left.”

According to Daily Variety at the time, Moreau abruptly left the set a few hours into filming because he was having trouble adjusting to the atmosphere of the series. according to sources LA TimesHe was not an actor “not happy” filming conditions, “I’m especially looking forward to the limo ride” The newspaper writes.

Statements questioned by the president of the Hollywood Association of French Actors, Jean-Paul Vignon: “I’d honestly be surprised if Jeanne Moreau went for the limousine story: she doesn’t have a diva reputation at all.”

At that time, her role was quickly given to British actress Judy Parfitt, who would return for one episode in seasons 7 and 9. For the occasion, the character was named Isabel Corday.

Zhanna Moreau’s version

“I took two shots, the shots are endless”He admitted in an interview with Marc-Olivier Fogel (broadcast Libe). He describes the set as a place where, after 5 years of existence, everyone is roaring, where the text is almost unknown and where he is forced to move. “The van carrying the costumes, with a cute guy named Dallas, the caretaker for the day on the set.”

What Americans perceived more as a demand for stars. But the actor defends his decision:

You need courage to go! Do you know many people who would? Who did not crash in front of the Americans? I was French, European, and I saw that nobody cared!

This bad experience will not prevent Jeanne Moreau from working on the small screen, but in France. We find her as the innocent mother in Les Misérables, then Les Rois checks out the José Dejan versions and two episodes of the Fred Vargas collection.