“Florent Pagni started improvising and I tried to follow”: Samuel Le Bihan (Alex Hugo) recalls his first role.

It has been 10 years since Samuel Le Bihan played Alex Hugo, a rural police inspector, in the same successful series France 2 and now France 3.a giftAs he told La Une, it came at an opportune time in his career when work was lacking.

But before that there was clearly a role that earned him a César nomination for Most Promising Actor in 1996, Captain Conan with Bertrand Tavernier, and a whole successful career from Vénus Beauté (Institute) to The Pact of Loupes, including Jet. Set and Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 – to name just a few.

But if he is one of the most famous names in French cinema today, every actor has to start well and often with small roles: that’s right. Samuel Le Behan And one in particular has it all”scared“…

In an interview with Télé 7 Jours last April, when he was promoting the TV movie Tu neras point from France 2, the actor looked back on his beginnings in the field – with a lot of humor.

“It was in 1988, adapted from Michel Drucker’s novel for the series La Chaîne.“, he explained (via Télé-Loisirs). “I had a very small role and I was scared!A certain Florent Pagni stood in front of him, who began to improvise: then he panicked: “Florent started improvising and I tried my best to follow him!”– he admitted with a laugh.

this important moment Samuel Le Behan He already spoke about it last year on Sud Radio, revealing that it was also the debut of Florent Pagni, who had a crucial choice to make in front of him.

“Florent Pagni was also starting and at that time he had the choice to become an actor because he was very good or to become a singer because he released his first song “Anything” at the same time. He gave us his hit CD in the series at the end of filming.Le Bihan also recalled the words of the project director, who qualified Florent Pagni from “the boss“. He was right. You know what happens next: two great careers for those who mostly participate.

Until the 9th seasonAlex Hugo At the beginning of the year, we were able to Samuel Le Behan Last September, in the series Carpe Diem on TF1, a humorous and unusual fiction in which he played (again) a lawyer.

However, you will be able to find him on December 3, in the iconic role of Alex Hugo in two episodes of the program on France 3 (the first of the 8th season and the second of the 4th season). Otherwise, the series can be seen on France TV.