“I will not take part in this”: Anna Mughallis returns to the reasons for leaving the Baron Noir series

Actress Anna Mughallis recently testified publicly before a commission of inquiry into violence in the film, audiovisual, performing arts, fashion and advertising sectors. During this audition, he particularly spoke about events that he witnessed during his career that should never happen to any actor, on or off the set.

I found it difficult

at this time talkThe Romanzo criminale actor wanted to talk about writing “sexist” His character in Baron Noir, a political thriller created by Eric Benzekre and completed in 2020.

The actress with a unique voice played Amelie Dorendou in the show, a member of the Socialist Party who became the President of the Republic.
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After asking a character played by Kad Merad to publicly humiliate her and blame her for the scandal, she was attacked on social media for her links to the German chancellor, who was accused during the #MeToo movement. Then we learned through a phone call that Dorendu had ended his life. This revelation closed the 3rd season of the series, until the last day.

If the creator of the series explained this tragic gesture of the character as a narrative arc of Amelie Dorendu, for her translator Anna Muglalis, something else happened behind the scenes:

“We decided that it was necessary to have a relationship with a man, and as a result of having a relationship with this man, he lost interest in politics. (…) He drank alcohol and smoked firecrackers while watching Game of Thrones…Elysée.

Of course, every scene had to start in bed and end in bed. That’s why I said that I will not take part in this and, like in the American TV series “Dallas or Dynasty”, I will die for the first time.

“It’s not clear in the script”Then one of the members of the commission intervenes, who is bested by Anna Muglalis: “Yes, because it’s a realistic series and….

In other words, Anna Mughallis criticizes the fact that her character completely changed her character, abandoning her lifelong professional project and her all-consuming passion for political life after a heartbreak.

I’ve come a long way because I’m a fiction writer

Eric Benzekri, the creator of the series, said during the broadcast of the finale regarding the fate of Amelie Dorendu: “What she’s going through is unbearable. She’s done everything she can. What she’s trying to do has failed every time for unbelievable reasons. This #MeToo affair with the German chancellor is preventing her from achieving the things she values ​​most. She bonds with him when the chancellor’s past resurfaces They call themselves and him names.”

“Politics is about pacifying social relations and clearing violence from social and social relations. And today, in the development of the play, I have the feeling that it is so broken, so disrespected, that it can no longer fulfill its role, and therefore violence is everywhere. That’s my belief, but obviously I went too far because I’m a fiction writer, so I made this impossibility possible by suicide.”

Mughallis testified before the commission in the company of Nina Meuris, also an actress and the recent heroine of the TV series La Fièvre, who herself was associated with Baron Noir. The upcoming series also combines the two worlds, including Kad Merad and Nina Meurisse…but no Anna Mughallis.