More than 4.5 million views in one week: Is there a second season planned for this historic Netflix series?

Has the Néro series succeeded in its challenge? The coming days will reveal whether the historic program is a success in the eyes of the platform. But one thing is certain: the French public has been won over by the series starring Pio Marmay as the murderer in 16th-century France.

This fantastic book inspired a Netflix series

A true-false dive into our country’s history, Nero was originally conceived as an adaptation of a fantasy novel. win the war. As development progressed, the decision was made to stick with the original story, and only a few snippets of Jean-Philippe Jaworski’s book were kept in the Netflix series.

A mix of action, adventure and humor, Néro carries the lofty ambitions of a French production like no other. And if the subscribers of the platform did not hesitate to enjoy watching the eight episodes of the show, its main actor Pio Marmai also enjoyed filming the series.

“Above all, I believe Nero made me realize that I only want to work on projects that matter and where I give 200%.”– the 41-year-old actor told our colleagues tele-vacationAnd added that the series “change”.

Nero Season 2? Pio Marmai’s answer!

So, without much of a surprise, Pio Marmai would be more than willing to return to the role of the killer if Season 2 is ordered by Netflix. A decision that had serious consequences for him, the first season required long physical training before shooting:

We shot for five and a half months, which is a very long time. Before that, I followed two months of physical training. All in all, Nero took almost a year of my life to write the project.

In its first week on Netflix, Nero garnered over 4.5 million views worldwide (or over 31.6 million hours watched). A total that allows it to surpass such phenomena as Alice in the Borderlands this week for 3 seasons. In France, this Monday, October 20, it ranks fifth in the ranking of the most watched series of the platform.

All eight episodes of Nero are now available exclusively on Netflix.

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