A More Beautiful Life: These characters changed actors throughout the seasons!
September 11, 2022
8:00 AM
Over the course of eighteen seasons, viewers of Plus belle la vie had time to bond with the characters – and their performers, who grew up over the years. However, some of them changed their faces along the way, due to the departure of actors or production decisions, which caused anger and confusion among fans.
In the weeks leading up to the grand finale of the series, we look back at these characters who have been remade in their everyday lives.
Astrid Fremont
Charles Frémont’s (Alexandre Fabry) wife and mother of their three children, Astrid Frémont has been living in the Mistral district since Season 1, disguised as Florence Brune. In June 2005, he was replaced by Laure Syreix. The character then finds himself banished from his family’s empire and suffers a sad fate as he dies in a car accident after moving to the West Indies.
Nicholas Barrell
A police lieutenant and companion of Thomas Mark (Laurent Kerussorre) during the first season A more beautiful lifeNicolas Barrell was first portrayed by Alexandre Thibault, before being replaced in April 2005 by Belgian actor Nicolas Herrmann, who thus plays his first leading role. The latter still decides to leave the series after two years, leading to his character’s on-screen death. To the surprise of fans, he will appear again in seasons 3 and 5.
Eve Tracer
The character of Eve Tressère in season 7, patron of the beauty salon “Les Belles du Mistral”, has had a lasting impact on fans of the series thanks to Charlie Nunn’s interpretation for almost a year. However, due to incompatibility with the new family life, the actress prefers to give up the role to Charlie Fouquet, who appears in Josephine’s Guardian Angel, to return to Eva Mistral in seasons 13 and 14.
Jonas Malkavian
Jonas, the son of Sasha and Rebecca Malkavian, is played by Pierre-Louis Belle in the seventh season. A more beautiful life. Forced to flee to Brazil, the character returns to Marseille during season 12, meanwhile being replaced by actor Jeffrey Piette.
Patrick Nebutt
When Nebut’s family arrived in 2011 A more beautiful lifeFrank Semonin portrays Police Chief Patrick Nebutt. When he decided to leave the series the following year to join the cast of Research Section and No Limit on TF1, the producer replaced him with Jérôme Bertin. This change is causing an uproar among fans… who are finally coming to terms with it!
Leah Boher (born Leroux)
Introduced in Season 8, Léa Leroux, the daughter of Jean-François (Jean-François Male) and Babette (Marie Reache), is a teenager played by Charlotte Desgin. His character then begins medical research before returning to Marseille at the end of the twelfth season as an intern at a hospital. Charlotte Dassin turned down a production offer to return to the series in order to devote herself to other projects, so in 2016 Leah is now portrayed by Marie Heneres.
Emily Leroux
Like her on-screen twin sister, Emily Leroux changes performers throughout the seasons. Charlie Jorkin, who decides to leave for a more beautiful life in 2014, was thus replaced by Lori Bordesoul in April 2019. Returning to Marseille after his studies, the character becomes a PE teacher at Vincent Scotto High School.
Valentin Nebut
A new character in Season 8, Valentine Nebut is a friendly high school student who keeps failing at love. Three years later, after failing The Bachelor, he flew to the United States… and came back changed. Indeed, it is Valentin Bald who takes the place of Louis Dunnetton, the latter having decided to live a different experience.
Teresa Mark
From 2014 to 2015, Tia Diane played Teresa, the adopted daughter of Thomas Mars (Laurent Cerusor) and Gabriel Riva (Joachim Latzko). When the actor joined the cast of the TV series Guyana, Manon Breche temporarily took over, then also flew to another horizon with a role in the Netflix series Mortel. Thus, she was replaced by Lea Carell, who can be seen in Balthazar in June 2019. Therese’s character then returns from London to help her brother Baptiste (Brian Tresor) who has fallen into chaos.
Coraline Blaine
“Incompatible schedules due to the actor’s professional commitments”: this is the reason for the production A more beautiful life chooses to part ways with Sarah Mortensen, who played math teacher Coralie Blaine for nearly seven years. In the successful detective series, Astrid and Raphael, the latter leaves Mistral for good, and her character is at the center of a dramatic intrigue between Clement Bommel (David Marshall), her companion, and Theo (Jules Fabry), her beau. , with whom he has an affair. At the beginning of the 2019 school year, the audience discovered a new face of Coralie: it was Coralie Audret, who appeared in many series (Fais pas ci, faire pas ça, Research Section, Profiling), who made her first big appearance. A role in television. But in the last season A more beautiful life, the character of Koral, missing for one season, is killed off in the series. The production chose to move away Coral Audrey, which was not unanimous with fans? secret.
Ian Moss
Since 2018, Ian Moss, founder and CEO of GTS A more beautiful life, the role is played by American actor Matt Mella. But in 2021, the audience was surprised to see the character again in a new form, in the form of Samuel Brafman. Another casting change due to the Covid-19 pandemic that didn’t go down well with the public.
Noah Ruiz
The son of Blanche Marc (Cecilia Hornus) and Frank Ruiz (Jean-Charles Chagachbanian), Noah was born in the fourth season of the series. A more beautiful life. Several babies and toddlers alternately play him (Sasha Beregopian, Ange and Noah Heredia, then Baptiste and Johan Krempf) until 2007, when he is played by Elliot de Faria. Finally, for the 17th season, the production decided to grow the character and celebrate his entry into high school by casting a new actor, then 17 years old and unknown to the general public, Florian Lessier.
Bilal Bail
In 2020, the Fedala clan is at the center of an intrigue that sees Elsa (Caroline Burge) take care of her nephews, Nisma and Bilal, after her brother’s death. The latter are interpreted by Ella Philip and Zakaria El Bayal, respectively. When the young actor decides to leave the series, his role falls to Kyle Bennett.
Camila Luna is a writer at Gossipify, where she covers the latest movies and television series. With a passion for all things entertainment, Camila brings her unique perspective to her writing and offers readers an inside look at the industry. Camila is a graduate from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a degree in English and is also a avid movie watcher.
