Tomorrow is ours: “A woman will enter Sebastien Perot’s life”, reveals Xavier Deluc

Alocine: You joined the cast of Tomorrow Belongs to Us a year ago. What conclusions will you draw from this adventure?

Xavier Deluc: I am very happy. I started to feel a little pressure and then gradually calmed down. I have to say that my character is liberating because she has her place among other characters who are more leaders, like the role of Ingrid Chauvin and others. But Sebastian has his place in the script. It represents an ambiguous, neoclassical, sympathetic and somewhat turbulent authority value.

Did you like all these aspects of Sebastian?

At first it bothered me. I thought, “What is this modern godfather?” (laughs). And from the moment I told myself that he was a “godfather” who could allow things to himself and not tolerate them in others, I liked it because I played for fifteen years in the research department of Martin Bernier. He’s a character that brought me a lot, but he was definitely right in the boots. With Sebastian, that changes.

After fourteen years in the research department, were you hesitant to accept another recurring role?

I hesitated, but at the same time I told myself that after the research section, it would be a big leap into the void of questioning the artist who asks himself “Where am I going?”, “What am I”. Do I?”, “How do I find the character and get it back?”. I was in this question that makes me a little dizzy, even if I still wasn’t worried.

Then came this proposal. Before looking at the style or format of the series, I told myself I was going into another realm with Sebastian’s uncertainty. That’s why I found it interesting. Then I watched the series to find out. I thought it was very well shot and very well acted. The producer also told me very well about the project, so I said to myself, “Come on, I’ll try.”

After that I was surprised how it worked. This has been bothering me for a few weeks, because there is no longer a relationship between the direction and the text. As you progress, you’ll get better at this drill so you can play your best.

In the research department, you’ve shot episode after episode, which isn’t the case with Tomorrow Belongs to Us…

Yes. On Tomorrow belongs to us, we don’t know where our characters are going. They explain a little to us, but sometimes we don’t know. It really is everyday life. When you’re in a recurring series like Research Unit and you’re a major player in it, everything doesn’t necessarily revolve around you, it revolves around you. Here it is with you, but know that you are not the only one. So we need to know about it. And at some point I realized that.

How was your meeting with Jennifer Lorette?

Very good. It was influential from the start. And then he throws the balls hard. He’s going!

Will we see Sebastian and Raphael in the next episodes?

Yes, there are some minor controversies surrounding Camille dating. Then there will be others about Sebastian as a woman enters his life. He is going to meet a woman who wants him a lot of favors. But I can’t say more.

What’s interesting about Sebastien is that he becomes soft when he comes in contact with Maud (Sixtine Dutheil) and Camille (Elisa Ezzedine). Did you find it interesting to play that aspect of the grandfather?

Between his ambiguous, authoritarian and sometimes unfair sides, Sebastien finds himself in the position of grandfather and father, a bit of a father chicken. And suddenly he’s doing it wrong. He wants to give advice, he knows what to do. In short, like a father, perhaps, or a grandfather with his grandchildren.

Last year, the writers of Tomorrow Belong to Us took a break from the Perot family’s past. Did you enjoy learning about Sebastian’s past?

of course. To be honest, I found the plot a bit “wow”. I was inclined to believe that this might discredit the prosecutor’s character. Then I avoided it a bit, we deleted it so that it was vague, but probably not too compromised. Compromised, it may be, but not that much.

Can we expect Victoria Abril to return to the series?

Yes, I believe that is to be expected.

Do you have wishes for Sebastian?

I have cravings, yes. My desire is to let go and control male authority and power. That he can worry and can have an accent with his words or his behavior, because I find that in the movies “happy bad guys” please the audience. The more warmth a person has, the more he can deceive others. Sebastian is not the villain of the series, but he can be annoying. Everything should go, I think.

I also want to have more intense scenes with Alexandre Brasser. With Ingrid Chauvin, of course. Going to other worlds is possible sometimes. Find situations other than the police and family. But everyone has their place and after that that’s how the script constructions are done. And all the better, because otherwise we’d be a little confused.

It’s true that you reunited with Ingrid Chauvin, with whom you played in Dolmen, but you didn’t have many scenes together…

We had a few scenes together, but there’s one that happens where we meet in the hospital. There is a misunderstanding with Marian (Luce Muschel) and it will make people smile.

Do you have a project coming up for us tomorrow that you’d like to tell us about?

I have a guest who usually comes to the series, but I can’t talk about that. And then other projects that are with other producers, but I can’t talk about them either (laughs). I have personal and intimate projects of impossible cinematic dreams. So I don’t even talk about them, but I will share my desperate emotion (laughs).

The research section ended with a finale that worked very well. Do you think the series could make a comeback?

I consider your question reasonable and relevant. There is such a demand from the audience that we are not safe from happiness! The ending was a lot of fun. And then this series has social and emotional connections. I think we should respect that. Anyway, I got what you were saying.

Interview at the La Rochelle Festival of Fiction.