Tapie : a life of successes… and failures
Created by Tristan Séguéla (16 years or so, A happy man) and Olivier Demangel, co-writer ofAtlantic AND Skirmishers, Tapie is loosely based on the life of one of France’s most famous businessmen. Consisting of seven episodes, the series returns several important chapters in Bernard Tapie’s careerfrom the creation of his first business to his marriage to Dominique, through his brief experience as Minister of the City and the presidency of Olympique de Marseille.
Exciting and brilliantly hosted by the tandem Laurent Lafitte/Joséphine Japy, who play Bernard and Dominique Tapie respectively, the program brings together a prestigious cast also made up of Camille Chamoux, Patrick d’Assumçao, Antoine Reinartz, Hakim Jemili, Ophélia Kolb, Sébastien Chassagne or even Fabrice Luchini. The program focuses on the need to conquer and shine of its protagonist, which pushes him upwards but also has harmful consequences, both on his family and on the employees of his companies.
Tapie: Bernard Tapie’s children criticize the Netflix series
An “atrocious” scene for Laurent Lafitte to shoot
To promote the series, Joséphine Japy and Laurent Lafitte recounted five anecdotes related to filming for Netflix. The actor was mentioned in particular her two and a half hours of makeup were necessary to step into the shoes of the entrepreneur, while the actress confided her seasickness, which was difficult to bear during the sequences created on the reconstruction of the Phocéa.
Laurent Lafitte also revealed the most complicated scenes of the program to shoot. They are the ones in which Bernard Tapie gives a speech to the OM players during a match against PSG and celebrates their victory. The actor had to do it endure the suffocating heat reinforced by prosthetics, makeup and wig. The actor assured that in this “50 degree” changing room, transformed into a real “hammam”, his suit, tie and raincoat did not help the situation. He added:
It was scorching hot, it was excruciating, in a super cramped place, everyone was jumping in all directions, we were celebrating the victory. I think there was even fog on the cameras, we couldn’t even shoot. It was crazy. It was so humid that we had to wait to shoot. It was disgusting!
Series Tapie East available on Netflix.
Source: Cine Serie
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