She is probably eager to find out who is hiding under the costumes. But she will have to get along wonderfully with her colleagues Kev Adams, Vitaa, or even Jeff Panacloc, in order not to be disappointed again. Indeed, before becoming an investigator for Mask Singer, Chantal Ladesou was, and still is, a well-known actress. If she enjoys her job, she recognizes that finding a place in the industry can often be difficult and even more so when her “colleagues” try to put a spoke in her wheels.
At the microphone of South Radio, this Thursday, June 9, the one who lost her son in 1996 when he was only 21 years old, gave himself up unvarnished to Valérie Expert on the bad sides of the profession. Revelations made while talking about the play Farewell, I stay!by Isabelle Mergault, which will be broadcast on Saturday June 11, 2022 on C8. If the 74-year-old actress has nothing left to prove today, she still had to find a place for herself in the middle and it has not always been easy. Especially when she made her debut at the Théâtre de Bouvard, as Madame Boudin in Maguy.
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“I was hired as a very ugly woman”remembers the future recruit of Mask Singer before adding: “The make-up artist and the costume designer had a lot of fun dressing me well, making me look pretty. Whenever I was too beautiful, Maguy [interprétée par Rosy Varte, ndlr.]who was charming, she said ‘Dress her up, take her makeup off'”. Chantal Ladesou specifying that she “wanted me to be ugly”.
Gilles Ganzmann then jumped at the chance and challenged the actress: “Are the actresses mean to each other?”. “Of course yes”, immediately retorted the one who has already played an erotic scene. But this one seems to understand why there is so much wickedness in the middle: “there are so many issues, in fact. I understand the wickedness very well. I understand because it is very difficult, the places are expensive”, she resigned herself. Chantal Ladesou concluding by assuring that the wickedness would be as present between the actresses as the actors.