On May 23, Canal+ broadcast the first episodes of the Torch, the new series from Jonathan Cohen. This is a parody of the survival show Koh Lanta where his character Marc and fifteen other candidates compete on the desert island of Chupacabra. On the spot, physical tests and strategies mingle, all under a humorous background of course. For the occasion, Jonathan Cohen has called on part of the cast of his previous series, The flame, namely: Leila Bekhti, Géraldine Nakache, Ramzy Bédia, Adèle Exarchopoulos or even Pierre Niney. But newcomers have also appeared, including Frédéric Lopez.
Indeed, the host who has been discreet in recent years, since he gave up the presentation of Meeting in unknown land to Raphaël de Casabianca, had the opportunity to take part in the filming. Monday, June 6, while the last three episodes of Torch were offered on MyCanal, viewers then discovered his acting. But they were especially challenged by his physical appearance. And for good reason, he reveals a beard and white hair, which seems to “age” him according to Internet users.
Because sur Twitter, the reactions were not long in coming. “Frédéric Lopez is unrecognizable in The torch”, “No, but it took me 3 minutes to understand that it was really Frédéric Lopez“, “Did he fall through a spatio-temporal rift or what? I barely recognized him“, “The face and old look of Frédéric Lopez!“, “But how long has it been since I’ve seen Frederic Lopez me, what is this physical transformation“, “Frederic Lopez turned 30 in 3 years but we will remember that he is a good actor in Le Flambeau”, we read among others.