This May 14, 2023, Frédéric Lopez receives in his pretty house ofSunday in the countrysideon France 2, the confidences of its new guests: the actress Cécile Bois embodying the famous Candice Renoir, actor and director Raphaël Lenglet, successful Swiss writer Joël Dicker and comedian and actor Issa Doumbia. Revealed in the series Our dear neighbours, the 40-year-old man had hit the headlines for having managed to lose nearly 35 kilos and no less than 10 trouser sizes, over the years, thanks to a formidable lifestyle and an unstoppable coach: a former soldier training many stars including the former Miss France Iris Mittenaere or the footballer Benjamin Pavard. But in the barn of Frédéric Lopez, the presenter of 100 videos that made the whole world laugh returned to his acting debut when he was a very young teenager. A vocation born by chance through his friendships and the meeting of a teacher like no other: Jamel Debbouze!
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“My name has become ‘le petit de l’impro’”
Issa Doumbia tells her story: “I’m in college. I make a friend called Fouad who tells me during the lunch break: “I’m going to take a theatrical improvisation course.” I thought to myself, what is this thing? And I’m going. And there, thee teacher I have: it’s Jamel Debbouze.” The animator, intrigued, asks him: “He wasn’t known at the time?” And his guest to explain: “So, exactly the year I start, he starts Radio Nova.”, “It was before Canal+…” raises his host, and Issa to confirm: “That’s it…”
Frédéric Lopez questions him: “And so you, the shy one, do you find yourself in front of the others?”. And the comedian to go into details: “Yeah, but what happens then is we’re practically all shy in truth. But we don’t judge. But I don’t really understand the notion of theater yet because I haven’t done a show yet. It’s just a workshop. And comes the day of the show which is played in an amphitheater, and the moment when I go there, coincidentally, is the inter-class. And in fact, in this college, the Gustave Courbet college, there are walkways, stairs, and I see that everyone comes out of class and watches, at all levels, the show. And I’m playing. And there, I say a word and I hear laughter from people who are at my level at the very top. And I had a feeling where I said to myself: ‘Oh but really good, it feels good.’ And when I left that show, my name became “le petit de l’impro”. I found myself on the thighs of the girls who were in 3th… “Oh he’s cute!” (laughs). Dream beginnings in a way…
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