He finally did well to accept the challenge. Indeed, since April 21 and until May 20, 2023, Samuel Benchetrit gives the reply to his companion Vanessa Paradis, from Tuesday to Saturday, on the boards of the Edouard VII theater. The duo plays “Mom”, a play directed by the actor who takes great pleasure in playing this role which was not intended for him at the start. Indeed, guest of “Telematin” on April 27, 2023, the director explained that it was initially Éric Elmosnino who was to give the reply to Vanessa Paradis.
“It’s just that Eric couldn’t do the tour. I couldn’t find an actor to replace him because it wasn’t easy to find an actor who could catch up a bit”he said on the set of the morning before noting: “and I was the candidate as much as possible since I am about the age and it was necessary to go there”. A choice he does not regret, quite the contrary. Especially since this part has no effect on its torque.
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Samuel Benchetrit, on the boards by “love” for Vanessa Paradis?
He has indeed assured that working with his muse has been “very easy” And “very pleasant”. “It’s mixing intimacy, being together a lot. It’s a funny thing, but it’s so joyful”, he continues. Guest of Jacques Pessis this Tuesday, May 2 on South RadioThe companion of Vanessa Paradis again mentioned the play “Mom” and confirmed what he has already said. But also took the opportunity to share his lack of confidence when he got on the boards: “I have terrible stage fright. Being on stage with my wife is also something…”
“We have to be careful of ourselves”he warns before qualifying and recalling that it is “from a piece of love”. “It’s a couple who love each other so we weren’t in danger of everything we were going to rock every night but we like to play, you have to like to play”, he reassures. On the other hand, as far as the love of comedy is concerned, it is precisely out of love that Samuel Benchetrit let himself be tempted by this new “role”: “Vanessa, she loves acting so much! I stick to her childhood dream, I didn’t have that childhood dream, I wanted to make films. I didn’t have the dream of child to be an actor”.
The 49-year-old director concluded by explaining that, faced with his partner’s desire to play, he agreed to “modeling on her own dream” and it seems to work pretty well.
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