Kendji Girac, famous interpreter of hits Andalusian and Color Gitano and winner of season 3 The Voice, discovered a new talent: that of actor. It will indeed, on September 5, be showing in a TV movie entitled Champion, directed by Mona Achache. The 26-year-old artist landed the main role, namely that of Zack, who is a young carpenter passionate about boxing who hides a dark secret: his illiteracy.
Filming began last February. Since then, the final product is ready. All that’s left is to reveal it to the viewers. Eva Alba’s dad says he is very satisfied with the rendering, after having doubts. “I had a lot of apprehension before discovering myself. I was very touched when I saw myself. I forgot it was me on screen. I only saw Zack and his struggles. I didn’t think I could send messages without singing“he confided in the columns of TV 2 weeks.
“Fear of my mother’s gaze”
Small problem: if his parents “will wait for the release to see it” and are “very proud“from him, he still apprehends his mother’s reaction to certain passages in the film.”I’m a little afraid of my mother’s gaze in relation to intimate scenes. If one day I see the TV movie with her, I think I’ll go get a glass of water during those times!” he said with a smile, before indicating that he was the first “was not very comfortable during the filming of these sequences”.
“I felt like I was 10 when I kissed my first girlfriend at school” he added. He also returned to the rigor imposed during the shooting. “I resumed the concerts two days later I was very happy to have my hair cut, to shave my beard and to indulge myself with food because I had to follow a strict diet for two months. I quickly became Kendji the singer again“said the father of the family.
But the latter keeps a very good memory of this experience, and is very impatient to relive others as an actor. “It was such a pleasure to play that I want to quickly start again, even if it requires a lot of work” he confided to the magazine, adding that he is preparing his fifth album which should “coming out soon”.