After seducing viewers in Gears, where he played Luc Fromentin, it is in Such a great sun that Fred Bianconi makes the happiness of his audience. Since 2018, he has put himself in the shoes of Virgile Berville, the manager of the straw hut The Savages. And it is not always easy.
As in all professions, being an actor can involve risks. Some personalities have already been injured on a shoot, during a stunt for example. Fred Bianconi knows it since he had a painful moment on the set of the France 2 series. The 56-year-old man indeed had a strong opponent one day: a wardrobe. Asked by TV 2 Weeks, he said: “One day I read in a script that Virgil smashes a metal cabinet with his fist. How do you do that? The props man tells me ‘You can go! We have two wardrobes … ‘. I answer him: ‘And how many fists do I have? I’m going to smash! ‘. I really banged on the cupboard and it didn’t fail, I smashed ! I finished breaking it with my feet.“
But this mishap is nothing compared to his happiness to turn in Such a great sun. His character has “been through some pretty incredible things and it is just as much to play“specified Fred Bianconi to our colleagues.”If I have to sum it up, says Fred Bianconi, he is a good guy, sympathetic, who is not afraid of much who can find himself in complicated situations and that should not be upset.“, he continued.
However, Fred Bianconi hesitated to join the cast of this successful series, shot in the south of France, in Montpellier more precisely. “When I was offered Such a great sun, I was afraid of being bored. We didn’t know what it was going to look like. There were no scenarios yet … It was complicated to project! But I wanted to try. Three years later, I’m still here! Because the authors have written to me, write me great things to defend “, he confessed. He also plays a very popular character, which will strengthen him even more in his choice.