Ingrid Falaise had to delve into her dark memories of domestic violence to play Myriam, a pastor’s wife who mistreats her children, in the series Indefensible. “Violence, I know it by heart, I know exactly where to draw from to deliver that,” explains the actress to Newspaper.
The latest episodes ofIndefensible disturbed spectators with a story of childhood abuse and violence surrounding the characters of Pastor Martial (Benoît Brière), his wife, Myriam (Ingrid Falaise), and their 5 children.
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Comments by the hundred
On social networks, there are many comments praising the quality of the acting of these two usually luminous actors. And we especially highlight the strength of Ingrid Falaise, who, herself a victim of abuse and domestic violence at the age of 18, lends her features to a woman caught in a whirlwind of violence.
“Every day there are hundreds of people commenting on social media. It really touches me a lot that people believe us and forget the person behind the role,” explains the author of the books The monster And The monster: the sequelautobiographical stories telling his own story of domestic violence.
Several speakers also thank the actors of the series for finally portraying their reality on television.
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There for each other
Ingrid Falaise, 42, says she is delighted to have had the great Benoît Brière as a playing partner. It must be said that the 58-year-old actor immediately told him: “We are together in this adventure, I am counting on you and you can always count on me!”
“We held each other tight and tried to laugh between scenes,” she says.
She evokes a particularly difficult scene which will be broadcast shortly, shared with the lawyer played by Anne-Élisabeth Bossé, in which Myriam reveals several things from her past and the support of the actor who was waiting for her to go get some fresh air afterwards. the scene.
“I personally drew on difficult things from my past to play it,” she confides.
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Very gentle in life, Ingrid Falaise explains that she deeply tried to understand her character.
“She is afraid to see the reality which hurts too much. It’s the same thing when we experience domestic violence: we dissociate. Because if she believes it, her whole world collapses. This character allows me to denounce domestic violence in another way, on television,” continues the personality who is behind several documentary series dealing with violence against women, including Woman, I kill you.
As for working with the children on set, it was full of kindness and laughter.
“We talked so much! I kept telling them: “I’m not really bad.” Benoît and I made them laugh between takes, they also had a coach on set. We loved each other. They are actors, they were happy to be able to play this kind of role,” says the woman who continues to deliver her conference I chose myself across Quebec.
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