Roschdy Zem
58, has scored numerous successes in the cinema with films such as Mine, Chocolate, A matter of honor, Indigenous people, Other people’s children or Living. Despite his ability to play various characters with ease, the actor is aware of his own limitations. Guest of Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine on the set of the show C to you this Tuesday, February 6, 2024, the Genneville resident spoke at length about the roles he will never be able to play.
“Once there was someone who asked me to play a character who was a pedophile. And that, when we say: ‘Can we play everything?’ in his mind we say yes , in fact, there I said to myself that I could never. Even if we are in fiction, even if there are things to tell about this discomfort, this scourge”he confided under the admiring gaze of the host who was quick to ask him what he thought of Jean-Paul Rouve’s latest project to play Gabriel Matzneff on screen.
“Once, there was someone who asked me to play a character who was a pedophile. And that, when we say: ‘Can we play everything?’ in his mind we say to ourselves yes, in fact, there I told myself that I could never.”Roschdy Zem in #CàVouspic.twitter.com/w0lzRIhqyE
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If he believes he has “much respect” for his counterpart, Roschdy Zem says he is incapable of imitating him. “I couldn’t have done it.”he confided before saying more: “There is something that bothers mewhich makes me uncomfortable, but I think it’s good that he did it and I think it’s good that he’s doing it.”
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“They reached out to me”
Subsequently, the actor returned to his own journey and the way in which he managed to get rid of the “stereotyped roles”. “I got there because they helped me, they extended their hand to me. It was because they offered me that that I was able to touch this absolute dream of interpreting several diverse and varied roles.” Touching confidences.
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