the after more beautiful life it can be hard. Actor Laurent Orry, who played Jérôme Belesta on the France 3 newspaper series for years, has had trouble finding roles since he left the show three years ago. In an interview for Tele-Leisuredenounces the prejudices of which he is a victim from the comedy medium:
“I remember a director who seemed very interested in my work but when I told her that I had acted in ‘Plus belle la vie’, it was over!” she jokes. “A lot of us can do a lot more, but we’re not allowed to.”
“This environment is very closed,” continues the actor. “They don’t even call us and if they call us and check, they don’t pick us. It’s tough. There’s a glass ceiling. I’m tired of this way of operating.”
unexpected return
Laurent Orry lent his features to the character of Jérôme Belesta from 2016 to 2018 in seasons 13, 14 and 15 of the show. Before leaving for other horizons: “I was frustrated with the way more beautiful life. It’s fast and there are few cutscenes. I needed to dig a little deeper, dig a little deeper into a scene and I didn’t have the chance.”
Since more beautiful lifeLaurent Orry did, however, appear in one episode of the series. Tandemand presented a single on stage at the Festival d’Avignon, Ninety: pianistin 2021. He finally made his return to the France 3 series in recent weeks: his character, who had been killed by the writers, appears to his son.
the end announced
more beautiful life It will be retired soon: 18 years after its debut, France 3 will broadcast the last two episodes on November 18. Launched in 2004, this series that follows the daily life of the inhabitants of the fictional Marseille district of Mistral struggled to find its audience before becoming a real phenomenon by addressing social issues hitherto rarely addressed in tricolor fiction (marriage for all, GPA , transidentity, etc.). After reaching a peak of about seven million viewers in the 2000s, viewership fell to 2.7 million in 2021-2022.
Source: BFM TV
