While fans of more beautiful life will have to say goodbye to France 3’s flagship series next November, after almost twenty years on the air, it is also a page turning for Michel Cordes.
The actor who plays Roland Marci, famous boss of the Mistral, in the soap opera, will also be forced to draw a line under his emblematic role. Not surprisingly, his character, present since the beginning of the series, will die in the episode scheduled for October 3, as specified. the parisian A strong symbol, a few weeks before the definitive end of the program on France Télévisions antennas.
“I’m not very young anymore. I longed to rest. Let’s say it’s not serious personally. But, it’s a bit embarrassing. Many fans don’t want it to end. They’re hooked. I didn’t think France Télévisions would stop it like that, brutally. […] I had imagined that I would distance myself, not that the soap opera would stop”, confesses the actor in the columns of the newspaper.
“A unique event on French television”
Last May, France Télévisions announced the end of his series which narrates the adventures of the fictitious neighborhood of Marseille, the Mistral, broadcast on the air since August 2004. With more than 18 seasons to its credit, more beautiful life will draw his reference in a final episode, airing in prime time on Friday, November 18.
“I think it’s a shame to erase this soap opera. It’s a unique event on French television: this length, this intensity on the public and audience side… […] From the beginning I believed in this telenovela. I have always been a supporter of popular theater in the noble sense of the term”, assures Michel Cordes in the Parisian.
more beautiful life has gained a loyal audience over the years, thanks to its endearing characters or its propensity to talk about social issues such as transidentity, surrogacy or racism.
However, in recent years, the series has seen a decline in ratings. The telenovela, which initially gathered between 5.6 and 6.4 million viewers, only interests 2.3 million. The series has had its worst ratings in the last two years.
Moved by the end of this 18-year adventure, Michel Cordes, however, thinks of the rest: “I have just met my partner, who has just retired. So, we tell ourselves that we are going to benefit. Unless we are, he proposes an interesting theater project… Or I could write a play. Above all, I want to return to sculpture”, he concludes in his interview with the Parisian.
Source: BFM TV
