Yannick Noah is not only a former tennis player, a village chief and a singer … He recently played in a TV movie! But the 65 -year -old artist assures him: he did not use his celebrity to win this role.
Yannick Noah, who camps a director of a tennis club in the recent TV movie Death on claymay have more than one string to his bow, he is not a comedy professional. But whatever, the singer today aged 65 and chief of the village of Yaouné (in Cameroon) is delighted to learn a new job … and he does not intend to use his notoriety to achieve his ends!
Yannick Noah, actor? “”I don’t want to use anything …“”
“”I like to find myself in beginner mode and learn. It stimulates me to try a completely different job“, told the artist to Eric Jean-Jean, at the microphone of RTL. The interpreter of To citizens had already played his own role in some productions and had obtained a small role in the film It’s the world upside down! In 2024, but he remains a novice in the field. And do not believe that the former tennis player and father of six children – who recently had a little girl with his new partner Malika – uses his notoriety to win the roles of his choice.
“”It’s a job and I don’t want to use anything to have the role. I want there to be meaningful (…) I was offered things but I want it to be fair, because there are actors whose job is, who do it very very well or better “he assured. And to give an example of a casting to which he put short, judging that he was not legitimate enough: “The other time, I was offered something that was so exciting but so hard. I tried and there was a young actor who gave me the reply and I said: ‘No I stop. The kid was so good, so strong!”
Yannick Noah, frank on his true ambition: “I want to play a dirty guy“”
In the future, the one who won the Roland-Garros tournament knows exactly what type of role would try him the most as an actor. “”I want to play a dirty guy. I think it’s something that I would like (…) Take the devil out in me “said Yannick Noah … who was appointed favorite personality of the French several times!
And when Eric Jean-Jean pointed out to him that he had “Not the head of the job” To camp a “bastard”Yannick Noah has retorted, with a touch of humor: “I am nice, but in fact, I am a bastard.“” A facet of him that the general public does not know? Case to follow.
