At 76, cult TV host Jean-Pierre Foucault is taking on a new challenge: being an actor. He will soon be on screen in an episode of the TV movie “Meurtres sur la Côte Bleue”. However, this reconversion seems to have been complicated…
This is an episode that many are eagerly awaiting. We know Jean-Pierre Foucault well as the host of the Miss France election and previously on Holy Night Or Who wants to be a millionaire? But it’s a new turning point that seems to await him. For the first time, at 76 years old and after his double cardiac arrest in April 2023, he put on the actor’s costume to play in the famous France Télévisions fiction called Murders on the Blue Coast which will be broadcast soon on France 3.
Why did Jean-Pierre Foucault accept this leading role? “It’s thanks to…”
Many factors played a role in convincing the host to say yes to this leading role. The filming that took place at the end of October 2023 in the Côte Bleue, near Marseille, was one of the first reasons that made the host jump at the chance. Originally from the region, it was an opportunity for him to return to the middle of the landscapes that he cherishes so much and brings back memories.
Obviously, in addition to this emotional aspect, the former president of the Marseille Olympic Association accepted the proposal for the five-star casting proposed at his side. As he mentions for the Belgian media Telepro, “Playing alongside Alexandra Vandernoot was exciting. She is a great Belgian actress, so it is thanks to Belgium that I accepted,” he admits. Between Belgium and Marseille, Jean-Pierre Foucault’s heart is wavering…
Jean-Pierre Foucault “suffered”: what happened on the set?
It is in the role of Marc Valenci, a heritage architect, witness to the murder of a construction contractor, pushed into the void from the top of a viaduct, that we will find Evelyn Jarre’s husband. A character who has all his importance and who therefore required a lot of work from him before filming.
The exercise is very different from his job as a presenter, he pointed out to Télépro. “When you’re a presenter, you improvise. It was difficult to learn all the dialogues by heart. I took a coach, I rehearsed all the time. My wife thought I was talking to myself at night!” A formidable period between challenge and learning which nevertheless left him with bitter memories, “I suffered to learn my lines. And then the public has to accept me…” Will the public be there? Answer very soon…
