[HIGHLIGHTS] Laurent Lafitte: “Molière was of staggering beauty, the Delon of the time, on whom men and women looked back”

Laurent Lafitte takes on the iconic role of Cyrano de Bergerac in the theater, and embodies no less than Molière in the cinema. The actor, a resident of the Comédie-Française, takes on all the challenges.

“It’s always a challenge for an actor to play very well-known characters,” he confides over tea, a few minutes before going backstage to have his Cyrano nose fitted. The only time I get nervous at the theater is opening night, I fear the memory lapse, he says.