It was standing in the studio that Nicolas Canteloup made his comeback on Monday morning on Europe 1. For his return to the air, the imitator inaugurated the voice of the new Prime Minister Jean Castex, whom he worked on all the time. summer.
One way to start a very political season.
And even two since he signed with TF1 until the 2022 presidential election.
"C'est Canteloup", your daily on TF1, resumes on September 21.
In confined mode?
NICOLAS CANTELOUP.
No, we are going back to the studio but outside the TF1 tower, with smaller teams.
To be on the safe side, there will still be no audience.
It's important for me to find my accomplice Alessandra Sublet.
It was hard to be funny all by yourself in front of a camera.
Is it final?
We are ready to go home, if the virus gains strength.
In March, we had no choice but to set up a studio in my house.
I had an unused attic full of fodder and nests!
It was emptied in 24 hours to install a green background.
The tables, hard hats and all the accessories were provided by my neighbors.
Viewers liked this local and organic production.
In September, I rearranged this attic just in case… Because it was cold and we could sometimes hear the pigeons!
Are you going to continue the “Great Metamorphoses”, where by morphing technology, your face is mixed with that of the personality you are imitating?
Yes, because it appeals to the public.
We do not touch the format.
After a difficult year, TF1 asked us to make financial efforts and we agreed to this out of solidarity.
But we signed for two years.
Which means that we will do the presidential election on TF1.
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Is a presidential election the Champions League for comedians?
It's always exciting.
There's always a lot going on during a campaign.
Even a year before, when the knives were sharpening.
And then, there are always atypical characters.
I hope that Jean Lassalle will introduce himself, it's blessed bread for us!
I am even ready to finance his campaign!
(laughs)
Do the directors of TF1 have a right to watch the sketches of your programs?
No.
My sine qua non condition is to have total freedom of expression.
It's courageous.
Since the end of the "Guignols", there is no longer an irreverent program on television, except perhaps Yann Barthès.
A large private media group could be cautious but not TF1.
When we arrived in 2011, we turned on Sarkozy when he thought that the leaders of the TF1 group were close to the president.
We always criticize the power in place, whether Sarkozy, Hollande or now Macron.
During the election of Emmanuel Macron, you said that as an imitator, you would regret François Hollande.
Are you still disappointed with the current President of the Republic?
Emmanuel Macron is a less funny character than his two predecessors.
François Hollande was an apprentice president, who discovered the workings of the State at the Elysee Palace.
As for Nicolas Sarkozy, it is Louis de Funès.
Macron has a first class side, rather a handsome boy, intelligent but a little haughty.
It's not super funny to parody.
Since 2017, the government star has been him.
We could hear Bruno Le Maire and Gérard Collomb a bit.
The others were illustrious strangers… And Edouard Philippe did not have enormous comic potential either.
Was this summer revamp a gift to you?
There, we have a great team of characters.
I immediately found Jean Castex's voice.
In my car, I laughed to myself, imitating him.
He's a real personality.
But the icing on the cake is Éric Dupond-Moretti and Roselyne Bachelot.
Dupond-Moretti spends his time justifying himself for all his past shattering statements.
It's awesome!
He can do the Tour de France upside down because he backpedals.
And to describe it like that, it's funny.
Being an imitator means finding the voice but also what we say about a character.
You have to be funny but if there is substance, it's even better.
I'm lucky, because all three of my writers are great at finer humor.
This is his first imitation of the Prime Minister @JeanCASTEX and it is worth the detour 😂
Standing in the studio, Nicolas Canteloup is attacking hard this return of the Revue almost, every day at 8.45 am on # Europe1 pic.twitter.com/Pi0HYSM7IQ
- Europe 1 🎧🌍📻 (@ Europe1) August 31, 2020
This summer, you also "lost" Gérard Collomb or Jean-Claude Gaudin, who left the controls of their cities ...
We will continue to use them as we do with Sarkozy or DSK!
On the air, you are harsh with Anne Hidalgo and her anti-car plan.
There is the commuter motorist that you are speaking?
No, we never settle a personal account.
We're bad boys.
We caricature her through what earned her many criticisms.
We don't care whether people like it or not.
Our only roadmap is to laugh.
The hardest part is to find the key, to “crack” a character, before the other imitators.
Sometimes we are the first and sometimes we have to imitate the other imitators.
But I still try to put my foot down.
My Sarko is not the same as Laurent Gerra's.
You have been at Europe 1 for 17 years, which is going through complicated times.
Have you ever thought about leaving?
I was told that I was part of the historical with Laurent Cabrol and Julie, and that scared me!
I was urged to leave.
But Europe 1 gave me my chance at the start and gives me complete freedom.
Beyond the financial aspect, this is something that matters a lot to me.
I feel at home.
I can let go and improvise without fear of getting fired.