Like good wine, Hélène de Fougerolles improves with age.
Star of recurring series like
Balthazar
(2018-2020) then
Sam
(since 2023), the actress plays in
Les bois assassins
, a suspense unit broadcast Saturday evening on France 3. “
I loved the script because there are lots of twists and turns
,” she says.
“
I play a local police officer who has always lived in the Cévennes and who must question people she knows in her investigation.
And there is this young cop who comes from Paris with codes that are not the same and an arrogant side when he arrives among the “dugs”.
There are a lot of prejudices, but they will change because I don’t let them do it…
”
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For several years, Hélène de Fougerolles has been collecting cop roles.
And it’s not really a coincidence: “
I admit that I actually like the uniform!
I love watching thrillers and playing cops, I like it a lot.
I love these heroes of life, police officers or firefighters, especially since I live in the provinces
.”
Based in the Luberon, the actress thrives far from the capital: “
I developed a passion for gardening and I have cats, I breathe in the fresh air, the weather is beautiful, I love birds and nature. nature.
So I couldn't be in Paris anymore!
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Renewed for a new season, the series
Sam
(TF1) is also close to her heart since she took over from Mathilde Seigner and Natacha Lindinger in the role of this teacher like no other: “
Sam, it’s a great role!
I'm lucky to play such a character of a free girl, politically incorrect, a little crazy... It's a gift even if I had to step into the shoes of Mathilde Seigner and Natacha Lindinger.
Sam
is a bit like my own James Bond
,” she admits.
Judith Godrèche is courageous because she has little to gain from it
Helene of Fougerolles
Finally, Hélène de Fougerolles reacts to the liberation of speech embodied since the Césars by Judith Godrèche.
“
Judith Godrèche is courageous because she doesn’t have much to gain
,” she explains.
“
This freedom of speech is beneficial.
Thanks to this, we know that certain behaviors can no longer exist!
Some directors have long believed themselves to be all-powerful and there have been abuses of all kinds.
When I was a young actress, I knew that we had to “seduce” the director so that he wanted us.
And I wanted to be desired.
Afterwards, I had to find the limit between the desire to film myself and the desire for more than that... There were times when I had to put up barriers.
But I was lucky not to have been traumatized nor to have had to file a complaint.
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