He became known thanks to the French adaptation of the American series “This is us”. In “I promise you”, Marc Riso played Marilou Berry’s companion. Since then, the Maubeuge actor has come a long way. He is starring in Artus’ comedy “Un p’tit truc en plus”. The crazy success of this film allows the entire team to take the steps in Cannes this Wednesday, May 22, 2024.
Smashing start for A little something extra : 3 million viewers in just three weeks. With 280,000 entries on the first day, behind Welcome to the Ch’tis (558,000) and well ahead What have we done to the good Lord? And Untouchables, Artus’ film explodes the counters. As a result, the team will take the steps of the Cannes festival on May 22, 2024. Among the actors, the Maubeugeois actor Marc Riso.
“I think there is good word of mouthsupposes Artus, who himself cannot explain this exponential success. And then, maybe it’s the film we need right now, with everything going on in the world…“Unexpected figures, even if A little something extrainitially shunned by producers, had everything to become a popular success since it mixes comedy, tenderness and a refreshing look at disability.
The cast includes eleven amateur actors with mental disabilities and a handful of professional actors: Artus, Clovis Cornillac, Alice Belaïdi and Marc Riso. Wednesday May 22, 2024, they will all be in Cannes to climb the festival steps.
“It’s nice, especially for them ! rejoices Marc Riso, known to the general public for his role as Tanguy in I promise you on TF1. Seeing eleven actors with disabilities all at the same time on the red carpet must be a record.“
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Maubeuge actor Marc Riso plays the role of a specialist educator in Artus’ film “Un p’tit truc en plus”. He returns to the unexpected success of this comedy, Tuesday May 21, 2024 in “You are wonderful”.
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“Humanly, it’s crazy what happenedhe exclaims. It’s the most beautiful and cuddliest shoot I’ve ever experienced. They are overflowing with love and magic. There are a lot of people who pretend in my job but here, everything was very sincere. It’s a joy to work in a film that has such a human vocation.“
A little something extra tellsThe story of a father and his son, played by Clovis Cornillac and Artus, who, after a robbery, go to hide out in a summer camp for adults with disabilities. “I play the role of Marcspecifies the Maubeugeois, avery kind, dedicated specialist educator who loves these people and who loves his job. Well, he makes some heavy jokes and lots of mishaps happen to him.”
Note that the actor was able to provide anecdotes for the film, he who at the age of fifteen left with the diocese and the Notre-Dame de Grâce high school in Maubeuge to supervise people with disabilities.
A little something extra make laugh. And that’s good, that’s exactly why Marc Riso decided to become an actor. “I wanted to arouse emotions but above all fmake people laugh so that they forget their daily lives. I got into it from middle school, it earned me a lot of hours of glue ! [Rires]”
As a result, the actor often plays the same type of roles, whether in the cinema in We apologize for the inconveniencein series like I promise you (TF1) or Year zero (M6) and even in the theater. He is thus on the poster of the play Big guys skate wellalternating with four other actors.
“It’s the story of a fat guy who falls in love with a mermaid. He speaks an incomprehensible language and someone walks behind with boxes giving directions.” The show, awarded at the Molières 2022, is about to go on tour around the world.after the last four Parisian dates at the end of May.
“It’s true that I always play good guys 100%, smiles Marc Riso, probably because I have a kind of good nature. But after all, it’s a chance to be able to represent these men who are not into masculinity and even, who highlight their fragilities.“
“Well, sometimes I admit that I would love the role of a big bad guy, in a James Bond For example ! I don’t think it’s going to happen, but you never know ! [Rires]”
When he climbs the steps of the Cannes festival, there is no doubt that Marc Riso will have a thought for his mother, always on the lookout for the slightest of her interviews. “She is my role model. She devoted herself to me, she sacrificed many things to allow me to do this job.“
Marc Riso also stars in the film The Minionby Alexandre Magnier and Alexandre Charlot, a period comedy with Kad Mérad and Clovis Cornillac, which will be released on July 10, 2024.
