Broadcast since 2015, the series Captain Marleau Carton, bringing together between four and six million viewers per episode since the start of its fourth season in 2021. Friday, May 9, 2025, a new episode of the fiction produced by Josée Dayan will be broadcast on France 2. In addition to the main character interpreted by Corinne Masiero, he will notably stage Emilie Dequenne, who died on March 16, 2025 of a rare tumor. “I wanted to work with Émilie because she is a very, very beautiful actress, very talented. I had a very beautiful character who could correspond to her and the shooting fell right when she was in remission and when she wanted to work. This synchronicity delighted me, and she too, I believe”had entrusted Josée Dayan on this subject in The Parisian.
But if the director retains a sweet memory of this filming experience, it is not the same for all the actors with whom she worked. Guest of the show Buzz TV Tuesday, May 6, 2025, she notably returned to the set of an episode of Captain Marleau With television and radio host Christophe Dechavanne. He had played the role of a gendarme in an episode with Laura Smet, broadcast in 2022. “I met him curiously one day”remembered Josée Dayan. “I was on a terrace in a cafe. I was chatting with my cast. And he gets out of this coffee, he arrives at my height, he crosses the street, turned the street, comes to me and tells me ‘Hello, Christophe Dechavanne, I would really like to turn with you. You know, I have already turned. I made a film ‘. And I look at him and I tell myself ‘He has something interesting, why not’. And I offered him a role of a Marleau assistant in a Marleau that I did in Biarritz with Laura Smet. “
Josée Dayan considers that Christophe Dechavanne is not “Not an actor”
But if she does not seem to come back to this choice after filming, the director seems to remain mixed as for this collaboration. “I’m not going to spend my weekends with him. I will spend my weekends with Fanny Ardant absolutely, with Gérard [Depardieu] Also, with Isabelle [Adjani] Also, with Corinne [Masiero] Also. But with Christophe Dechavanne, ah no! Because he’s not an actor. I only like the actors “she insisted on Buzz TV. And add: “He’s a bit paranoid too. He’s a bit complicated”. Questioned on a potential second shoot with him, Josée Dayan preferred to remain silent, and avoid answering.
