At 76 years old, Jean-Pierre Foucault has an exceptional career. After making his debut on RMC in 1966, the famous host worked on RTL, Europe 1 but also MFM. On television, he is known for having presented The Academy of Nine, Intervilles, Miss France, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, or even the Loto and Euromillions draws.
If he has played his own role in several films at the cinema, the host has launched a new challenge by agreeing to hold
one of the main roles in the TV movie Murders on the Blue Coastbroadcast Saturday October 12, 2024 at 9:10 p.m. on France 3. In it, Jean-Pierre Foucault plays the role of Marc Valenci, a heritage architect who is the main witness to a murder.
“Chloé will quickly discover that Marc is also her mother’s lover… Her future stepfather… And that he knows much more than he wants to say about this first death, soon followed by ‘a second. What is Marc hiding? Is he guilty or is he protecting his son?’can we read on Allociné.
Jean-Pierre Foucault: “Don’t look at me like that”
Wednesday October 9, 2024, it was in order to promote the TV film that the emblematic host of TF1 was invited to the set of C à vous, on France 5. So, Anne-Élisabeth Lemoine was surprised by a physical detail on concerning. “Jean-Pierre, our viewers may have noticed that you had the eye a little red. Isn’t this a filming accident?”she asked.
Wanting to be reassuring, Jean-Pierre Foucault replied: “No. As I do a lot of promotion, I am on reserve. That is to say that it is considered that I am perhaps doing a little too much“. To which the host responded: “You’re a star now!”. A bit embarrassed, the host added: “No, but it’s nothing, I was told it wasn’t dangerous. Don’t look at me like that, please!”.
Jean-Pierre Foucault: “It was a bit complicated”
During this interview, the host agreed to give some details about the TV film filmed near Carry-Le-Rouet where he lives most of the year. “It’s quite little known and
I am very happy to be able to introduce it
to those who will watch Saturday evening”he exclaimed.
Despite everything, Jean-Pierre Foucault does not intend to repeat the experience.
“Frankly, it was hard. There are harder things in life, of course, but here it was complicated to learn, to be in the shoes of a character“he said before specifying: “You know, you said it very kindly at the opening of this show. I have a few dozen – you almost said hundreds – of years on the road. And then to change jobs like that, to do something which is not natural for me, it was a bit complicated”.
