While TF1 launches season 1 of the series “Escort Boys” this December 2, filming for the next season is underway. In the casting: Josiane Balasko (and not only)…
This is a rather unexpected announcement: Josiane Balasko is in the cast of season 2 of Escort Boys, the series initially broadcast on the Amazon Prime Video platform; season 1 will be broadcast on December 2 on TF1. She will play the role of one of the clients of one of the famous escort boys in the series… A daring bet!
Josiane Balasko discusses her role in the series “Escort Boys”
Josiane Balasko spoke about her role in the second season of the series Escort Boysin a video interview for Provence. The 74-year-old actress will slip into the shoes of a woman who has used the services of escort boys: “She's still a woman who was a welder-diver… It's a profession that exists, I looked (laughs)! So she did men's jobs, perhaps she didn't have time to lead a family life and found herself all alone. So it's loneliness problems too. That said, it's the first time she's going to try to find someone and ultimately it doesn't work out the way she planned.“.
The filming of season 2 ofEscort Boys is held in the Camargue and broadcast is expected on Prime Video in 2025. As reported 7 Days TVClara Morgane and Stéfi Celma will also be included in the casting.
Josiane Balasko, criticized for talking about male prostitution: “The script was thrown at me”
It is no coincidence that Josiane Balasko plays such a role: in 2008, the actress directed her film Customerworn by Nathalie Baye, who dealt with the subject of male prostitution. “In any case, it's a theme that speaks to me (…) I had a lot of difficulty putting it together at the time, because we found it quite scandalous as a subject, a woman who pays“, she remembered from Provence.
At the time, Marilou Berry's mother had suffered numerous refusals and criticisms of her project: “Someone threw the script in my face and told me it was shameful to write on such a subject! Many people from cinema and television, men and women alike, had told me this. They didn't have artistic thinking, it was just moral. My morality seemed questionable to them“.
However, the theme of prostitution has been addressed numerous times on the small and big screen. “How many movies are there about guys who hook up? We no longer count them!“, she said before rejoicing that in 2024, the subject of male prostitution will finally be raised: “That’s good, that means it’s evolving.“.
