Guest of the show You are greatactor Fabrice Deville spoke about his role in Such a big sunbut also on his first steps in the cinema with Sofia Loren.
Since 2019 viewers ofSuch a big sun know Fabrice Deville under the guise of Florent Graçay. “A character who is ultimately not far from me. It’s a role that suits me well“, confides the 53-year-old actor during an interview with Ariane Brodier in the show You are great. However, he claims to have taken a little time before agreeing to appear in the series broadcast on France 3.At first, I wasn’t very brave. I didn’t want to do it. Then I was asked again and I said I aspired to film roles. A kind of delusion of grandeur! Then, a third time, I go there and I don’t get caught. It was a role of a bad guy, a robber and I tried to play the robber as best I could… They called me back a fourth time and said: ‘You are chosen, either you say yes or you say no’. And of course I said yes“, he said.
Fabrice Deville talks about his first difficult experience at the cinema
And Fabrice Deville assures that he aspired to roles on the big screen before agreeing to play in Such a big sunis that he had the chance to appear in the casting of several feature films. He notably began his career in the film Soleilde Roger Hanin.”The shoot was really special. Roger Hanin was a very tough person. Afterwards, it went well but it was not tender. I remember a scene where there was a train arriving at night. There were 200 extras. And, his wife was there. Sophia Loren was next to me. We just had to open the train door, get off and walk through the fog. It’s simple to do but it didn’t suit him. So we did it at least 15 times and he was screaming: “But no, that’s not what I asked.” I couldn’t take it anymore. Sophia Loren took me at that moment and said to me: ‘Stay next to me, he doesn’t know what he wants’“, he said, admitting not having had this first experience very well.
Fabrice Deville in tears after filming with Sofia Loren
Indeed, the actor continued his story: “Once the scene was over, I burst into tears because it was my first time filming and there were lots of cameras. There were lots of people. In the evening he came to me and said: ‘No, it was very good.’ Since that day, I forbade myself to accept being disrespected or being rude to me on set. It was a real ordeal“, he assured.
