Jacques Rabiot, played by Pierre Diot, is leaving – for the moment – the France 2 series, “Un si grand soleil”. He had been working for the editorial staff of Midi Libre for three years.
There was emotion on January 23, 2024, when the last scene of the day was filmed on the set of the series “Un si grand soleil” exported to the Midi Libre premises. For actor Pierre Diot, it was the end of a three-year adventure.
Since the launch of the France 2 series, he was Jacques Rabier, the inventive editor-in-chief of Midi Libre. Viewers learned last week that he was retiring, with one last intrigue: who to replace him? He pushed the candidacy of Marc (César Méric)… in vain.
“The feeling of being part of the editorial team”
That didn’t stop him from having a smile when it was time to take off his editor’s costume. “I spent three wonderful years here at Midi Libre. I had an attachment to the filming but also to the newspaper. It’s like a mise en abyss, you have the impression of being part of the editorial staff, it’s is very curious”the actor confided to us after the hugs with the whole team.
The atmosphere on set, both serious and good-natured, is also what he remembers from this experience. “What’s very interesting about Un si grand soleil is that we work with a lot of different directors, and they all not only have lots of ideas about directing, but are also very attentive to actors It was very enriching on each shoot. And then, it was a pleasure to shoot with all the partners, especially Naïma Rodric. (who played Lucille Salama, a young journalist full of ambition) and César Méric. I don’t forget the whole technical team who are adorable”he greeted again.
“One of my greatest pleasures”
For Pierre Diot, who once starred in “Maigret” or “Marseille” on Netflix, “Un si grand soleil” will remain “one of my greatest pleasures”. But if Jacques has retired, nothing says that we won’t see the actor again very soon in Montpellier. “If I am called for advice to the newspaper, to correct an article, I will be happy to do so.”, he laughs. Above all, he is preparing his one-man show and will begin a tour, “either at the start of the school year or at the beginning of 2025”and hopes to stop by the Kawa Théâtre in Montpellier.
This would be an opportunity for him to return to the editorial staff of Midi Libre to greet the journalists, “who always made me feel very welcome”and see how her replacement, Anne-Sophie (played by Ophélie Koering, daughter of composer René Koering), new editor-in-chief with more authoritarian methods that viewers are discovering at the moment, is doing.
