Is Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès still alive? According to Jean-Christophe Meurisse (Blood Oranges) in the very black comedy Plastic guns, he is living his best life in Argentina where he remarried after massacring his family. This is obviously not the real XDDL but a killer named Paul Bernardin who has the same murderous pedigree. He takes the appearance of Laurent Stocker, pillar of the Comédie-Française and one of the best French actors today.
“I think the real XDDL is dead,” confides Laurent Stocker, a delightful man in town. I researched the matter quite a bit and came to this conclusion. » The killer he plays, on the other hand, is doing very well. He is going to remarry a very pretty young woman and is respected by the population of his new village. Meanwhile, a poor guy is arrested and mistreated because he is taken for himself and social media investigators track him down with what can only be described as moderate success. This turns into an ultra-gory farce, which does not spit on the schoolboy, infinitely enjoyable for those who are not afraid.
Charming and terrifying
Laurent Stocker exudes a persuasive charm in the skin of this disreputable man who is as attractive as he is repulsive. “I like trying to defend those who are considered indefensible,” he explains. Make those to whom we do not give a voice speak.” Incredibly attractive when he is with his fiancée, his character has a way of suddenly freezing his gaze which allows you to glimpse the murderer lurking beneath a warm smile. “Playing criminals allows you to exorcise your demons. Maybe that’s why I enjoyed playing politicians,” he jokes.
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He was able to capture the arriviste quintessence of Nicolas Sarkozy in the parody Bernadette like dangerous youth of Judge Lambert in A French affair inspired by the Grégory affair. “I am not looking for excuses for those who I play,” he explains. But the fact of playing them means that I cannot allow myself to condemn them completely. » As in his new project The executioner’s mother where he plays a pedophile priest, the secret of his astonishing performances is quite simple. “I work a lot, alone,” he said. And I divide my head into compartments so as not to mix the texts.” He can be funny, tragic or disturbing, sometimes all three at the same time, both on stage and on screen. Above all, he knows how to make himself completely forgotten.
Under the skin of Laurent S.
“Who’s under your skin, Dad? », asked his daughter, then aged 4, after seeing him in The Miser which he will reprise this winter at the Théâtre Français. A great way to question the acting profession. We have an answer for you, Miss Stocker: under your father’s skin lies infinite talent and humanity that allow him to be amazing as Harpagon, as a politician, as well as public enemy number 1. Plastic Guns should convince you of this.
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