At the end of the scene, David Kammenos and Alexia Depicker gave us an interview. For the French actor, being part of the casting of Murders at is not a first. After several episodes (Murders at: The Mist of Remembrance, Murders in Orléans or even Murders at: The Walls of Remembrance), he had also made it known that he was going to put his foot down on the saga. But one element made the difference: “Basically, it is not really planned to make several Murders at but every time, there is something that catches my attention. And, this time, what convinced me was that it took place in Belgium! It was a determining factor“, explains David Kammenos. “I wanted to go see what was happening elsewhere. And I realized that it was the same everywhere. We work with passionate people.“
For the Belgian Alexia Depicker, it is on the contrary, the first time in a French detective series. “It’s a lot of funshe confides. It’s really a great job getting into the shoes of a main character. It really gives you time to explore the different facets of this woman and put the cursors where you want to put them.“
In this episode of Murders atthe actress plays Mathilde, an inspector from Tournai who is assisted by Vincent, a French police officer, to resolve an investigation which will “lead them along the edge of the Scheldt, among the boatmen and in the footsteps of a mysterious bee, symbol of Tournai inherited from Childeric 1st, king of the Franks, at the time when the city was the capital of the Kingdom of France“, pitches RTBF.
David Kammenos, in the eyes of women
The actors tell us more about their respective roles. “Mathilde is not just a policewoman, she is a pregnant policewoman who is trying to manage her life as best she can with her partner.explains Alexia Depicker. For his part, Vincent is the complete opposite of his partner. “The character of Vincent is more detached. It’s a bit like a piece on the investigation. Mathilde is a good student. She wants things to be done well and to be taken seriously. Vincent will come and shake up his investigation. But, in the end, the mixture works well.“
And the mustache? “It’s for fun!“, s’amuse David Kammenos. “The pleasure of an actor is to move from one role to another. It’s about transforming yourself. This mustache gives me a little quirky side, maybe a little nerdy side too. (laughs) But, I love it, I wear it in life too!“
Once the interview is over, the team Murders in Tournai were already packing up to go to another emblematic Belgian location, the Strépy-Thieu Elevator, to finish their 18th day of filming.
