“It was really a desire of Bryan and I to come back together”
Tell us behind the scenes of this reunion…
Pauline Bression : We were first called to inform us that we were not in the launch of More beautiful life, even more beautifulbut we were still thinking about ourselves for the future. They surveyed our desires, it’s great. It was really a desire of Bryan and I to come back together.
“It’s crazy to come back, almost ten years after our debut”
In what context do Emma and Baptiste arrive in Marseille?
They come on vacation for a few weeks for the holidays. We sense a little tension in the couple from the start. Emma is very happy in Australia. She comes to France for Christmas, kisses the family and leaves. Baptiste is not very happy there and has the Marseille blues. He misses the family and the city a little more than her. And then, we will discover that an unexpected event risks putting the couple in danger…
How was filming with Bryan Trésor, with whom you started in Plus belle la vie, in 2014?
The first day, we had sequences where Emma and Baptiste were arguing. We fought so much in this series that we were super happy to play this! It's crazy to come back, almost ten years after our debut…
How would you describe your relationship off-screen?
We didn't know each other, but we “matched” straight away. First in the game, but also in life. I believe that between two people who play a couple, it either works or it doesn't. If it works, it’s also thanks to the magic of everyday life. We played everything together: a couple who love each other, who are torn apart, who have a child… When I read the dialogues, I practically know how he is going to play them and vice versa.
-Pauline Bression looks back on the end of Plus belle la vie in 2022
Were you affected by the stopping of Plus belle la vie on France 3?
I appeared less there in recent years, so the breakup was less steep. But I imagined myself arriving on the series, loving it, thriving in it and bam, seeing it end. If it had been then, I would have been really sad. We had all received an email to announce the destruction of the sets, the sale of the items worn in the series… While passing through the Avignon Festival a few years ago, a young girl came to see me fully dressed in the clothes of Emma! Above all, it made me feel sorry for the city of Marseille and all the technicians.
“Above all, they knew how to keep the essence of Plus belle la vie”
Do you find the program different on TF1?
On details, yes. It's the same soap opera, but renewed. So, obviously, there are new things. I think the image has changed a little. Above all, they knew how to keep the essence of More beautiful lifewhich made people love him and that's great.
Apart from Plus belle la vie, encore plus belle, what can we find you in?
I'm on tour with the play Smileby Nicolas Nebot and Dan Menasche. At the beginning of 2025, I will be in a TV film on France 2, Wings stuck, a nice subject on homosexuality. I play the role of a woman who sees her husband reunite with his childhood sweetheart… who is a man.
Life is more beautiful, even more beautiful, at 1:50 p.m. on TF1
