“We are diverting the franchise but it was important to keep the vintage spirit”, Jean Dujardin confides on the arrival of the series on France 2

Jean Dujardin slips with ease into the costume of the masked rider in this mini-series which revisits the myth with respect tinged with irreverence.

Jean Dujardin don the legendary costume of Zorro in this delightful and spectacular mini-series broadcast in two stages, the evenings of Monday December 23 and 30 at 9:05 p.m. on France 2. The series, which can be watched in replay on the France.tv website and which is also available on Paramount+ , allows Jean Dujardin to embody his childhood hero. A gift given by his brother, Marc Dujardin, co-producer. This adventure story in 8 episodes, shot in natural settings, sees an aging Don Diego de la Vega and in a relationship with Gabriella (Audrey Dana), bring out the panoply of “Cunny Fox” to save his town from a crooked businessman. But the return of the flamboyant hero will plunge Diego into a marital crisis…

Zorro : Jean Dujardin returns to the columns of Tele-Leisure on its impressive stunt scenes

In Zorro, Jean Dujardin chain spectacular waterfalls. And at 52, the actor has done a lot of these action sequences. “There was so much to do that I wondered if I could keep up physically.”, he told us, admitting that this challenge had put additional pressure on him. He therefore prepared in advance. “I had followed a good preparation“, he added before thanking his lucky stars, “sometimes, desire allows you to be bigger than you are. I believe that a little help from the universe made everything go well.”

Zorro : “It was important to keep the vintage spirit” with this series, Jean Dujardin embodies his childhood hero

It's a challenge to tell the story of the famous swordsman who has been presented for 100 years in cinema and television while bringing something new. But that's what everyone who worked on this crazy project, which required six months of filming and a budget of more than 20 million euros, achieved. “We are subverting the franchise but it was important to keep the vintage spirit. I said to the director: “Don't forget the Madeleine! Which means that as a child, we loved this hero!” declared Jean Dujardin in an interview where he returns to this role which he had dreamed of since his childhood and to be read in the next issue of Télé-Loisirs.

This entire interview can be discovered in your Télé-Loisirs, on newsstands this Monday, December 16, 2024.