Recurring face of the small and big screen, Thierry Godard has established himself as a key player in French fiction for many years now. Recently, the actor surprised many people by joining the Comédie-Française troupe. “I need to give the Frenchman time and shoot in parallel. For twenty years, there has been loyalty with directors and producers.”he notably indicated in an interview given to Figaro. In addition to the plays he now performs at the Comédie-Française, Thierry Godard is also starring in the series Shores broadcast on France 2. Despite his busy schedule, the actor nevertheless sometimes takes the time to indulge in his passion for fishing.
It is in his house located in Sweden, ranked first most ecological country in the world in 2014 by the Global Green Economy Index, that Thierry Godard regularly goes fish hunting. Someone who has completed carpentry and cabinetmaking training at the college of Fontenay-le-Comte (in Vendée editor's note), during his adolescence, confided in his love of fishing to the microphone of Europe 1. “Sometimes there are things that go well the first time and that make us love them right away, this is the case with fishing for me“, he had first indicated on this subject. “My father is a great river fisherman and he wanted to introduce me to this hobby. when I was 4 or 5 years old. He had bought me a kind of small cast in a souvenir shop and there, I caught a conger eel on the first try. He was 1.5 meters“, then added the actor.
Thierry Godard is the owner of a “beautiful house by the water”, where he can fish in peace
“I caught the fishing bug. And with my father, we regularly went to Norway and Finland to fly fish. We gathered around this activity“, finally concluded Thierry Godard. During this same interview, the actor also briefly mentioned the house he owns in Sweden. “After all these fishing trips with my father, we went there every year, twice a year, so I told myself that I had to I find my place with a small cabin to stay peacefully. I ended up finding a beautiful house, within my price range, on the waterfront. With a boat in front and a pick-up“, he clarified.
