“I was terrified!” Samuel Le Bihan (Alex Hugo) remembers his first role opposite Florent Pagny!

If he is today one of the essential faces of the small screen, with a magnificent CV, Samuel Le Bihan started like any actor with small roles, including one in particular where he was “terrorized”!

Whether new episodes – like the one from November 12 – or rebroadcast – like this Tuesday, November 26 – Alex Hugo attracts viewers with each of his TV appearances. And one of the main reasons for this success is due to its performer: Samuel And Bihan. The actor, now 59 years old, has built a solid career, whether on the big screen (even if his film roles are rarer) or on the small screen. But like any actor, he first had to go through the first small roles which marked him.

“I was terrified!“Samuel Le Bihan remembers his first role opposite Florent Pagny!

Thus, last April, on the occasion of the broadcast of You will not kill on France 2, a unit which was particularly close to his heart, Samuel Le Bihan had confided some secrets to our colleagues at Télé 7 Jours, and in particular about his first experience as an actor. And his response is full of humor. “It was in 1988, for the series The Channeladapted from a novel by Michel Drucker“, explains the happy dad. “I had a very small role, and I was terrified!“It must be said that he was facing a man with undeniable charisma and talent: Florent Pagny. “Florent started to improvise and I tried to follow him as best I could!” he concluded with a laugh .

Samuel Le Bihan's memories of his first shoot with Florent Pagny, also a beginner

This is not the first time that Samuel Le Bihan evokes this first necessarily significant experience. In April 2023, on Sud Radio, he said: “Florent Pagny was also starting out, and at that time, he had the choice between becoming an actor, because he was very good, or becoming a singer, because at the same time he was releasing his first piece Anything. He gave us the disc of his hit on the series, at the end of filming“. And to remember that the director had predicted, about Florent Pagny: “He's a boss!“. The future proved him right.