Why did Maryline Canto (Dorval) leave the series?

Lionnel Astier is not the only star actorAlex Hugo to have deserted the series worn by Samuel Le Bihan. In the episode rebroadcast this evening on France 3, you will witness the last scenes of Maryline Canto, the interpreter of Christine Dorval. An accelerated departure not necessarily commensurate with the importance of his character. Questioned by our colleagues from Tele-Leisure at the time of the first broadcast of its last episode in 2023, she explained: “I was sincerely happy to participate in this adventure but I needed to commit to other projects because Alex Hugo is worth it! It's a series that takes a lot of time, even if it's not that to get to the shoot it takes six hours by train and an hour by car when there are no problems: landslides on the line, snow… And then we shoot several episodes, so we have to stay. on site for a long time and we depend on bad weather… This year, I participated in two films that I would not have been able to do because the shootings fell at exactly the same period as those of Alex Hugo.” We found her notably this year in the film Flobiopic on the late navigator Florence Arthaud, in which she played Anne-Marie, Florence's mother.

Why was there no farewell scene between Alex Hugo and Christine Dorval?

Always questioned by our colleagues from Tele-LeisureSamuel Le Bihan explained for his part why there was no farewell scene between his character and that of Maryline Canto. “Simply because we couldn't write it. Maryline announced to us her desire to leave the series even though the episode – whose structure was finalized well in advance – was already written. The authors were unable to imagine a real departure, they just set up a scene between Renart and Dorval, in which things are said.”

The departure of Maryline Canto (Dorval) fromAlex Hugo is it definitive?

As for whether the departure is definitive, Maryline Canto did not close the door to a return, like Lionnel Astier. “It's not a permanent departure, it's a question of me coming back occasionally. In any case, they haven't replaced me, which I really appreciate,” she confided. To be continued…