Serial departures in Here it all begins ! Since the beginning of the season, viewers have seen several characters leave the Auguste Armand Institute: Ambre Martin (Claire Romain), Lisandro Inesta (Agustin Galiana), Thomas Lacroix (Ifig Brouard), Ethan Cardone (Rik Kleve), Deva Syed (Kathy Packianathan) or even Zacharie Landiras (Julien Alluguette). This Friday, June 28, 2024, it is Liam Hellmann, known for his role as David Gauthier in the series, who is bowing out. The following Monday, July 1, it will be the turn of Axelle Dodier, interpreter of Kelly Rigault, to leave the ship. But what does production do?
With our colleagues from Parisian, Eglantine Sofianos, producer of the series, explains. “It is an assumed choice of production to see these departures follow one another because it coincides with the end of the exams in the plot“, she assures. And continues: “In a soap opera like ours, with a school as an arena, students cannot remain ad vitam aeternam. They must complete their schooling and not all of them can become leaders within the Institute, otherwise it would no longer be credible. And then, our actors sometimes want to experience other things. Other times, these are editorial choices because we have reached the end of a character. Salomé (Aurélie Pons), for example, has experienced a lot of things from the start…“
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But behind the scenesHere it all begins, certain figures from the TF1 series do not hold the same opinion. Other reasons could perhaps be at the origin of these numerous departures. “There is no longer the same magic as at the beginningnotes an actress on condition of anonymity. In the first months, with the exception of the adults and Clément (Rémiens, editor’s note), everything was new and we all played in the same team. Today, Some arrive with a huge melon and only think about leaving, imagining that they are going to have the leading role in the next Spielberg…“When asked about the subject, the production reacted and did not share the same opinion.”We pay close attention to this when we are casting.she says. We take both novice actors and others with a little experience but saying that everyone, in theory, must be with us for at least three years in order to perform the classic course of the establishment.”
