Catherine Proulx-Lemay in “Les Armes”: a new character who will reshuffle the cards

Actress Catherine Proulx-Lemay will officially enter the Kanawata base this Monday in the new episode of the series Weapons.

Called in for reinforcement following the misconduct of General James Foster against Major Leamy, the new Chief of Defense Staff will support Savard (Vincent-Guillaume Otis) in his efforts to clean up the base, while a tremor occurs. prepared. Everything plays out against a backdrop of espionage, paranoia and preparation for war.

“Héloïse Drouin, she’s not a ‘bad guy’,” argued the actress during an interview, laughing at the parallel that some fans of the series have drawn between this new role and that of Anaïs Boutin in the series A grenade with thatin which she was, 15 years ago, the rigid and authoritarian aspiring assistant manager.

“I took out my beret,” she said, laughing.

“With this character, we want to undo this image that we have of women in power. Without making her ultra accessible and ultra likeable – we are still in the army – to make her a character who is like a kind of quiet force, who rallies, who has a sense of justice who is upright, strong, in control, but who is not stupid or manipulative,” she described, specifying that her role was inspired by the current Chief of Defense Staff of the Canadian Armed Forces, Jennie Carignant, without however being slammed on his life.

“In Quebec, we don’t have much of a military culture. It’s not part of our lives. The challenge was to demystify this profession, to learn the ranks, the codes, the military salute, the posture. For an actress, it’s fun. It’s a new environment that I didn’t know at all,” she added.

Tour d’horizon des intrigues

For the rest of the season, General Drouin, who has good relations with the Americans, will take things in hand and take a slightly less complacent look at the activities and the personnel who until then had privileges.

“She will discover the very likeable character of Allan Craig, played by the formidable François Papineau. She will be better able to put him in his place and will take a fresh look at what is happening on the bass,” underlined his impersonator, Catherine Proulx-Lemay.

Colonel Craig, who will prove himself indispensable, will offer the services of his troops to the American Ambassador Mark Kittle, on the Whitestone premises.

A war has been brewing since the death of Westley (Irdes Exantus), killed at the hands of the Russians, who are still trying to invade in addition to putting pressure on Maria (Victoria Diamond). Kim (Ève Landry), probably losing control on a personal level, refuses to fall into line and will continue her efforts against Colonel Craig by going it alone.

For his part, Mick Vanier (Émile Schneider) will have to make heartbreaking choices while he is asked to practice his precision shooting in the company of an experienced sniper.

Finally, a former member of JTF-16, who is dying of cancer, will arouse a lot of interest from Savard’s secret team.

Catherine Proulx-Lemay will be back on stage this summer in the play “Peut Contain Traces of Ego” which will be performed at the La Marjolaine theater before being performed throughout Quebec.

She will also be in the cast of the film adaptation of the play “Pédalo”, filmed in Cuba in the fall of 2023. The film should be released in theaters in the coming months.

The series Weapons is presented Monday evenings on TVA.