Anne Richard talks about the sudden end of the Boulevard du Palais series, decided “overnight”

For 17 seasons, Anne Richard played the role of Nadia Lintz in the series Boulevard du Palais. The actress returns to the announcement of the end of the series and even today, she has some regrets.

For 18 years, the series Palace Boulevard hosted the evenings of France 2. Viewers followed the investigations of judge Nadia Lintz, played by Anne Richard, who works with Commander Rovière on criminal cases. The characters are inspired by the Série noire from Gallimard editions. Despite the success of the series, the France Télévisions group announced the end of the series in 2015, to everyone’s surprise and the last episodes of the series were broadcast in 2017. Since then, Anne Richard has made numerous appearances in numerous TV series like Commissioner Magellan or even Camping Paradisbut she had difficulty digesting the cessation of Palace Boulevard on the chain.

“They made this decision overnight”confides Anne Richard on stopping Palace Boulevard

“I completely understand, today with hindsight, France 2 wanting to stop. It’s normal after 17 years. But we thought we would continue, becausethere were writings and that’s what surprised us. They made this decision overnight that they were going to stop.”confides Anne Richard on the set of At Jordan’sthis Wednesday, November 13. If the actors want a spectacular ending, the production has not created the event for the final episode. “It was also good to finish. We would have continued to eternal life“admits the actress.

How did Anne Richard learn that the series was ending Palace Boulevard ?

“I found out one day when I was going for medical examinations. In the end, there was nothing serious, but at the time, I didn’t know”remembers Anne Richard. “At 11 a.m., it was November 11, 2015, Bataclan day, the production announced it to me and then nothing more. I also lost a piece ; this day was a bit… I was in tears saying to myself: ‘this is not possible!’says the actress, before remembering the announcement of the sad news: “I was in tears in front of my TV with my online agent and all of a sudden I said to him: ‘you know, I think I’m going to hang up because there’s something more important happening in the world . And then I realized what was happening.”

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