Frédéric Lopez is back on TV. From October 23, the host will be at the helm of a new show, Sunday in the countrysidebroadcast on Michel Drucker’s former slot on France 2. It was on this occasion that he was Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine’s guest on Monday evening on the show It’s up to you.
“I proposed to DiCaprio and Clooney to participate in Meeting in unknown land“
Frédéric Lopez thus presented the concept of his new show but also returned to the success of Meeting in unknown land, a program he presented for many years before stepping down four years ago. In Meeting in unknown land, the facilitator takes personalities to meet peoples whose culture and tradition are threatened.
If Frédéric Lopez loved presenting the show, he nevertheless has one regret: he would have liked international stars to participate in the show, of which he is still the producer. “I only dream of that, that we make an Anglo-Saxon show with an American star”, he confided on the set of It’s up to you. “It was incredible, but I was introduced to DiCaprio at the Cannes Film Festival, George Clooney… DiCaprio and Clooney, I offered them to participate, but it never happened. It would have been known!” he revealed.
Oprah Winfrey has agreed to meet Frédéric Lopez
And that’s not all: Frédéric Lopez also proposed the project to the Pope of American TV Oprah Winfrey: “She had just seen a trailer. It was quite incredible to be in front of her, very intimidating even. After the meeting, she saw Zazie’s film. And there, we have water up to our waists, it takes a week to get there. She said to herself: ‘Wow, this n ‘is not possible.’ So she didn’t,” he said.
Frédéric Lopez does not let go of the case. “I dream of the Obama couple. They created a production company and their editorial line was: the meeting between peoples. I wrote to Fayard saying: ‘I think they are looking for me.’ Sophie de Closets was great because she conveyed messages at the time of Busnel’s interview,” he explains. Alas, “it still hasn’t happened” but Frédéric Lopez “still has hope”. And he would also like an actress of whom he is a fan to participate in the program: Julia Roberts. Just that !