Léo Mattéï (TF1): this condition imposed by Ingrid Chauvin to play in the series

Nine years after touring together Hibernatus on stage, Ingrid Chauvin and Jean-Luc Reichmann met for the filming of the series Léo Mattéï, Minors’ Brigade. Since 2013, the presenter of 12 Coups de midi on TF1 has played the character of Commander Mattéï who joined the minors’ brigade following the disappearance of his eight-year-old daughter. Since then, he has been carrying out investigations to help children in danger. If the cast is also occupied by Lola Dubini (Lieutenant Inès Salma) and Stomy Bugsy (Commissioner Daguerre), guests regularly appear in the headline soap opera. After Lucie Lucas, discovered in the Clem series, Lola Petrenko, actress revealed in Here it all begins or even Jean-Baptiste Maunier, known since The chorists in 2004, Léo Mattéï welcomed Ingrid Chauvin.

This Thursday, February 22, the heroine of Tomorrow Belongs to Us invites herself into an episode dedicated to adoption and baptized I am Vanessa. A theme that speaks to her, she who fought to adopt. “When, like me, we hoped for this son-in-law of projects, when we ourselves had a lot of difficulty being a mother, the words come out on their own when we play“, Ingrid Chauvin told us. In 2014, the actress had to face the loss of Jade, her 5-month-old granddaughter, who died following a heart defect. Suffice to say that the subject of motherhood is dear to her heart. “I am traumatized for life. I’m scared all the time, I’m an overprotective mom. There remains the scar with all the pain inside”, she added. For the purposes of this new episode of Léo Mattéï, Ingrid Chauvin slipped into the shoes of Paula Brasseur, a principal.

Ingrid Chauvin puts her son before her professional career

While filming took place in Marseille under the eyes of director Nathalie Lecoultre who shares the life of Jean-Luc Reichmann, Ingrid Chauvin immediately accepted this role. The actress, however, imposed a condition. “My only condition was to be able to take some time off during the school holidays so that I didn’t move away from my son when he was at school.“she revealed to us. “And frankly, they were great. We filmed in Marseille, during the All Saints’ Day holidays”, rejoiced the mother of Tom, aged 7 and a half. A property for the ex-heroine of the Dolmen series.