A true “jack of all trades”. These are the words that Élie Semoun, comedian, actor, screenwriter, director and singer defined himself on the set of the show Telematin, broadcast on France 2. Because, yes, during his career, the one who will be back in theaters this Wednesday, April 3 in the Ducobu goes green thread has notably produced three music albums. Questioned by Thomas Sotto and Marie Portolano, the 60-year-old actor also returned to his relationship with songs by sharing several titles and artists who inspire him. While Élie Semoun spoke of his passion for the songs of Georges Brassens, Thomas Sotto asked him if he would be ready to return to the studio. “Will you sing again or not?” the journalist asked him.
In full transparency, Élie Semoun revealed that he was ready to return to the world of music. “It’s weird… We’re listening to Georges Brassens and you ask me if I’m going to sing again. But yes, why not”he replied, before confiding without filter about his place in this environment. “I’ve made three albums, it’s great already. I’m not the most expected in the music world, but I loved it.” So, no, Élie Semoun does not intend to return to music for notoriety or because he is expected, but for his personal pleasure, as he has always done.
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Élie Semoun: his passion for plants
A lover of the stage, cinema and music, Élie Semoun has many other passions. As he revealed in an interview with The gallerythis Sunday March 31, he feeds “the beauty of plants” by devoting his weekends to gardening. Guest on March 24 in An hour with… on RFM, the sixty-year-old revealed that he had “the green hand”. Perhaps he could have become a landscaper in another life? “I love plants, I respect them […]. I’m making a garden in Corsica, imagine, and I think about it all the time, I dream about it at night!” he said at the microphone of Bernard Montiel. For this very sensitive person, it is even “normal to say sorry to a tree when I break a branch”.
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