Obviously very concerned by the release on Netflix of the Tapie series devoted to the life of her husband, Dominique Tapie expressed her apprehension and has even already delivered her verdict according to actor Laurent Laffite. Confidences.
Two years almost to the day after the death of the businessman Bernard Tapie, netflix strikes a big blow by revealing a biographical fiction signed Tristan Séguéla and Olivier Demangel. It is the main actor who probably talks about it best, at least the most for several days in the media: Laurent Laffite.
The actor gave an interview to RTL this Tuesday, September 12 to defend this project in seven episodes which had been widely criticized by those close to Bernard Tapie previously. We remember in particular that the daughter of François Mitterrand’s former minister had mentioned in the spring a “disrespect” without “limit” ; while his wife, now riddled with debt, Dominique Tapieon the other hand, was much more divided. “To do it without asking for my agreement in principle is not very good. There are things we don’t do. Having documentaries is something else. But borrowing my name is a bit heavy“she wanted to specify in nice morning.
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Dominique Tapie more divided than his son Stéphane Tapie?
It seems that today Dominique Tapie has changed his tune. In any case, this is what actor Laurent Laffite says in RTL Good evening! with Julien Sellier. “I understand that she was quite touched and reassured. But I understand his concern.” he first declared, suggesting that it was important to put oneself in the place of Bernard Tapie’s family to understand their doubts. “We are talking about a public figure, but for them, he is a husband, a father, there is apprehension about respecting memory. I completely understand their fears“ he added.
For his part, Bernard Tapie’s son was more incisive towards the Netflix series and in particular its director. “Tristan Séguéla had the ingredients, between my father’s story and the casting, to make something exceptional. And it’s not exceptional” he wanted to make known about RMC Info earlier this week. He also spoke more widely about the incarnation of his mother in Tapieby Joséphine Japy. For him, she was not “not at all like that in reality”. “They’re making her a businesswoman. She’s barely the brains. I’m not going to offend my mother. She’s an intelligent woman but the brains of the couple was my father“ he concluded, far from being convinced by this series which fuels the debate.
It now remains to be seen what reception the public intends to give it. The viewers are ultimately the only ones who can truly decide whether it is successful or not…
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