The actor Jérémy Gillet encamps the role of King Louis XIII in the mini-series in costumes “a dangerous friendship”. But is the latter really stupid in reality, as was the sovereign that he embodies?
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at 9:10 p.m., France 2 invites its viewers to the court of the King of France through his fiction a dangerous friendship. In this mini-series in four episodes (two components are scheduled this evening and the other two will be next week), the story tells the difficult beginnings of the reign of Louis XIII, alongside her Queen Anne of Austria …
Two women that everything opposes and yet …
Married too young and neglected by her dear and tender husband, the latter suffers from neurasthenia (extreme physical and mental tiredness). She nevertheless quickly weaves strong ties with a certain Marie de Rohan-Montbazon, also Duchess of Luynes then de Chevreuse.
Long live and playful, free from body and mind, it manages to give the sovereign's wife who is, conversely, prude and shy. At first, Mary will never stop bringing the royal couple closer but her privileged relationship with Anne of Austria will quickly complicate the continuation of events in this intimate circle, but also on the scale of the country!
Jérémy Gillet, convincing in Louis XIII
In a dangerous friendship, Kelly Depeault slips into the shoes of Marie de Rohan. It gives the reply to Stéphanie Gil who embodies Anne of Austria. Jérémy Gillet (who won the prize for best actor at the Séries Mania 2024 festival for this role), finally, performer Louis XIII.
Besides, is the actor stuck like his character? The answer is … no! Met on the set in October 2023, Jérémy Gillet explained at the microphone of Allociné how he prepared to integrate this disturbance of the speech when he played his text. He declares:
“”We talked a lot about this point with Alain Tasma [qui signe la mini-série, ndlr] Before filming, because there are as many types of stuttering as they are bègues. The challenge was above all not to be caricatured. I learned a lot, I watched videos, in order to have models to take the direction that Alain wanted.“”
“”I notably worked physically. It was a matter of breathing, diaphragm, jaw, throat, larynx … By stressing these parts of the body, words cannot go well …“, Specifies Jérémy Gillet.
An impressive performance to discover this Wednesday, June 18, from 9:10 p.m. on France 2.
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