“I receive calls between two doses”: the crazy double life of Alex Doux (Julian), revelation of everything for light

On the occasion of the launch of everything for the light on TF1, we went to meet Alex Doux on the set of the daily event. The young actor embodies the character of Julian whom he himself describes as a bright rocker.

But did you know that he is leading a double life? During the day, Alex Doux is both actor and singer on the soap opera and in the evening, he works as an export manager in a company. Questioned by us, the young man returned to this double cap, his casting and his gratitude for the project. Confidences!

Allociné: How did you end up in this project?

Alex Doux (Julian): It's a bit special because two months ago, I was not at all actor. I come from normal life, if I may say so. Two months ago, I had normal work in an office that I kept elsewhere. I am responsible for export in a box. When I don't turn or in the evening, I go back to the hotel, I do emails, videos.

Would you like to continue doing both in parallel?

I don't know, but I have no choice. It is especially that since I don't come from this environment at the base, I don't know how I could project myself. I was educated with parents who told me to have a situation that allows me to be safe. So I keep security. It's like that and depending on what's going on behind, I will see.

What seduced you in everything for light?

This is the opportunity of a life. I am not at all in there, but I received a message on the networks. I was spotted because I make a little music. I make videos in my room, nothing more. I received a message that there was a project which was rose and that there was a character who had been written and which corresponded rather well to what I was getting out.

I was asked if I wanted to try a try and I thought it looked funny. I told myself that it would be more experience to tell my children, how a casting is going. I go up to Paris telling myself that I was not going to be taken, because it is not my job. But, I was reminded and it was gone!

Haven't hesitated?

If I didn't expect it so much and I hadn't planned to do this in my life so much that I said: “I don't interest me. I was doing this to laugh. So, no, thank you” And I hung up. I thought and after two hours, I recalled and accepted. It's been 26 years since I was waiting for something like that.

What I liked was the music side. If there had only been acting, I would probably have said no, which would have been a shame, because it is an experience … I work at the open door. I have a life path, but if there is a door with a little light, I will go to see what is behind. This is why I lived in a lot of countries and that I did lots of different things.

And I find myself there to chat with you. It's quite improbable. When I talk about it on the set, everyone knows that I have another job. There is no one who understands. In any case, I am the only one who has a second day that starts when he returns home.

I imagine you have a frantic pace. We know that the filming of a daily life is already very intense, so with a second more work …

Yes, it's intense. Sometimes I have my manager who calls me between the catches to ask me where I put a file. It is a big rhythm, but it is a rhythm, for the moment, which suits me. I have a big rhythm of filming because I have a character who takes up a little space, but it's my balance that allows you to have security.

And it allows me to decompress and above all to appreciate the moments that I spend on the set. Me, my days off, it's when I come to turn. Even if a pickup comes to get me at 5:00 am, for me, it's like brought me to Disneyland every day.

Every day, I measure the luck that I have, even if I do not realize it yet and that I do not want to realize it for the moment, because I want to stay in my little bubble. Sometimes on the set, I have moments of lucidity when I tell myself that it is incredible. I'm so happy to be there.

I was given a chance, I grab it and I will not let go. No matter where it takes me, but I want to regret anything. And then, even if it stops in six months and that I return to a classic life, at least, I would have liked for six months. Especially since it was not planned. And then, if it continues, so much the better, but for the moment, I am not asking myself the question too much.

Do you manage to prepare for the visibility you are going to have?

I don't project myself so much. The first thing is that I have a hyper-recessing side, but I also have a side where I tell myself that each experience is good to take. If I say no to an opportunity, I will regret it sooner or later. It was this way of thinking that led me to live in several countries, since I went to live in Spain, where I went to study.

I then left to live in the United States. I returned just under a year ago. This rational side, I have it because I still know that you have to keep my feet on the ground and because my parents raised me in a context not mega easy, but like many other people. I still have the notion of the value of things. On the other hand, on the popularity side, I do not at all realize the impact it will have.

I can't imagine it, even if production tells us about it. I believe them because it is their job, that they have seen others go before, but there is a part of me that does not believe them because I have not yet seen it with my own eyes. Afterwards, I am a little followed on the networks, so I used to receive messages, but it is not the same thing. For the moment, I prefer to focus on the kiff.

What can you tell us about your character?

My character has a lot of facets, but he is very nice. He's a bit like the rebellious rocker, skinned brown from the promotion. I like to call him the nice dunce. It is a guy who is at the bottom of the class, who is not at all mean, who is more or less good at school, but who has dreams full of head and who doesn't care to be there, who makes valves, who makes everyone laugh.

That's a bit. He does not want to owe anything to anyone, so much so that he puts himself in muddles on his own because he wants to get out of it. It is discovered in the series in a somewhat unexpected way. Let's say it's not easy when it happens. We realize that he does not necessarily live in comfort.

We hold out one hand and he will grab it. It's a second chance in life and he takes advantage of it. But he doesn't want to owe anything to anyone, which sometimes pushes him to lie! But there is never an ounce of wickedness and that is why no one wants him. We appreciate him and his friends never let him down.

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