New era, new heroes, new actors, but still the same success! After a first investigation of season 3 followed by 6 million viewers in January, the shock trio formed by Commissioner Gréco (Émilie Gavois-Kahn), Inspector Beretta (Arthur Dupont) and psychologist Rose Bellecour (Chloé Chaudoye) is back in service for two new unpublished adventures of the Little Murders of Agatha Christie 70’s this Friday and Friday 17th at 9:05 pm on France 2. On this occasion, 20 minutes discussed the holster and pie server collar at Séries Mania with Émilie Gavois-Kahn, who succeeds Samuel Labarthe in the lead role.
Did you follow “Les Petits Meurtres d’Agatha Christie” before you were offered the role of Commissioner Gréco?
I did not follow the series assiduously, but I had watched it before. I obviously knew her!
How did you react when you were offered the role of Commissioner Gréco?
I was happy and proud. Proud, because I think it’s a very good quality series. First effect, pride, and the second Kiss Cool effect, it’s a bit of a mess, the pressure to say to yourself, now you have to do it!
Was there some kind of handover with the previous trio?
Not at all. We haven’t met them, apart from Chloé Chaudoye who played a role in the previous season. She knew them. For my part, I had the opportunity to work once with Samuel Labarthe, but for a TV movie. Sophie Révil, the producer, made the link. And the technical team, which is the historical team. They welcomed us with open arms. It was wonderful, really.
You spoke about the “petoche” and “pressure”, did you feel more serene for this episode 3?
Yes. More serene, I don’t know. We are entering a bit of the unknown, we have to create things, at the same time, there is a great team, a very good harmony in the team that supports us. The three of us get along very well in the work, in the way of working, so it’s a joy. It is certain that once we have made the first two episodes, that everyone is happy, that they are broadcast and that the public is happy. Somewhere there is a relief and at the same time, it removes the mess, because we say to ourselves that we should not disappoint them for the 3 and the 4. The requirement is always greater.
What were the returns after the airing of the first two episodes?
Usually, the people who give me feedback are kinda nice. So far, no one has attacked me by telling me: “what the hell are you?” It’s happy to know that people appreciated this character and what I did with him. There are things that touch me a lot too, people who have known me for a long time, on other roles, supporting roles and who are proud of my “promotion” as they say. It makes me laugh. I find it great to have such loyalty.
Was the filming disrupted by the Covid?
No, we had three days off for a suspicion of Covid. An extra learned after touring with us that he had the Covid. To be on the safe side, we had taken a break. There were drastic measures on the set. We hypergaffe, we get tested all the time. For now, let’s keep our fingers crossed, we’ve managed to get through the drops.
We feel a great bond between you three, we sometimes have the impression that we have been following you for a long time …
It’s true ? That’s great ! Sophie Révil did well to bring us together. She knows how to bring people together so that things go in the same direction and create real harmony. I remember our first meeting with Chloe and Arthur, we had lunch and we had read. From the first meeting, we felt a bond in the work, it’s not just a question of mood, it’s a story of working in the same way and we want to have fun, to search together. It is joyful, benevolent and generous. We really like working together.
You said at the time of the launch of season 3 that “Annie Gréco, it is the meeting between a holster and a handbag”, do you approach this character always like this?
When I read this character, it was really that, the meeting between a holster and a handbag. That is to say that it is a woman with all the pageantry of femininity, the high heels, the skirt, an impeccable brushing, the nails done, her chest forward, but she has her gun and it is she the leader. And if there’s a need to make an arm lock or shoot a bad guy, she does it like a real man.
In episode 3, broadcast this Friday, we learn more about Rose Bellecour and Max Beretta, we know little about the private life of Commissioner Gréco, will we learn more later or do you want her remains mysterious …
Patience, patience, wait until you see episode 4, it will come! The episodes are not serialized, but indeed, beyond the thriller and the comedy, the intrigues or the stories of each character are dug little by little each time. Don’t worry, it happens!
How would you like to see it evolve over the episodes?
It will gain in complexity over the episodes. We have already shot six in all. It will gain in fragility, in faults. Flaws she tries to fight against in order to be able to impose herself. She doesn’t want to show her weaknesses. Suddenly, she can sometimes show bad faith … The way things are drawn suits me very well whether it is for my character, the others and the relationships between them.
Does Annie Gréco have the makings of a feminist icon?
What an incredible question! I don’t know what a feminist icon means. I think she’s not asking the question herself. She does and to do, you must not be afraid or pretend not to be afraid. It is the only way to move forward by realizing what we are doing. She’s a go-getter who assumes.
Do you see Annie Gréco getting closer to Jacques Blum?
I do not see anything, I am not Mrs. Irma (laughs). I can’t tell you anything. I’m just telling you to be there when you need to be.
Do you have any say in how it looks?
I have a say in that as far as I say whether or not I feel good in the costume, of course. Because I’m going to have to inhabit it and play with it. In general, it’s Sophie Révil who suggests things with the costume designer. We discuss it, we try. There are things that I wore in the first episodes that I will not postpone because in the end it does not correspond to what they want to tell. Sophie Revil had left on a sort of uniform, a somewhat unique costume. But the fashionista is Rose Bellecour.
This third survey, entitled “Le Vallon”, takes us to cosmetic surgery…. what does this theme affect our current society, according to you?
It affects a lot of things. Getting something done again has become very commonplace. What I like is that Annie Gréco assumes everything and assumes her body. and I like it. After cosmetic surgery is very intimate matters. We cannot judge.
Today, our image is very exposed with social networks …
It is certain that there is a pressure of the image, but then it is the image that we have of ourselves or that we believe to have or that we would like to have… These are intimate things . Now with filters and stuff, we no longer need to do cosmetic surgery. Frankly, we make two clicks and we lose 10 kg, we turn black, we become tall or we become a man. It hurts less, I imagine.