The cameras are dusted off, the lines are set, the extras are ready to give their all. The Netflix series wonder manin which Laurent Lafitte plays the role of Bernard Tapie, will begin filming on Monday, the broadcaster announced to AFP on Friday.
” wonder man is a mini-series that retraces the romantic destiny of an extraordinary character. Throughout the seven episodes, Laurent Lafitte will slip into the skin of Bernard Tapie, through his successes and his failures,” Netflix said in a press release. “Filming will begin on March 7 and will take place between Paris and the south of France,” according to Netflix.
Joséphine Japy and Patrick D’Assumçao in the casting
The first elements on wonder man – a pun based on the struggling battery brand Wonder taken over by Bernard Tapie in the 1980s – had been unveiled in recent months. Netflix announced new cast names on Friday, including those of Fabrice Luchini, Joséphine Japy, Patrick D’Assumçao (recently seen in the series Paris Police 1900) or Sarah Suco.
Presented as a free adaptation of real facts, the series was created by Tristan Séguéla (director of the film Doctor? in 2019 with Michel Blanc) and Olivier Demangel.
Bernard Tapie opposed to the idea of a series on his life
Businessman, minister, actor, press boss and leader of Olympique de Marseille, Bernard Tapie, a time erected as a symbol of social success before being overtaken by legal troubles, died in early October of a cancer at the age of 78.
In June, in an interview with Nice morning and Var-Morning, he said he was opposed to the idea of a series about his life. “I was against it. […] Doing it without asking me for my agreement in principle is not very good. There are things we don’t do. That there are documentaries is another thing, but borrowing my name is a bit heavy, ”Bernard Tapie estimated.