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For almost 20 years, More beautiful life has demonstrated astonishing longevity on television. And while last October, everything seemed to be over for the series, the latter had not said its last word. Indeed, thanks to TF1, the soap opera is about to be reborn from its ashes. The next episodes will arrive on the front page from January 2024. So, in the meantime, Once Upon a Pub invites you to come back to 6 essential actors in the casting Marseille fiction…
Michel Cordes
The actor played the role of Roland Marci during the first 18 seasons of Plus belle la vie. Owner of the Mistral bar, he shares the life of Mirta Torres. From the start of the series, he reconnects with his biological son Thomas. An essential figure in the soap opera, Michel Cordesplayed this character, lost his life at the age of 77, in his home in Hérault, in May 2023.
Before landing this role, the actor had a long career in the theater. Since his death, the other actors of the soap opera have often spoken to salute his memory and express their sadness.
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The actor made his first appearances in the series in 2005. At the time, he played a young party animal, determined to learn the truth about his mother’s murder. Thus, the young man, initially presented as Thomas Lenoir, leaves Ibiza to settle in the Mistral district. But he will eventually understand that Roland Marci, who runs the bar of the same name, is none other than his biological father.
In recent months, the actor has often spoken to talk about his personal life. Thus, we know that Laurent Kérusoré was adopted at the age of 9 months. Before playing in Plus belle la vie, he first proved himself as a theater actor. Often the victim of homophobic attacks, he finally decided to move in 2017. Indeed, at the time, he spoke out against the insecurity plaguing Marseille.
Laurent Kérusoré (Plus belle la vie) in 2022 – Photo credits: Getty Images
More beautiful life: Cécilia Hornus aka Blanche Marci
Present from the first episodes of the series, she first appears as a respectable mother. Married to François Marci, the son of Roland Marci, she seems perfectly devoted to her husband. But growing tired, Blanche will have an affair that will cause her relationship to explode. Subsequently, she even maintained a relationship with the husband of her daughter Johanna. Sometimes sidelined because of this behavior, she will eventually find her place in the Mistral district.
In life, Cécilia Hornus is 59 years old. She has been practicing theater since adolescence. And she has worked as an actress since the 1980s. Moreover, in parallel with her role in Plus belle la vie, she has had numerous experiences on stage.
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Sylvie Flepp or Mirta Torres
In the series, the actress plays a mother of Spanish origin. When she arrives in the Mistral district, she introduces herself as a widow. And very quickly, she falls under the spell of Roland Marci. Subsequently, we learn that her first husband is alive and well. Mirta Torres turns out to be a woman with a somewhat troubled past. Even having had a relationship with a gangster. But it also hides great generosity.
The actress who plays Mirta Torres in Plus Belle la vie, namely Sylvie Flepp, has a very good career. In fact, she began to appear in films and series at the end of the 1970s. We find her in Père et Maire and even Sister Thérèse.com.
More beautiful life: Sylvie Flepp and Léa François in 2014 – Photo credits: Getty Images
More beautiful life: Léa François plays Barbara Évenot
The public discovered this character in 2009. At the time, Barbara Evenot was a young girl abandoned by her mother. Over time, she will end up forming a beautiful relationship with her biological father, Leo Castelli. In Plus belle la vie, the young woman also experiences true love with Abdel Fedala (Marwan Berreni). This is the first boy she falls in love with. And despite several stormy breakups, they lived together again in the last season. It remains to be seen how she will cope with the absence of the latter, already planned by the writers of the series.
Before landing this role, Léa François has had a career as an actress since the age of 4. We were able to see her in series like A Woman of Honor or The Instit. At the same time, she also worked as a voice actresson major productions like Titanic or Harry Potter.
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Stéphane Hénon (or Jean-Paul Boher)
In Plus belle la vie, the actor plays a strong-willed police officer from Colmar. In the first episodes, he even shows a certain racist attitude. With such behavior, he will not only make friends in the Mistral district. But he ends up changing upon contact with her teammate, Samia. After a difficult start they will become closer. After a few years, they will even end up getting married. Even if they break up several times. Ultimately, Samia will end up dying, much to Jean-Paul’s despair.
Stéphane Hénon will reprise this character in the months to come, with the return of Plus belle la vie. Before joining this series, he had already played comedy, in the cinema but also in soap operas like Père et Maire or Commissaire Moulin. In addition to his acting career, he also works as a director.
2023-09-23 11:03:22
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