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Posing for Showtime’s “C Yourself” campaign for the American Cancer Society!

The campaign http://apps.facebook.com/cyourself/ - spread the word!!

At the Prix Gémeaux in September 2010 for Yamaska

Francois Arnaud and Evelyne Brochu

The group La veillée presents until December 6^th their first production of the season L’heure du lynx by the Swedish author Per Olov Enquist.  The director Téo Spychalski is surrounded by actors Francois Arnaud, Marthe Turgeon, Isabelle Tinkler and Gaétan Nadeau.  The play tells the story of a young man who has committed a terrible crime; murder.  Incarcerated in an institution for some years, he is now subjected to an experimental therapy.  Two women, a psychologist and a nun, try to understand him.  The man’s remarks make the two women face the existential questions that alter their conception of life.

Acting in L’Heure du lynx in 2008

Another little interview from Bravo!’s website (still only available to those in Canada - message me about this!)

Now available on youtube thanks to seraphina01!

BravoTV Francois Arnaud Interview

The transcript =]

SB:  So tell me about this family, and why are they so compelling?

FA:  Um, the Borgias are a fifteenth century Roman family and they have a really, really bad reputation.  But I think we’re trying to, you know, have an inside look at what really happened.  Rodrigo Borgia, the father played by Jeremy Irons, becomes pope and they’re really a powerful dynasty.  The whole family helps put him there and keep him there and it’s full of corruption and ambiguous relationships.

SB:  Your character is very manipulative and.. he’s a bad guy!

FA:  Most people would see him as a bad guy, I can’t because you know, it’s kind of, I kind of become him, and umm, he starts off as a very innocent, young boy who just wants to protect his family and he’s not really interested in the papacy, but he develops a taste for power and umm, and money I guess, and he becomes quite a big monster.  But not yet, not yet.

SB:  And what was it like to work with Jeremy Irons?  Neil Jordan?  Was this intimidating at all for you?

FA:  It was a bit at first, very much actually.  To have someone like Neil Jordan that I admired for so long to be remotely interested in me and my work is just a blessing.  I keep, you know, giving you religious metaphors!  But it was a blessing and to work with Jeremy Irons was a bit intimidating at first but I think it works for the character because Cesare can’t stand up to his father in the beginning either, so we had that in common (he lols).

Moment inédit - un cours privé avec François Arnaud

An outtake from “Francois Meets a Fan”, iz super cute.

(Only available to Canadian IP addresses, message me if you need a way around that =])

The video for this little interview nugget is on Bravo!’s website if anyone’s interested (but only available to Canadian IP addresses, you can message me if you want to know how to get around that)

Now available on youtube thanks to seraphina01

eTalk chats with Francois Arnaud

Here’s the transcript =]

Etalk:  I know many actors that would love to be in, you know, to be in your position.  Where were you when you learned you got the part?

FA:  I was coming back from London actually, where I had just tested with Jeremy Irons and I was at the airport, I had a message on my cellphone.  I just called my agent, he was like “Yeah, you got..” I was just like literally walking out of the plane.

Etalk:  And your reaction?

FA:  Call my mom (he lols)

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FA:  Rodrigo Borgia becomes Pope Alexander VI and it’s set in fifteenth century Rome.  What we kind of witness in the first episode is the race to the papacy and we help him put him there.  It’s about gaining power and keeping power.

Etalk:  Is there any way that you related to that character?  And its darkness?

FA:  A lot of ways actually, it’s a bit scary.

Etalk:  We want to know!

FA:  In that era, how I understood the way Cesare behaved, it’s terrible but yeah.

Etalk:  You have said that Jeremy Irons is very sweet.

FA:  Oh he’s a very sweet guy, very.  A hardworker, but as a human being very generous, and simple.

Etalk:  Why do you think North American audiences will relate to this show?

FA:  I think it’s very reminiscent of what you can see today, like on Wall Street or like, it reminds me a lot of the Bush family story and the way they acquired power.

Etalk:  I’m glad you’re not comparing it to Canadian politics.

FA:  Ah, you know, that’s even more fucked up!