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This Tuesday, August 27, Michèle Bernier will make her big comeback on France 3 In The intern. On the occasion of this ninth season (a tenth has already been filmed), the actress was the guest of Culture Media on Europe 1. The opportunity for her to promote this series in which she has played the character of Constance Meyer for almost ten years and whose previous season had gathered no less than 5 million viewers. If the heroine of the program already promises us new thrilling adventures, it is on her own career that the actress lingered. An anthology moment broadcast on the famous radio during which she recounts the day when she almost played in an internationally successful film.
To know the story of this completely crazy anecdote, we have to go back to 2005. At the time, Michèle Bernier was contacted by Stéphane Foenkinos, in charge of casting for one of the most coveted films of the time. She explains to the microphone ofEurope 1 that she goes there, totally excited: “I stayed for three quarters of an hour with the director, his assistant, Mike Newellall that. Anyway, I was having a crazy three-quarter hour, I didn’t know where I was anymore. I was just speaking in English and telling myself, the important thing is that you understand, it doesn’t matter if you make mistakes.” Delighted with this moment, the one who says she is still looking for love leaves this meeting with the near certainty of being chosen for the role… But events will not go as planned!
The film she almost starred in grossed nearly $900 million at the box office.
While she thought she would get the role of Olympe Maximethe director of the French magic school Beauxbatons in Harry Potter and the Goblet of FireMichèle Bernier quickly became disillusioned. However, everything seemed to be going smoothly. So much so that Enzo Gaccio’s mother heard the phrase at the end of her interview with the director “You have to check the dates with Michèle”which immediately put the seed of hope in his head. It took several weeks before finally getting a negative response from the teams in charge of the fourth part of the famous saga.And then in fact, it was the production that preferred to take an older English actress”she confided to Thomas Isle on Monday, August 26.
A big disappointment for Michèle Bernier who today prefers to laugh at this anecdote. Released at the end of 2005, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire has established itself as one of the most successful films in the saga about the apprentice wizard. It features all the recurring characters as well as Robert Pattinson, whose filming left a big impression on him. Among the notable actors spotted in this fourth installment of the saga, Afshan Azad, known for her resemblance to Kylie Jenner, had also made a big impression by playing Padma Patil, Ron Weasley’s date at the famous ball.
