The most famous football team in the country will be back in action on Friday. Both Niels Destadsbader and An Swartenbroekx posted it on Instagram: the recordings for the Christmas special of FC the champions have started. Both reflect on the big absentee on set: Johny Voners, who died earlier this year.
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In an ideal world, they were already canned, the eight new episodes of FC the champions. With Johny Voners as Xavier Waterslaeghers. Unfortunately, the actor died of skin cancer on March 17 of this year. He was 74 years old. All plans were on hold until last summer it was announced that the team would gather one more time to play a Christmas special. An ode to the 30th anniversary of the series and to Voners. They started that today.
An Swartenbroekx (51), besides Bieke also the screenwriter of the new episode, already thought about it for a while yesterday. On her Instagram she posted a photo of a fire in her garden last night. “The recordings for the FCDK Christmas special will start tomorrow. A fire for Johny. ” Because, she predicted a few months ago: “The recordings will undoubtedly be intense.”
Niels Destadsbader (32), Ronaldinho in the series, also informed his followers that the recordings have started. He posted a picture of himself with the script in hand. A drawing by Johny Voners is central to the title page. What exactly the episode will be about is a well-kept secret for now.
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