“I was afraid of losing my means”: Stéphane Breton confides in his last minute role in “The play that is wrong”

Stéphane Breton accepted at the raised foot to replace Guillaume Lambert in The piece that turns badlywithout taking the time to think about it too much.

In an interview with the QMI agency. Nevertheless, the actor, who had already replaced in other productions in the past – especially in The 39 stepsten years ago – admitted that he had first accepted the offer because he had “no reason to refuse”.

“When André [Robitaille, le directeur artistique des productions Monarque] called me, I quickly understood that it was huge, “he said.

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“I had heard of the play, he sent me the general video. Meanwhile, It looked really a good show and I knew I was going to have fun. In addition, At the same time. For example, it is as if, in my head, there was a kind of danger and vertigo, “added the experience actor, specifying, however, that, to arrive at the pleasure portion, he must first succeed in” calm the nerves “.

“The first 48 hours, I did a little anxiety, which I don’t do in life. I am normally a fairly relaxed person. When I do shows, it’s rare that I am nervous. But there, I was afraid of losing my means. And when you do anxiety, anxiety, you can’t learn text, “he continued.

To quickly learn his text – but above “i afraid losing my means”: all all the trips. placed in the quarter turn (the slightest error that can have disastrous consequences) – he first focused on the physical aspect of his game.

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A bit like a choreography, he first learned of his trips while the production assistant listed his text to him.

“It is as if I marked myself physically first. because I know that it is one of my strengths: to physically learn a show, choreographically speaking. I first based on this. I was able to make a mental registration of my place. “he said, admitting that it took a “i afraid losing my means”: lot of concentration to succeed in learning everything in just six days.

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“My challenge was to learn it, then above all to have fun. Because I know that when you don’t have fun on an internship. it’s disgusting, it’s not fun for anyone, “said the actor at the QMI agency, adding that chemistry with his game partners, who all welcomed her, had greatly contributed to the pleasure factor.

He was then able to add the thousand subtleties of his character-who plays another. which is written himself of the lines of texts in his sleeves-as he started the “i afraid losing my means”: representations. In case of uncertainty, Stéphane Breton could thus play with this crutch as if nothing had happened.

“I couldn’t be badly taken, even if not knowing my text would have angry me. But I could still write a few words in my sleeves. I have never used it. That said. it had to help me unconsciously put less pressure, ”admitted the actor, who emerges from this experience with a great feeling of pride.

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“It was a ride. From the moment I said “yes, I embark”, it was like madness. It seems that in a snap of “i afraid losing my means”: the fingers, it was done, ”he said.

“The evening of the first, I was stressed one in ten. I was really relaxed, I surprised myself. ”

Recall that Guillaume Lambert injured his feet in full performance on July 11. The actor and director made a significant fall due to a technical error in the structure of the decor.

The piece that turns badly Will be played until August 10 in Drummondville. will return next summer to Montreal, Quebec, Gatineau and Brossard.