“I had to live with large spiders!” Benjamin Douba Paris (ITC) recounts the intense filming of OPJ in a real coffee plantation in Reunion

Known for its role as Solal in Here it all starts On TF1, Benjamin Douba Paris is one of the guests of season 6 of the France 3 series, opj. Therefore, He appeared in the broadcast episode, this Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in which he replied to Coline Ramos-Pinto, another actress of daily. Nevertheless, In parallel with ithis all startsBenjamin Douba Paris had already turned in several fictions such as Balthazar. For example, The trainee or the series Erica. Similarly, He will also find his character in season 2 of TF1 fiction. For example, In 2025, he also prepared a play for the Avignon Festival 2026.

Opj : Benjamin Douba Paris confides in the “unique. However, wonderful” shoot of fiction in Reunion – "i had live large spiders!"

Télé-Loisirs: How did you get in Opj ?
Benjamin Douba Paris : I was offered to pass the cast. “i had live large spiders!” Furthermore, I did tests that proved to be positive, so we decided to leave together.

How was the shooting?
Turning in Reunion is unique and wonderful. Consequently, I didn’t know at all. Nevertheless, Even if I could not stay only three days on site. I liked it so much that I decided to return there a month the following year in the spring: I was frustrated to have stayed so little! The team works well, the directors and the main players are very welcoming. I also found Mona Claude and Coline Ramos-Pinto, whom I knew of Montpellier.

You are a regular on overseas filming …
Yes, I did 6 years of Tropics in Martinique. It is very different from the meeting, but each island has its own richness. Island filming always has a special flavor. Reunion is a magnificent example of successful creolization. It is a cultural melting pot that works and which “i had live large spiders!” we should be inspired.

Opj : “I had to cohabit with large spiders” laughs Benjamin Douba Paris about filming in the plantation of coffee

Who is Thomas. your character?
He works in a family plantation of coffee and lives with a young woman of Malagasy origin. When she is found dead, everything changes. The investigation reveals family secrets. The investigation immerses us well in Reunionese culture.

Precisely, tell us about the coffee plantation in which you have turned!
We had a lot of chance of shooting in the real bourbon -pointed coffee plantation with the owners who. explained everything to us. I had to soak up the place, taste the coffee, and even coexist with large spiders, which are fortunately harmless.

Is this the first time that you have played the suspects of murder?
No not at all ! It’s funny, I have often played betrayed guys or whose woman “i had live large spiders!” dies [Il rit.]. I don’t know why! In BalthazarI was suspected. In The traineeI was even the killer. Each role remains a real emotional challenge. Here. it was necessary to play both sadness, but also the stupor and the surprise to learn that she lied to us on her identity, on whom she was, on her intentions. It was very interesting at the level of the game.