Jacques Weber: why he reviewed his judgment on Bernard Tapie

Thursday April 7, 2022, Arte launched the second season of the event series In therapy. In it, Jacques Weber plays Paul, a business manager who worries about his daughter. Guest on the 8:30 p.m. set on Sunday, the actor revealed about his character: « I wasn’t inspired by Bernard Tapie, I went back to him.« Having reviewed his judgment on the businessman who died on October 3, 2021, Jacques Weber said: »I said to myself: ‘After all, this Bernard Tapie, whom one could, by what he represented symbolically, not love him.’ It was my case I didn’t like what he represented. But I said to myself: ‘At the same time, no doubt, he too has weaknesses and flaws after all.’ What a man are you, a man like the others and you too. But at the same time, we are all exceptions.« 

A month earlier, Jacques Weber had already mentioned Bernard Tapie during an interview with Télé 7 days. Assuring that he had first had doubts before playing Paul in In Therapy, he explained: « Embodying a boss, I who am very left, it was complicated. And, of course, like any self-respecting moron, I’ve often made generalizations about employers. I saw in Alain, my character, such explanations for his difficult relationship with the world, that all of a sudden, I discovered the human he was.Discussing what finally made him decide to accept the role, the actor added: « I thought of Bernard Tapie, who was a despicable individual, and whom I saw fight against his cancer, become again a man like the others. It silenced me.« 

Jacques Weber: « We must stop stupidity »

A few years earlier, the actor had had harsh words for Bernard Tapie. Not appreciating that the latter does theatre, he had indeed declared: « If it’s to see mediocre and vulgar people, then I say no to theater on television. I can’t even stand the thought of him setting foot on a stage. We have to stop stupidity, it’s a difficult and demanding job.« 

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