![]() He said he was grateful for Fanny Herrero (the co-creator and showrunner of the series) who “created this character whom we dislike at the beginning and seems only preoccupied by his business, but then we see his humanity, and he ends up being touching, especially in the third season.” “I feel a need to turn the page,” the actor admitted. While a “Call My Agent!” spinoff movie is currently in development, Bouab, who broke through playing the entrepreneur Hicham Janowski in the hit show, said he won’t reprise his role. The series also stars Thibault de Montalembert, who had a recurrent role in “Call My Agent!” “People are familiar with Beaumarchais for his plays, like the ‘Le Mariage de Figaro’ and ‘Le Barbier de Séville,’ but they don’t know that he was a clockmaker, an inventor, he taught music to the daughters of Louis XV, then he was a weapon salesman, and at some point he became a spy for the French king,” said Bouab. The actor reveled about the role of Beaumarchais, whom he said had “an incredible life” and was a “very complex, multi-layered character.” Seeing him play Benjamin Franklin was almost hypnotic,” said Bouab. Michael Douglas has smiling eyes and such a magnetic presence. Speaking to Variety ahead of Cannes, Bouab spoke about his recent experience on stage in London, as well as starring as French philosopher Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, opposite Michael Douglas, in the upcoming AppleTV+ series “Franklin,” based on the life of Benjamin Franklin. “This project further cements our our place as one of the most exciting and successful destinations for talent and original and established IP,” Ishak continued. “In such a saturated market, it’s hard to find distinctive and important stories to tell, this one is both, and I am thrilled to be working with Ben and Assaad in telling it,” said Maria Ishak, head of international content and co-productions at Asacha Media. The company is backing the series project and is seeking potential production and broadcast partners. “In our hands it’s also the scaffold for an epic, multi-series adventure of intrigue, ambition, global politics, romance, and spiritual quest that will entertain and enthrall audiences around the world.”Īsacha Media group, the fast-expanding European production banner, owns several outfits, including the U.K.’s Red Planet Pictures, Picomedia in Italy and Kabo Family in France. ![]() Ross, who will be showrunning “Voyager,” said “Ibn Battuta’s ‘Rilah’ is one of the most fascinating documents in history and a privileged window onto a vanished world.” “For many years, his name was associated with a boat in my mind – the boat that I and my family used to travel on between Tangier and Algeciras in Spain, that marked the beginning of my discovery of a new world I now have the chance to live in his shoes for a while,” Bouab continued. Bouab, who is half Moroccan, said “Ibn Battuta is one of the greatest explorers of all time and I would have loved to have had his life.” ![]()
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