It is one of the successful fictions of the PAF. Since 2016, Astrid Veillon has played Commander Léa Soler in Tandem on France 3, where she plays opposite Stéphane Blancafort in the role of Captain Paul Marchal. A series that brings together an average of 4 to 5 million viewers in front of their television.
Among the strengths of the police soap opera, the duo of Astrid Veillon and Stéphane Blancafort has forged a strong bond in the eyes of the fans. Since the first season, the two heroes have teamed up in the same brigade despite having been married before. Despite the tensions and their common past, they must ensure the education of their two teenagers, Thomas and Alice.
Divorced on screen, what about their real relationship in life? Apart from the cameras, Astrid Veillon and Stéphane Blancafort have never been in a relationship. If the actress lives separately from her companion Gilles, the father of her son Jules (born April 10, 2010), her on-screen partner lives a beautiful story with his wife Nancy and their four children. However, the two actors have become friends over the years.
However, the beginnings were complicated according to the words of Stéphane Blancafort, shared on May 16 with the Allociné site. “I learned to work a little differently in contact with Astrid,” he confided first, adding: “Because once or twice, we both had little clashes. Which is normal, because it’s not easy to accept the other’s way of working. It’s even quite difficult”.
However, the famous 53-year-old actor admits that there were no arguments with his partner “because we love each other very much, she and I, but we dotted the i’s at one point. given, so that it is easier for everyone and everyone is well”. This is not the first time that the duo of actors confides in their complicity in filming.
Asked by Télé-Loisirs in 2021, Astrid Veillon admitted that she always liked to have the last word in filming. “It’s not a question of ego. There’s none of that between us, we don’t take cover. But, being more invested and knowing the rest of the story of our characters, it I’m often the one who has the last word”, admitted the one who nicknamed her playmate “Steph”.
The interpreter of Paul Marchand has, meanwhile, more imagination. “At first, I called Astrid my Choupinette. It came during a telephone conversation”, he assures our colleagues, before calling her “Choupi”. An accomplice duo who will soon bid farewell to Tandem fans at the end of season 7, followed by a final TV movie to come soon on France 3.