A new investigation for Alex Hugo. This Tuesday, April 4 is broadcast an unpublished detective series with Samuel Le Bihan and Lionnel Astier on France 3. A special episode (entitled The Last Track) for the duo of investigators in charge of a mysterious case.
Here is the plot that awaits you tonight. “The rural police of Lusagne is preparing to welcome the team of the Totem association. This association, which specializes in the repair of old buildings, calls on detainees at the end of their sentence, and prepares them for their reintegration. the end of the first day, two members of the team are missing”, details the synopsis of the episode. It was without counting on another major event that could sadden fans of the soap opera.
This new episode of Alex Hugo also marks the last appearance of Lionnel Astier on the screen. After playing chef Angelo Batalla for ten years, the actor bids farewell to the series and his character. It is “with real emotion” that the 69-year-old actor confided in Télé 7 Jours.
“Living several months of the year together, it ends up creating links!”, He exclaims to the magazine before conceding. “But I’m getting to an age where I want to do other projects, especially in the theatre. Shooting four episodes a year took me too much time.” However, the accomplice of Samuel Le Bihan does not exclude a possible return to fiction. “I do not forbid myself to come back and wink”.
Discreet about his private life, Lionel Astier has had several romantic relationships. The actor was in a relationship with actress Joëlle Sevilla. They played together on television and in the cinema in Kaamelott, directed by their son Alexandre Astier (born in 1974). After their separation, the actor shares the life of actress Josée Drevon, also revealed in the chivalrous saga. Together, the couple welcomes their son Simon Astier (born in December 1983) before separating.
In 2017, actor Lionnel Astier married choreographer Dominique Faguet in Vébron. It was in the heart of Lozère that the couple met in August of the previous year on the village square, as indicated by our colleagues from Midi Libre. To mark the occasion, the actor chose the date of Sunday, December 31, 2017, at 4 p.m. “I wanted to wake up married in the new year”, he confided with humor to our colleagues.
On March 25, the actor Lionnel Astier was on Europe 1 in the show There is not just one life in life. The opportunity for the sexagenarian to slip in some secrets about his role as a father and his pride for his sons, Alexandre and Simon, two figures of French cinema.
“I was lucky not to be a worried father,” testified the father of the family, according to comments quoted by Télé-Loisirs. “Of course they had predispositions, that I saw right away. Afterwards, that doesn’t mean that things will happen. But yes! Indeed, whether it’s Alexandre or Simon, they do the same thing, they direct, they write, they play. I have a lot of admiration for them”.
