Apparently Sy’s canine costar is quite the diva on set.
Warning: This article contains spoilers for the season 2 finale ofLupin.
Don’t worry, J’accuse fans!
Assane Diop (Omar Sy) and Benjamin Ferel (Antoine Gouy) in ‘Lupin,’ pictured here with canine companion J’accuse.Emmanuel Guimier/Netflix
(More on that in a bit.)
She’s really difficult on set, but we love her.
But she seems so well-behaved on the show.
Omar Sy as Assane Diop in ‘Lupin’.Emmanuel Guimier/Netflix
Because she’s a very good actress!
We never see what becomes of J’accuse as Assane pulls off his revenge and then leaves town.
Do we need to worry about J’accuse?
No, you don’t have to worry about J’accuse.
And I don’t want to spoil anything, but we have more coming with her.
The show has been a massive international success for Netflix.
When did you know the show was going to be a big hit?
And when we had the numbers from around the world, we were No.
1 in countries that don’t even speak French!
So it was amazing to be No.
So for us, we were very intrigued and really happy, but it was a surprise.
Were you a big fan of the character of Arsene Lupin before doing the show?
Yes, of course.
I was familiar with the graphic novels from Japan.
So there is a lot of books and manga that was been inspired byLupin.
There was one when I was young I used to read all of.
So I was very familiar with Lupin through that, butLupinis a part of the French culture.
What are your thoughts on Assane’s revenge?
Do you think he’s satisfied is he finally done with Pellegrini?
It depends on what’s gonna happen next for Pellegrini and everybody else, and even for him.
Because it’s not completely finished.
He’s done most of the work, but it’s not completely finished.
When episode 10 finished, there’s still some questions that we didn’t have answered.
During their confrontation, it looked like Assane might go against his code and kill Pellegrini.
Do you think he wanted to?
The whole show we were very, very careful to not have our hero be violent.
So there is no violence from Assane, he does what he does, but without the violence.
One of the rules of Lupin is [he’s] never violent, never killed anyone.
Because it’s a lot.
And maybe he’s gonna switch on the other side.
That was really possible.
Season 2 brought in more accomplices for Assane.
Can we expect more of that going forward?
When you read the books, Lupin has a lot of accomplices.
So it was interesting to have that.
It’s also one of his skills, to bring people with him.
It was really cool to play with that.
I think it’s a good aspect ofLupin.
It’s certainly possible.
We don’t know.
How far along is season 3?
We’re talking about that right now.
Do you think he’s going far, or is he sticking around?
I know exactly where he’s gonna be, but I’ll let you think about it.
It means a lot.
AndLupinis a toy, because it’s everything.
For an actor it’s just perfect.
You get to change your dress and your appearance all the time.
I think with the show, we have all of that in one, so it’s really cool.
So it’s just perfect.
We’re so happy and blessed and grateful.
And what is the the show’s main message, in your opinion?
I think that is the main thing that resonates all over the world, especially today.
