“I am a good student”: the offbeat interview with Philippe Katerine

He meets Paolo, for a few scenes, in a dark and succinct role for HBO Max. Unlike his personality as a lunar actor who never takes himself seriously. Philippe Katerine gave us a funny interview in the middle of filming, full of mastered second degree… Meeting.

Philippe Katerine appears in Paolo. Appears, that’s the right word: his character is only there for one episode. A few scenes and a handful of lines before suddenly disappearing. A small role, therefore, in a series of which he himself only read the first episode – the one in which he plays – before coming to film. We are in the summer of 2025, near Reims, on the set of Sébastien Marnier’s new series for HBO Max. Exactly one year after his crazy and memorable performance at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. In front of us, Katerine lends herself with great derision to the game of formal interview, willingly taking the place of second knife to better inject her second degree. The singer, actor, entertainer and always a little elsewhere evokes the series, his vision of the profession with a delicious distance. Interview with a decidedly elusive personality.