Jonathan Cohen without mytho: the actor tells himself with open heart

Crazy seducer of the flame, wacky troublemaker of Fuckin ‘Fred, and legendary blabulator, the 44 -year -old star, much awaited in Lille, confided as rarely in Séries Mania. Confidence moment.

He is certainly one of the most popular actors of the moment. It was only to go to Lille this weekend to have confirmation. More than 1,300 people gathered in the new century room to listen to the masterclass of Jonathan Cohen. For more than 1 hour, the creator of The flame Rarely told herself, confident his childhood and his first steps on stage. All without mytho!

Jonathan Cohen First reveals having understood very young that he was funny, at the start of his adolescence: “It is not easy to be at school. There are always the slightly stylish groups of people, and the others less. And me, I quickly understood that I was not the schoolbill of school! So I found my place by making friends laugh. I was called to make you laugh in the evenings. I liked it, but it was also a way to survive in the groups. ” Cohen admit that being funny thus “helped to find who I was. I found nothing better to feel loved. “

In the process, the jack-of-all humorist tells that he was a child on TV, nourished in the 1990s series:

“I grew up in front of Beverly Hills, in front of Melrose Place, Marc and Sophie, I knew the creation of Simpsons … I can quote heaps. I spent my youth in front of the TV.”

However, at that time, working on the small screen was not a dream to Jonathan Cohenwho does not imagine a second becoming an actor. “In these years, I just wanted to get out of my condition. I wanted a life” Bigger Than Life “. And there I discover the theater. A friend of me invites me to attend an improvisory class. And get on stage with them.

Without really anticipating the career waiting for him, Jonathan Cohen Quickly understands that he has a certain gift for the game, the scene, the public: “The theater teacher made me compliments so I felt that I had found my way. On this, I pass the Conservatoire competition … and I have it. There are 2,500 candidates, 15 girls, 15 boys chosen, and I am selected! From there, it becomes serious for me. I understand that I am becoming an artist. And I have to understand who I am as an artist.“”

Still far from Maaaaarc and everything that will happen later, seeking only to learn his art, Jonathan Cohen Decides to immediately try the American adventure and flies away for the Big Apple:

“”With a friend, we went to New York. We only swore by the actor studio. We read Stanislavski. The best schools being in New York, we took a ticket saying that we were going to find a job and take lessons next to it. As soon as we got there, we understood that it was going to be much more galley than that. “

Jonathan Cohen continues in his memories of America: “We disembark at the McDo. I didn’t understand anything and I ended up with an order at 35 dollars (laughs). In short, it was a little galley and in the end, we are not going to lie, I did not take theater lessons there! But just survive in New York, it gave me a strength and I returned to Paris, determined to do only theater. “

It was in 2001. And two decades later, Jonathan Cohen has really become a star in France. Without ever really looking for: “Throughout my career, there has rarely been calculated. I let things do. I said to myself: it amuses me to do this or that. There has never been a plan“Ensures the 44 -year -old actor in front of the Mania series festival -goers. “I never said to myself that I had to show another face, another facet, that I do my Tchao Pantin … There is zero calculation and it shows when I go out the doc on Fuckin ‘Fred (on the premium video) and the film with Leïla Bekhti (God, Sylvie Vartan and me) a few days later. Not having a plan, that leaves the freedom to make this kind of gap.”