INTERVIEW
Intramuros, The Circle of Illusionists, The Bearer of History, Edmond ... At this very moment, four pieces signed Alexis Michalik are played in Paris. But that's not enough for this young prodigy of the French theater, 36 years old. Invited on the show L'equipped sauvage , Alexis Michalik came on Wednesday to present his first novel, Loin , published by Albin Michel. A 650-page book already in the running for the Renaudot prize and the Renaudot high school students' prize.
"It is the story of three young people who do not dare to leave their comfort zone, especially the hero, Antoine, who has a panic fear of the plane. looking for his father who he wants a lot to be gone, he will become more like him, take the taste of travel and adventure ", summarizes Alexis Michalik.
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More "entrepreneur" than artist
Like Alexandre Dumas, one of his favorite writers, Alexis Michalik is not only a writer. He is best known for his work at the theater. "I have many other trades and I do not have all the time and the free spirit to write, so I wrote Far away while I was doing other shows, often when I was traveling, in filming, for example, "says the actor, who sees himself" more as an entrepreneur than as an artist ".
If he likes to take on new challenges, Alexis Michalik sometimes gets caught up in passion. A few years ago, this thirst for creation led him straight to burn-out. "It happened just after my first Molières (in 2014 ed.) I was half shooting half of the Avignon Festival One morning, I woke up, I was tired and I could not do anything I stayed like that for months, "recalls Alexis Michalik.
Alexis Michalik has thus "learned to take vacations" to be able to go back on the stage as soon as possible. And this rest bore fruit: Edmond , his last piece, which tells the story of Edmond Rostand, then received five Molières.