The 3rd edition of the Canneseries festival will end with two episodes of season 4 of “Ten percent”.

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  • The series "Ten percent" brings the profession of celebrity agent to a large audience.

  • Real professionals say their job is very different from what is depicted in the episodes.

  • Their responsibilities towards the actors have changed over the years.

The fourth season of

Ten percent

, which hits France 2 this Wednesday, October 21, once again features star agents.

With this question on the lips of moviegoers: has the lives of these professionals changed since the success of this series launched in 2015?

That's it, we can finally tell you!

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Among all the agents contacted, is it because he manages the interests in Europe of American stars like Megan Fox or Jeff Goldblum that Florent Lamy is the only one to have accepted to testify with his face uncovered?

“France is very different from other countries,” he explains.

Here, we took the #MeToo storm very gradually, so in the United States, it was enough for a personality to be suspected of having behaved badly for the agencies to see them mercilessly overnight.

The agent nevertheless admits having fun watching the series as if it were "a fiction very freely inspired by what I live".

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Surprise!

The other agents seemed less delighted by this spotlight on their work.

Those who

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contacted often said they were too overwhelmed to answer us or at least preferred to speak on condition of anonymity.

"My job must remain in the shadows, because it consists of putting artists in the spotlight", justified a size of the profession at

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.

However, some have agreed to answer our questions, but masked: "It's fashionable", jokes one of them.

Attention fiction!

“ 

Ten percent

corresponds well to a reality, explains the agent of several big French stars.

But to the one that took place in the 1980s when Dominique Besnehard was a leader in this field.

Since he no longer practices this profession, things have changed!

The agent is no longer the only one to take care of his client: publicists, hairdressers, make-up artists, responsible for the image are now part of the ecosystem of the seventh art.

“The series has an outdated side that makes its charm, says an agent.

She makes us smile because nowadays, this profession is more focused on the financial side of the negotiations than on the representation or the advice of the stars.

Only the famous ten percent of the series title is still relevant today.

“We don't have the right to ask for more, it's in French law!

»Regrets one of our witnesses.

Attention back to reality!

The model of Dominique Besnehard, talent scout and creator of

Ten percent

, is fantasizing.

"I notice that the series is the dream of many spectators who imagine that we spend our time drinking champagne with their favorite stars, admits a former professional.

Reality is more trivial, but easy to make exciting in a scenario.

“Puzzle-like schedules and draconian contracts are the lot of pros who need to be able to see the big picture of their clients' professional lives over months or even years.

“I fear deep disappointments for those who embark on this career after seeing

Ten percent 

!

If our job can be fascinating, it is not always glamorous by far, ”the lady still laughs.

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