William Leymergie's book adapted into a film? "I wrote with a camera at the end of the pen"

INTERVIEW

TV, literature, and soon the cinema?

Host William Leymergie presents his first novel

Wednesday in Culture Médias 

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A book which tells of the impossible and fictitious romance between Madame de Pompadour and Mauro, a young ephebe with a sulphurous reputation as the best lover in the kingdom.

From his writing, William Leymergie imagined how his novel could be adapted to the cinema, as he explains at the microphone of Philippe Vandel.

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"For each page, I can tell you what the color of the dress is"

For William Lemeyrgie, adapting this fiction, which takes place in the Regent's small suppers, is indeed natural.

"I wrote with a camera at the end of the pen, that's clear," he explains.

At the point of his writing process was done by imagining in detail how each scene could be filmed.

"For each scene you can take any page, I can tell you what the color of the dress is or how the person's hair is, if they are wearing earrings is it a pearl or a pendant, etc. ", adds William Leymergie precisely.

"My cinematographic references are 

Fanfan the tulip

and 

The three musketeers

"

Beyond the romantic and erotic aspects,

is also a swashbuckling novel.

A genre that is of course also found on the big screen.

"My cinematographic references, it's

, it's Barry Lyndon, it's Tom Jones and it's

" logically reveals the author and TV host.

But has William Leymergie already found producers for this film project?

"Not yet," he smiles.

"But thanks to you, they'll call me, that's for sure!"

The C8 host with a full address book should easily find interested producers.