From Monday evening, actress Julie de Bona plays a radio host who travels through time to save her daughter, in the new TF1 series "Plan B".

Invited the same day of "Culture Media", the actress looks back on the internship she had done in the show of Europe 1 to work on her role.

INTERVIEW

She is part of the team of actresses who work on their role by immersing themselves completely in it.

Julie de Bona plays in the

Plan B

series

, broadcast on TF1 from Monday evening, a radio host who travels through time to save her daughter who commits suicide.

The actress had done an "observation internship" in the program

Culture Médias

in 2020 

to work on this role.

Back at Philippe Vandel's microphone, Julie de Bona now explains how this immersion nourished her during the filming.

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"It was a lot of fun. And then it was essential for me," said the actress.

"I had to get into the shoes of this radio host, I understood what this job had of responsibility and load, adrenaline and passion."

A "fascinating" profession

But what Julie de Bona remembers above all from her internship is the "super power" of the radio hosts.

"I had the impression that we had the info before everyone else. We know what we're going to say, while the guest doesn't know what we're going to say. We disclose the info. to the spectators, ”she explains to her“ internship supervisor ”Hélène Mannarino, who paints her unexpected portrait for the occasion.

And Julie de Bona particularly appreciates the proximity to listeners in her fictional profession.

"We go straight into their home. They are drinking coffee, being in the shower and talking to them," she observes.

"I find that quite fascinating."

So many observations that the actress took advantage of during the filming of 

Plan B

, down to the smallest details.

Like when she has leaves all around her in scenes shot in a radio studio.

"I did exactly like Philippe Vandel", smiles Julie de Bona.

"I took all my little index cards and looked at my director. Thanks to him for this amazing advice."