Alexis Patri 2:00 p.m., November 21, 2021
At the microphone of Isabelle Morizet in the program "There is not only one life in life" Sunday, the actor and director Pascal Elbé looks back on his personal and professional career.
And in particular on his writing work for the clowns of the famous Cirque du Soleil, when he was still a very young actor.
INTERVIEW
Pascal Elbé had a life before cinema.
A young man's life that he notably made him travel to the four corners of the world as an author for the famous Cirque du Soleil.
The actor recounts this atypical professional experience on Sunday on Europe 1, in Isabelle Morizet's program
There is not only one life in life.
It is thanks to a theater teacher, who advised not to wait for the phone to ring, that Pascal Elbé turned to writing in his early days.
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"That's how I found myself writing for a year for Cirque du Soleil", explains Pascal Elbé.
"I had to write for clowns all over the world. So, I found myself traveling the world performing sketches for Cirque du Soleil clowns."
Different "grammars" depending on the country
But how do you write the same sketches for clowns who will have to perform in front of audiences from all over the world?
"A Russian clown has nothing to do with a Brazilian clown," replies the actor and director.
"A Russian clown is imbued with melancholy. Whereas we also had Brazilian clowns which were much more cheerful, light and festive. So that was another grammar."
The experience within Cirque du Soleil only lasted a year, but Pascal Elbé has fond memories.
"I really enjoyed myself. I lived in Montreal and I had to travel everywhere for them to accompany these clowns. It was also an experience that cleaned me up well and gave me back a taste for a job well done and of the requirement, ”he analyzes.