Mr. Reno, after Who Murdered Sara?, Marina and the Murderers is your second series role in a short period of time.

What attracted you to this one?

I especially liked the setting of the story.

It is set in Spain in 1948 and is about a young woman from a family of police officers who, because of her gender, is not allowed to take up this profession and then investigates in a different way.

The costumes, the cars, the ambiance – I felt drawn to these things straight away.

And I loved the dynamic between the protagonist, played by Aura Garrido, and me, who is sort of a surrogate father to her.

Her parents are from Spain, her birth name is Juan Moreno y Herrera-Jiménez.

Was it special for you to shoot a series in the land of your ancestors for the first time?

Of course, even if Spain isn't home for me, it's the country of my parents.

It was the first time I ever lived there during filming.

I was born in Casablanca, where my parents emigrated to look for work during the Franco regime.

And what should I say?

Spain makes it very easy to spend time there.

Weather, food, drink - that can be endured very well.

You moved to France from Morocco when you were young.

Have you ever felt Spanish?

No, and Spain is not just Spain.

The individual regions are far too different for a single “Spanish identity” to exist.

So I can say: Andalusia means something to me, I have a connection to it.

I inherited the mentality of my parents who come from there.

I understand flamenco, the colors, the language of García Lorca.

But I've felt French for a long time.

That's where my roots are and that's where I want to be buried.

Have you already thought about this?

It's my very good friend Johnny Hallyday's fault.

I used to take him to the island of St. Barth in the Caribbean when he was still alive.

We drove past a cemetery and he told me that this was the place where he wanted to be buried someday.

He wasn't even 70 then!

That's when I started to think about the topic.

I was born in Morocco, have lived most of my life in France, am married to a British woman and live in New York.

Accordingly, there are a number of factors that play into the answer to this question.

But then I quickly felt that there was only one place that could be my final resting place: Les Baux-de-Provence near Avignon in southern France.

I have a house there, that's my home.

But you and your wife mainly live in New York?

Most of the time at least.

Last but not least, you like New York particularly well when you can disappear and only return after a while.

Especially since the city has changed through the Covid period, it seems as if it has become more closed off.

I'm curious to see whether life there will soon feel like it did before.

You've played less and less in American productions lately.

Tired of Hollywood?