SKAM’s actor Axel Auriant aka Lucas Lallemant @lucas.llmnt @axelauriant Young actor of 22 years old Axel Auriant has already created his place in the industry. From a young age, he has already walked the floor of several theatre stages. Today he has given more than 500 performances. SKAM France remains the series that has propelled his fame on an international level. He agreed to answer some of our questions.
Why becoming an actor? I became an actor in the theater at first because I wanted to go on stage and play in front of a large audience. And the fact of giving body and interpreting characters made me want to go further and participate in film shoots. And when I arrived on Skam France and saw the societal dimension of the series, with all these very taboo but very important subjects, it made me want to defend this kind of project even more.
For you, what is a good series/ character? I don’t think there are necessarily good or bad characters in fiction. I think that each character exists to bring something to the story and to the viewer. But if we really had to qualify what a good character is, I would say that viewers must be able to identify with him. He has to be able to convey messages, to help the viewer fight several situations he may be confronted with. He can also evolve, because we all change in life.
What is the series that made the most impression on you?
Which one rocked your childhood/ adolescence?
I think it’s The Office, because beyond making me laugh, it has helped me a lot in my job. When I arrived on the set of Skam France, my character Lucas was quite reserved, he didn’t talk too much. I asked David the director how the viewers would understand Lucas’ state of mind, and he said «look at The Office, the looks to camera are incredible» and they were, and it helped me a lot to interpret Lucas’ personality.
Friends of course! My parents were fans and I grew up with the last few seasons. Afterwards, I wanted to watch the whole series, since the first season came out in 1994, and it reminded me so much of my childhood, my parents at night in front of the TV laughing! Really, I have great memories of this series and it’s the one that marked my childhood the most.
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