2023-09-28 08:57:32
On Wednesday evening, the 78-year-old actor had an illness on stage at the Edouard-VII theater in Paris, where he was playing “Rabbit” alongside Muriel Robin, who was suspended for a week.
A stutter which is not part of the staging and then the red curtain which falls. Actor Pierre Arditi, 78, felt unwell on stage Wednesday evening in Paris. He was hospitalized but his “days are not in danger”, according to those around him. “He is conscious, he was hospitalized to undergo examinations,” said this source, according to whom it is “not a stroke” but a vagal discomfort.
“I had vagal discomfort on stage and hypoglycemia, so obviously I lost track… But there is no stroke, no thing like that. It’s still scary, because it’s still not nothing. But it’s okay, it’s over. I’m going to rest for five days and I’ll start playing again on Wednesday,” he explained on BFMTV on Thursday.
The actor felt unwell while he was on stage at the Edouard-VII theater in Paris, around twenty minutes after the start of the performance of Lapin, a play by Samuel Benchetrit. The performance of this duet piece with Muriel Robin was immediately interrupted, the curtain was lowered and the spectators asked to leave the room. “The play is interrupted to respect a rest period and will resume on Wednesday evening,” underlined the actor’s entourage.
Pierre Arditi, born December 1, 1944 in Paris, is a popular figure in French cultural life. He has collaborated several times with filmmakers like Alain Resnais and Claude Lelouch, while pursuing an intense career on stage and on the small screen. Awarded two Césars and a Molière, he is known for his deep voice and his seductive roles.
He has been seen in recent years in the series Blood of the Vine, in La Belle Epoque (2019) by Nicolas Bedos or more recently, in Maestro(s) (2022), where he played a conductor alongside ‘Yvan Attal.
Updated at 11 a.m. with statements from Pierre Arditi, details on the discomfort and stopping of the play for a week.
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