Total surprise in “Mask Singer” Friday evening on TF 1. After five weeks of competition, the Croco revealed his identity. And left the investigators speechless, since it was the imitator Marc-Antoine Le Bret… already eliminated three episodes earlier, then disguised as Tigress! “It was an idea of the production, explains the comedian of 36 years. I found the challenge interesting to be able to trap the viewers and the jury by making two characters. A first also since the start of adaptations of the Korean format around the world.
“Very quickly, I said to myself that it would be fun to have a character over time, and one on which I could change my voice at each performance,” he explains. Hence the voice of Mika for the Croco and those of Fanny Ardant and Chantal Ladesou for the Tigress. “And I had also planned to do Jean-Marie Bigard and Roselyne Bachelot”, reveals the imitator, who has had fun with the great vagueness around his characters in recent weeks. “I took screenshots of social media posts, people saying Too easy this season or My hand to cut it’s Mika, he laughs. Even my brother couldn’t recognize me! »
“I was a little freaked out that people didn’t recognize the personalities I was imitating”
However, playing two animals in the show hosted by Camille Combal was not easy. “Logistically, it was very impressive, admits Marc-Antoine Le Bret. We had to prepare for all eventualities, with the fear of seeing my two characters face to face. It was hard but interesting work. “In particular on the voice, his work tool. “I was a little freaked out that people didn’t recognize the personalities I was imitating,” he says with a smile. Eventually they dived each time. This reassured me. And there was a whole actor’s work on the posture too. It was necessary that the two characters do not resemble each other in attitude. »
Despite this intense work, the candidate was however able to listen to his competitors on the spot. And continued when the show aired. He even says he is ready to take a few bets. For him, the Deer is none other than Quebec comedian Anthony Kavanagh. And the tree? “Like the investigators, there is an evidence: Gilbert Montagné, he decides. Unless they have put in an imitator again…” Could it still be Marc-Antoine Le Bret? “I don’t know what to answer…, he laughs. Maybe I’m also in the Banana! I can be anywhere! »