– Maripier Morin is still at the center of the news… against his will…
– While the Quebec TV series Bon Matin Chuck is accused of copying Maripier Morin’s old life…
Like Maripier Morin three years ago, Chuck loses everything: his show, his contract with Toyota, his agent (Marilyn Castonguay), the bye bye and his girlfriend Emma (Nathalie Doummar), the leading lady in a historical soap opera. -hospitably about Jeanne Mance, the co-founder of Montreal. (Hugo Dumas, La Presse).
– The producers and directors of the project contest in BLOC.
– You would have preferred to be inspired by the colorful past of leading actor Nicolas Pinson.
Nicolas Pinson graduated in theater from Cégep Lionel-Groulx in 2001. And yet, his acting career didn’t really take off until 2012, after a decade of drugs and self-destruction. (The press)
“I’ve played stoned before. I got kicked out of some places. I wasn’t of this world. »
This turbulent time, with Nicolas Pinson on some detox diets and hitting several lows, inspired Good Morning Chuck (or The Art of Harm Reduction), a new series due Wednesday on Crave.
– If we’re Maripier Morin’s lawyer, we’ll conduct a thorough investigation.
— Because despite the fact that the production swears the series wasn’t inspired by the past of Quebec’s former favorite star.
– There are far too many similarities for it to be mere coincidence.
– Maripier Morin earns a financial license fee for this series.
– It’s so obvious… it cracks the screen…
Directed by Jean-François Rivard (“C’est comme ça que je t’aime”, “Les invincibles”) and Mathieu Cyr (“Between Sea and Bark”), this 10-episode dramatic comedy chronicles the descent of a suffering star -Animators to Hell by de-pendan-ce. We’re talking a big consumer problem, the kind that repels people, attracts the police, and leads you to one of the dirtiest threesomes in history in the toilet of a seedy threesome. o’clock in the morning on a Tuesday. (The press)
In an interview, Nicolas Pinson claims to be “a transparent person”. The expression seems well chosen. The frankness with which he talks about his journey is disarming.
I’m a sad child who took medication for not being able to live reality, being too sensitive, too drained, too feverish and too big to handle… I needed to switch off.
The idea behind Good Morning Chuck (or the art of harm reduction) came from Nicolas Pinson, Mathieu Cyr, Émilie Lemay-Perreault and Jean-François Rivard. The latter then took over the writing along with Sarianne Cormier and Patrick Dupuis.
Nicolas Pinson describes the experience as “therapeutic”. We can certainly imagine why.
We can also imagine that after several years of addiction, filming scenes of consumption and total annihilation brings back past traumas that we try to forget. In other words: a drug addict who voluntarily throws himself back into the middle of the swamp in which he keeps getting stuck seems a little dangerous to us – even fictitious…
“It was a trigger [déclencheur] ‘ admits the main prospect.
As an example, he tells of the filming of a sequence in which he had to swallow cocaine, or rather lactose powder, the substance that actors usually snort on screen.
“When I made my first track, the physical memory came back to me. I said, “Oh my god!” It brought me back. Something awoke, a feeling… The eyes, the tics, the body… It was incredibly stiff! But it was lactose. »
“All my life these things will remain. “These are brain pathways that are all traced,” says the actor.
Nicolas Pinson was visibly emotional at the press preview of the first episodes of Good Morning Chuck (or the Art of Harm Reduction) last week. At the microphone after the screening, the actor fought back tears. He had experienced the same thing in April at the Canneseries festival, where the offer of St. Laurent TV productions (La maison des folies, Amours d’occasion) was presented in the official competition.
Because Good Morning Chuck is not only an extremely personal project, but could also mark a turning point in the professional career of the actor. In recent years, his name has appeared in the credits of several television series, but never in leading roles: “Taxi Driver” in “My Mother”, “Night Receptionist” in “Hotel” and “Monsieur Bélanger” in “Indéfendable”.
“It’s my first big lead,” he explains. I’m in almost every scene. »
In fact, Nicolas Pinson was on 59 of the 60 days of Good Morning Chuck last fall. Before starting this Blitz, the actor enlisted the services of a game coach, Eve Landry, and trained by running three miles a day at Eastman, in his corner of the country in Estrie. And all while singing out loud through his headphones.
As they passed, the cyclists saw me and said, “Uhhhh…” I looked like a real madman!
Despite Nicolas Pinson’s reputation among cycling enthusiasts in the Eastern Townships, his early work has paid off. During a round table attended by half a dozen journalists, Jean-François Rivard vigorously praised his talent.
“I’ve found an actor I want to work with all the time,” said the writer-director. I’ve discovered a comedian Chalice Christie who can be used in all sorts of fields. It’s not easy what he had to play. As we look at the scenes during editing, we’re like, “Crisse, that’s good!” I’m a fan. »
For Nicolas Pinson, these comments are worth their weight in gold. “I was someone who longed so badly to be loved by everyone,” he breathes.
While he doesn’t have many projects in the works other than a possible second season of Good Morning Chuck, Nicolas Pinson seems to have found his way in the industry.
“I’ve always waited for a role, for the call. As soon as I stopped consuming, I took matters into my own hands. I started writing Nico, you cook [une websérie qui s’est étirée sur trois saisons, de 2015 à 2017], and everyone pitched in, even my friends who stayed with me despite all the damage I did. »