SERIES MAT. The Netflix series “Tapie” with Laurent Laffite, which looks back on the life of the businessman and OM boss who died in 2021 from cancer, angered his family.
[Mis à jour le 17 avril 2023 à 16h12] It is a project that is far from unanimous. A series devoted to Bernard Tapiesoberly titled carpet, due out September 13, 2023 on Netflix. But the first images of Laurent Laffite in the role of the former businessman and politician were shared last Friday on Instagram by the streaming platform. And as much to say that the family of Bernard Tapie, who died in 2021 as a result of cancer, is far from approving the project, since it had not given its agreement for such a project.
On social networks, Sophie Tapie, the daughter of the former boss of Olympique de Marseille, did not hide her anger at the upcoming release of the series, and in particular the qualifier “scammer” which was used in first by netflix in his promotional post on Instagram (this one was later modified): “‘Tapie the scammer’. Knowing that he had verbalized before his death that he was against this series… Like what disrespect does not has no limit“, she was irritated on her Instagram account. “It’s pathetic”, also estimated Rodolphe Tapie, his grandson, evoking the use of the qualifier “scammer” to speak of Bernard Tapie.
Bernard Tapie had opposed the series project
Sophie Tapie was also shocked that this is the series “is on the initiative of Tristan Séguéla, a family ‘friend’ of the Tapies for 40 years.” Bernard Tapie’s widow, Dominique, also informed RTL last March that her husband was against the project. He had also explained, during his lifetime, in 2021 in the columns of Var Matin, that he “was against”. “He’s a friend’s son. [Tristan Séguéla, fils du publicitaire Jacques Séguéla, NDLR]. Doing it without asking me for my agreement in principle is not very good. There are things we don’t do. That there are documentaries is another thing, but borrowing my name is a bit heavy.”
Laurent Laffite defends himself
Series carpet was presented this Sunday, April 16 during the CannesSéries Festival. Asked about the controversy surrounding the project, Laurent Laffite replied to the critics at the microphone of the festival: “He is a character who is very, very complex. And he is interesting precisely because he is complex. It is not to make him a saint. And it’s not a question of burdening him either. But of trying to be as objective as possible to tell his incredible journey.”
serial plug
carpet is a mini-series in seven episodes to see on Netflix from September 13, 2023. It is a “free biopic” on the businessman Bernard Tapie and especially his professional career, from the 1960s to the 1980s In the casting, the series brings together Laurent Laffite in the title role, but also Joséphine Japy, Camille Champoux and Ophelia Kolb.