How Stéphane Bern became an Internet meme?

For nearly a week, the image of Stéphane Bern, face closed, brandishing a firearm, has been around social networks accompanied by mocking captions. Usually smiling and dealing with light topics such as history, royalty and heritage, the 58-year-old host makes a hairpin turn by playing Paul Leclerc in Olivier Guignard’s crime TV movie, For the honor of a son. Broadcast on August 25 on France 3 from 9:10 p.m., it tells the story of a military father in search of truth after the death of his son, a soldier in Mali. “When I play, I doubt everything and I’m scared. I work like crazy, much more than to present a program. I am learning and it makes me feel good”, confided to us Stéphane Bern about his investment in the register of comedy.

Last Thursday, France 3 unveiled a fifteen-second trailer to promote the broadcast of For the honor of a son. Among the sequences, that of the host with a weapon in hand inspired internet users. To the point that the hijackings are linked and this image of Stephane Bern – nicknamed “Stéphane Bourne” in reference to Robert Ludlum’s character, Jason Bourne – has gone viral. “Stéphane Bern in a role à la Steven Seagal, I’m not ready, the ‘gorafisation’ of the world is going too far”comments a user among many other mockeries.

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“Acting was my dream, I enjoy being someone else and being on vacation with myself”, explained Stéphane Bern about his involvement as an actor. With our colleagues from the magazine Tele-Leisurehe emphasizes not having “never claimed to be a born actor” and humbly pursues his ” learning “.

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