understatement. In fact, moments after entering the NIGHTLIFE studio in mid-April, he’d already befriended everyone from photographer to fellow performing artists. Affable, humble, handsome and a natural funnyman, all the metaphorical arrows point in one direction: an impending film career marked by leading man roles.
So determined was LeFlaguais to disassociate his career from that of his famous bloodline that he refused to audition for parts in movies starring his father, regardless of whether he’d be sharing any screen time with daddy-o. In doing so, he has built a more than respectable resume, with starring parts on TV – in Radio-Canada’s emergency room drama Trauma – as well as on stage, notably in the Fabrice Melquiot play Autour de ma pierre, il ne fera pas nuit (as a slightly loony, grenade-toting poet).
But talking with the down-to-earth guy, you see that his involvement in the arts couldn’t have any less to do with its moneymaking potential, nor is he banking on a quick shot at fame. Here’s a guy who spent three years touring schools with Victoriaville-based “intervention theatre” company Théâtre Parminou. He also attends on average two plays each week, and is the proud owner of a giant Ziploc bag full of ticket stubs. “I’ve kept them all – theatre, music, cinema, everything. Ever since my first concert, Filter I think it was, when I was 14. It’s my cultural baggage,” he says with pride.
really having a ball.”
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