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CBC
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
After Gilmore Girls, Yanic Truesdale had to relearn how to talk at a normal pace
Social Sharing Yanic Truesdale is best known for playing Michel, Stars Hollow's passive aggressive French hotel concierge, on the hit show Gilmore Girls. In an interview with Q 's Tom Power, the Montreal-born actor recalls how he landed his first big break in the French Canadian hockey series He Shoots, He Scores (Lance et compte) despite not knowing how to skate, and the time he invented a fake assistant named Bernadette to help him negotiate a production of The Birdcage (La cage aux folles) in Quebec. But it wasn't until Truesdale moved to L.A. that his career exploded with his very first Hollywood audition. "I was in L.A. for a year without being able to find an agent, getting a job, getting an audition, being quite depressed, running out of money — it's not pretty," he says. "And so I had decided by my birthday, if I didn't have a clear sign of something, I would just go back home. And I got Gilmore a week before my birthday." WATCH | Yanic Truesdale's full interview with Tom Power: Though Gilmore Girls put Truesdale on the map, it was a tougher gig than it appeared to be from the outside, particularly due to the rapid-fire dialogue that's become a trademark of the show's creator, Amy Sherman-Palladino. "The truth of the matter is Gilmore was a very complicated, difficult show to film because we didn't have a big budget back then," he says. "We also had an average of 25 pages more than your average one-hour show of dialogue, but we had the same amount of days to shoot it, which is 10…. We were always on overtime. We were always trying to finish the day and to finish what we needed to shoot every day. So it was very stressful for everyone on set and it was a very difficult show." The director would come to me and say, 'You don't have to speak that fast. That's way too fast.' - Yanic Truesdale Truesdale emphasizes that filming the show was a "beautiful experience" that changed his life, but the reality was that it wasn't always easy. After Gilmore Girls, he says he had some trouble adjusting back to speaking at a normal pace. "I would do another show and the director would come to me and say, 'You don't have to speak that fast. That's way too fast,'" he recalls. "We were just so trained to have that pace that it took me a minute to go back to my normal pace." WATCH | Official trailer for Étoile: Now, Truesdale has reunited with Sherman-Palladino on her latest fast-talking series, Étoile, which is about two world-renowned ballet companies, one in New York and one in Paris, that swap their most talented stars in an attempt to save their institutions. Unlike Gilmore Girls, Truesdale says shooting Étoile has been a much less stressful experience because the show has more time and a bigger budget. But he did have one special request of Sherman-Palladino this time around: he didn't want his character to have a French accent. "I was a little concerned because I didn't want to do another version of Michel," he says. "So I suggested that we should drop the French accent for sure…. But, you know, [the writers] have a way of writing, and sarcasm and cynicism is in their writing … so I just had to work in order to create a different dynamic with my leading lady [Charlotte Gainsbourg], which couldn't be more different than Lauren Graham."
USA Today
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
How to watch the 'Étoile' season 1 premiere on Amazon Prime: Date, streaming, cast
"Étoile," a new dance-centered series by the creators of "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" and "Gilmore Girls," is set to premiere this week with some familiar faces among the cast. Set in New York City and Paris and described by Amazon MGM Studios as a "dance-world comedy," the series follows the dancers and artistic staff of two world-renowned ballet companies on an "ambitious gambit" to save their institutions by swapping their most talented stars. Created by Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino and executive produced by the couple alongside Dhana Rivera Gilbert, the cast includes several members who worked on previous projects of the Palladinos', including Luke Kirby of "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" and Yanic Truesdale of "Gilmore Girls." When does 'Étoile' Season 1 premiere? "Étoile" Season 1 premieres on Prime Video on Thursday, April 24. All eight episodes of the season will drop at the same time for your binge-watching pleasure. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. How to watch 'Étoile' Season 1 "Étoile" is a Prime original that members of Prime Video can stream for free. Non-prime members can sign up for one week of Prime for just $1.99 to watch Prime membership, which includes free shipping and some "Included with Prime" video titles, currently runs $14.99 per month or $139 per year. A Prime Video membership is $8.99 per month. Watch "Étoile": Get Prime Video 'Étoile' Season 1 cast Luke Kirby as Jack McMillan Yanic Truesdale as Raphaël Marchand Gideon Glick as Tobias Bell Charlotte Gainsbourg as Geneviève Lavigne LaMay Zhang as Susu Li Simon Callow as Crispin Shamblee Lou de Laâge as Cheyenne Toussaint David Alvarez as Gael Rodriguez Kelly Bishop as Clara McMillan Ivan du Pontavice as Gabin Roux Taïs Vinolo as Mishi Duplessis David Haig as Nicholas Leutwylek Lala Cholous as Pianiste Tiler Peck as Eva Cullman Watch 'Étoile' Season 1 trailer We occasionally recommend interesting products and services. If you make a purchase by clicking one of the links, we may earn an affiliate fee. USA TODAY Network newsrooms operate independently, and this doesn't influence our coverage.
USA Today
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
How to watch the 'Étoile' season 1 premiere on Amazon Prime: Date, streaming, cast
How to watch the 'Étoile' season 1 premiere on Amazon Prime: Date, streaming, cast Show Caption Hide Caption The most anticipated TV shows of 2025 USA TODAY TV critic Kelly Lawler shares her top 5 TV shows she is most excited for this year "Étoile," a new dance-centered series by the creators of "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" and "Gilmore Girls," is set to premiere this week with some familiar faces among the cast. Set in New York City and Paris and described by Amazon MGM Studios as a "dance-world comedy," the series follows the dancers and artistic staff of two world-renowned ballet companies on an "ambitious gambit" to save their institutions by swapping their most talented stars. Created by Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino and executive produced by the couple alongside Dhana Rivera Gilbert, the cast includes several members who worked on previous projects of the Palladinos', including Luke Kirby of "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" and Yanic Truesdale of "Gilmore Girls." When does 'Étoile' Season 1 premiere? "Étoile" Season 1 premieres on Prime Video on Thursday, April 24. All eight episodes of the season will drop at the same time for your binge-watching pleasure. How to watch 'Étoile' Season 1 "Étoile" is a Prime original that members of Prime Video can stream for free. Non-prime members can sign up for one week of Prime for just $1.99 to watch Prime membership, which includes free shipping and some "Included with Prime" video titles, currently runs $14.99 per month or $139 per year. A Prime Video membership is $8.99 per month. Watch "Étoile": Get Prime Video 'Étoile' Season 1 cast Luke Kirby as Jack McMillan Yanic Truesdale as Raphaël Marchand Gideon Glick as Tobias Bell Charlotte Gainsbourg as Geneviève Lavigne LaMay Zhang as Susu Li Simon Callow as Crispin Shamblee Lou de Laâge as Cheyenne Toussaint David Alvarez as Gael Rodriguez Kelly Bishop as Clara McMillan Ivan du Pontavice as Gabin Roux Taïs Vinolo as Mishi Duplessis David Haig as Nicholas Leutwylek Lala Cholous as Pianiste Tiler Peck as Eva Cullman Watch 'Étoile' Season 1 trailer We occasionally recommend interesting products and services. If you make a purchase by clicking one of the links, we may earn an affiliate fee. USA TODAY Network newsrooms operate independently, and this doesn't influence our coverage.
