“It’s scary" : after his discomfort on stage, Pierre Arditi speaks for the first time and announces good news

A huge scare on stage. This Wednesday, September 27 in the evening, Pierre Arditi felt unwell on stage alongside Muriel Robin, during the performance of the play Rabbit, at the Théâtre Édouard VII, in Paris. The actor was then quickly taken care of by the emergency services when his playmate understood that his behavior was abnormal. In fact, the actress reacted quickly and asked with a gesture of her hand for the curtain to be lowered so that she could come to her aid. The performance hall was then quickly evacuated and the firefighters intervened. During the night, those close to Pierre Arditi began to provide his news: “He is conscious, he was hospitalized for examinations, his life is not in danger”shared his entourage with Agence France Presse.

“It’s still scary”, Pierre Arditi gives his news after his discomfort on stage

This Thursday, September 28, only a few hours after his big scare on stage, Pierre Arditi spoke live on BFM TV and revealed the causes of his discomfort. “I had vagal discomfort on stage and hypoglycemia. So, obviously, I lost the thread. But there is no stroke, nothing like that”he wanted to reassure the public, and continued: “It’s still scary because it’s not nothing… But hey, it’s okay! It’s finish ! I will rest for five days and start playing again on Wednesday.” When the journalist pointed out to him that he had seriously frightened the French, the actor responded with a laugh: “It was mainly me who was scared… But it’s okay, it’s okay! It’s also tiring, we worked a lot very quickly. (…) At some point, age comes into play! Even if I don’t wear it too badly.”

“Retirement for actors is death”Pierre Arditi says he does not plan to retire and will soon be on stage

“You know that the spectators we met, I’ll pass on the message to you, we said: ‘Pierre, you’re annoying us, we wanted to see you! You better come damn!’”, the journalist then shared with him. This lovely message greatly amused the actor who then revealed that he had received “200 phone calls” after his discomfort. “It’s both scary and very nice to see that people like me like that. It means what it means… So, that’s good!”, he shared. Pierre Arditi then affirmed that he did not intend to slow down in any case and that he would probably “die doing this”. “There is no such thing as retirement for actors! Retirement for actors is death. And I’m not dead, so I’m going to continue for a bit”he concluded.

“I saw he was leaving…”, Muriel Robin returns to Pierre Arditi’s discomfort on stage

Muriel Robin also agreed to speak this morning about her playing partner’s discomfort on BFM TV. “We were very scared, because you never know when there is discomfort, obviously, what could happen”, she confided. The actress then returned to the events of the day before, explaining on air: “I saw him leaving… Something was happening!” Fortunately, Muriel Robin acted quickly by asking the technical team to “lower the curtain”. “He’s an ogre of life, that’s it. And as soon as he opened his eyes, he said: Where is my text?’ And ‘We’ll start again tomorrow’. “We have to slow him down because he also has this side like a child. He wants to continue playing, having fun, living.”, she continued. Pierre Arditi came to his senses a few minutes after his discomfort on stage and already seemed ready to get back into the skin of his character.