#francois arnaud interview

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🔗: https://www.vulture.com/article/heated-rivalry-francois-arnaud-episode-5-scott-hunter-coming-out-interview.html

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“I think they are both incredibly level-headed for how quickly this is happening for them. I don’t think I’ve ever had this kind of like scrutiny or attention for anything, but I’ve had practice over the years and I’ve worked with movie stars. They were both like waiting tables eight months ago, even though they had already done a bit of acting work and great work [before Heated Rivalry]. I’m just so impressed at, first of all, how bold their choices are in their performance. Hudson is letting his weirdness come off and there’s this like delay in reaction that I find incredibly effective on-screen. He has got such an open face and gives such access to his interior life. Then Connor, I think, is like one of the freest performers I’ve ever seen, and to be able to do that - like especially this early in your career. I mean, obviously very gifted at accents and language. He speaks really nice French, too. His choices on the show are never boring, never what’s expected. He takes big swings and it’s rooted in such authenticity that it never feels like overacted. He is not just content with hitting the beats. They both inspire me in that way.”

🔗: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffconway/2025/12/22/actor-franois-arnaud-talks-heated-rivalry-and-his-message-for-fans/

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Midnight, Texas - Francois Arnaud on Season 2 Episode 8's Big Twist

Exclusive interview with Midnight, Texas star Francois Arnaud on season 2 episode 8, filming the pivotal scene, and playing Manfred in season 2 compared to season 1.

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[…] and she has those great big eyes that you just want to stare into. -François Arnaud

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François Arnaud: "It was funny because I remember when we first got there three years ago. When we first got to Budapest, my first rehearsal was with Holly. It was for our very first scene together. We were lying in the garden and Neil kept insisting that we had too many innuendos or it was too romantic or too sexual. And we both argued that it was already all over his writing."

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Well, "The Borgias" finally went there. (Spoiler alert! Stop if you haven't seen Seaosn 3, Episode 3.)It's taken more than two seasons, but the delicate dance between Cesare and Lucrezia Borgia...

Loving him so much!

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The Borgias' Francois Arnaud on Season Three and the New Relationship Between Cesare and Lucrezia

Showtime's papal drama The Borgias, set to return for season three on April 14, really couldn't have picked a better time to return. Since the surprise resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, the papacy has suddenly become a hot topic. The world recently watched a chimney for days as a new pope was selected, much as the world watched the scandalous Rodrigo Borgia elected supreme pontiff in 1492.

The historical pope played with gusto by Jeremy Irons on The Borgias is always at the center of some new scandal, with his children never far behind. Playing son Cesare Borgia, Francois Arnaud has certainly had meaty material to work with. In season three Cesare will deal with shifting family dynamics after murdering brother Juan, his renewed quest for power, and his progressing feelings for sister Lucrezia [Holliday Grainger].

Ahead of the release of the second season on Blu-ray and DVD on March 26, I had the pleasure of talking to Francois Arnaud about his favorite scene in season two, what's coming up for Cesare in the third season, and all that incest.

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So obviously one of the big things in season three, it's been in all the promos, is that Lucrezia and Cesare cross the line into incest. What did you think when you first discovered the show was going to that place with the characters?

Well to be honest we thought it was going that way from the very start of the first season. Neil Jordan, the creator of the show, denied it from the beginning but we were like "it's all over your writing man." It's in every single line, every single scene: these two are definitely in love with each other. So to me it's really a love story. It came as a natural progression I would say. I didn't judge the characters, it seemed very natural actually.

How do you view their relationship now? Has it changed the way you approach their scenes?

I think once they do go down that road there is a certain amount of shame and embarrassment that comes with it. But it's mostly from the way that others look at them and not from the way they perceive the relationship themselves. Of course it affects them, it affects Cesare. But I think his love for his sister is greater than his shame. He basically lives for her and to protect her.

Fans have obviously always loved the dynamic between the two of them, and as you mentioned since the beginning they've always been this side of appropriate for a sibling relationship. But why do you think they finally crossed the line into a physical relationship?

Lucrezia kind of makes the first move. I think they both wanted to try to get it right with other people. Cesare was deeply hurt by his relationship with Ursula, Sister Martha, in the previous season and that left a big scar I think. And also Lucrezia twice, with Paolo who was killed by Juan. And with Alfonso, who she really thought she could love but then ended up not feeling what she thought she would eventually feel. I think it's from that disappointment in their other relationships that they turn to one another and just admit to themselves that that's what they've always wanted.

-- Read the full interview (and comment if you would!) at The Huffington Post HERE!!