Call My Agent!

Call My Agent! is a French comedy-drama television series that premiered on France 2 on 14 October 2015. The series depicts talent agents at the fictional agency ASK (Agence Samuel Kerr) and their relationships with their actor clients, who are real, mainly French, celebrities playing themselves. It won Best Comedy Series at the 49th International Emmy Awards.
It was initially planned that the show would end after its fourth season in 2020, but in April 2021 it was announced that the show would return with a 90-minute TV film followed by a fifth season. Call My Agent! has been broadcast by ICI ARTV in Canada, RTS Un in Switzerland and is available worldwide on Netflix, except in Austria, Spain, Germany and Portugal.
Overview
The series follows four agents who jointly take control of a fictional talent agency (ASK) after the death of its founder and head. The agents attempt to manage film production crises arising from their stars' egos, financial and legal difficulties, and other complications, while also maintaining rivalries with one another for power and prestige. Most episodes focus on a single actor, their agent, and the production of a film in which they are starring. The series also depicts the agents' private lives, and how they are affected and often harmed by their busy and stressful professional lives.
Cast and characters
Main
Camille Cottin as Andréa Martel, partner and agent
Thibault de Montalembert as Mathias Barneville, partner and agent
Grégory Montel as Gabriel Sarda, partner and agent
Liliane Rovère as Arlette Azémar, partner and agent
Fanny Sidney as Camille Valentini, Andréa's assistant
Laure Calamy as Noémie Leclerc, Mathias's assistant
Nicolas Maury as Hervé André-Jezak, Gabriel's assistant
Stéfi Celma as Sofia Leprince, receptionist and aspiring actor
Assaad Bouab as Hicham Janowski (season 2–4)
Recurring
Ophélia Kolb as Colette Brancillon
Isabelle Candelier as Annick Valentini
Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu as Catherine Barneville (seasons 1–3)
François Civil as Hippolyte Rivière (seasons 1–2)
Jean-Yves Chatelais as François Bréhier (seasons 1–2)
Gabrielle Forest as Hélène Kerr (seasons 1–2)
Antoine Croset as Antoine (since season 3)
Anne Marivin as Élise Formain, StarMédia's artistic agent (season 4)
Stéphane Freiss as Igor de Serisy, producer (season 4)
Sarah Suco as Justine, Igor's assistant (season 4)
Supporting
Dominique Besnehard as Paul Granier
Arben Bajraktaraj as Gabor Rajevski
Robert Plagnol as Clément
Anthony Sonigo as Augustin
Olivia Côte as Armelle Borzek
Igor Mendjisky as Stephane Freiss
Marie Berto as Marie-Sophie Garnier
Lee Delong as Miranda Jones
Maud Amour as Mathurine
Kader Boukhanef as Samir Chouke
Amelie Etasse as Magali
Nina Gary as Emma Simonet
Julie Nicolet as Nathalie
Alain Rimoux as Samuel Kerr
Elise Lhomeau as Clémentine
Éric Naggar as Duplay
Vladimir Perrin as Jonathan Joubert
Serge Noël as Michel Marteau
Agnès Château as Michèle Marteau
Marc Brunet as Mayor Caillot
Khereddine Ennasri as Saïd
Sarah-Megan Allouch-Mainier as Karine
Lucille O'Flanagan-Le Cam as Linda Gérard
The actors
They appear as themselves, in most cases for a single episode.
Season 1 (2015)Episode 1: Cécile de FranceEpisode 2: Line Renaud & Françoise FabianEpisode 3: Nathalie Baye, Laura Smet, Gilles Lellouche & Zinedine SoualemEpisode 4: Audrey FleurotEpisode 5: Julie Gayet, JoeyStarr & Zinedine SoualemEpisode 6: François Berléand
Season 2 (2017)Episode 1: Michel Drucker, Virginie Efira, Ramzy BediaEpisode 2: Fabrice Luchini & Christophe LambertEpisode 3: Julien Doré, Norman Thavaud & Aymeline ValadeEpisode 4: Isabelle Adjani & Julien DoréEpisode 5: Guy MarchandEpisode 6: Juliette Binoche
Season 3 (2018)Episode 1: Jean DujardinEpisode 2: Monica BellucciEpisode 3: Gérard Lanvin & Guy MarchandEpisode 4: Isabelle HuppertEpisode 5: Béatrice DalleEpisode 6: Jean Dujardin, Monica Bellucci, Gérard Lanvin, Audrey Fleurot, Claude Lelouch, JoeyStarr, Françoise Fabian & Line Renaud
Season 4 (2020)Episode 1: Charlotte Gainsbourg & Mimie MathyEpisode 2: Franck DuboscEpisode 3: José GarciaEpisode 4: Sandrine KiberlainEpisode 5: Sigourney WeaverEpisode 6: Jean Reno
Episodes
Season 1 (2015)
Season 2 (2017)
Season 3 (2018)
Season 4 (2020)
Production
Director
Cédric Klapisch, Lola Doillon and Antoine Garceau directed two episodes of the first season.
Laurent Tirard directed two episodes, Antoine Garceau and Jeanne Herry directed one episode of the second season.
Writers
Dominique Besnehard Julien Messemackers, Michel Vereecken, Sabrina B. Karine, Anais Carpita, Quoc Dang Tran, Nicolas Mercier, Camille Chamoux, Camille de Castelnau, Cécile Ducrocq, Benjamin Dupas and Eliane Montane wrote the first season.
Producers
Dominique Besnehard, Cédric Klapisch, Michel Feller, Aurelien Larger and Harold Valentin produced the series.
Filming
The first season was filmed from November 2014 to February 2015. The second season was shot from September to December 2016.
Awards and nominations
Adaptations
A Turkish version was released in 2020 under the name Menajerimi Ara. Gay themes were removed in that version.
A British version was shot in 2021 and premiered on Amazon Prime in select regions in April 2022 under the title Ten Percent. In the United States, it is on AMC Networkss BBC America, Sundance Now, and AMC+.
Studio Dragon and are producing a South Korean adaptation called Behind Every Star that aired its first season on tvN in November 2022. Cast in the lead roles are Lee Seo-jin, Kwak Sun-young, Seo Hyun-woo and Joo Hyun-young.
On 26 August 2021, an Indian adaptation was announced by Netflix, titled Call My Agent: Bollywood.
An Italian adaptation produced by Sky debuted on 20 January 2023, titled Call My Agent - Italia.
Further adaptations include one set in the Middle East by MBC, a Filipino adaptation by HBO Go, a Malaysian one by Astro and a Polish one by TVN.
In March 2023, Mediawan announced that the television series will be adapted in Spanish for Latin America and the United States, with Eva Longoria as producer, who will also direct the first two episodes.
On 12 June 2023 Prima televize announced on 12 June 2023 that it produces Czech version called Vytoč mého agenta.
An Indonesian adaptation produced by Disney+ Hotstar, titled Hubungi Agen Gue! is set to premiere on 29 July 2023.
Counterparts
See also
W1A, a similar 2014 British series that satirises the management of the BBC with celebrity cameos
References
External links
2015 French television series debuts
2010s comedy-drama television series
2010s French comedy television series
2010s French drama television series
2010s LGBT-related comedy television series
2010s LGBT-related drama television series
2010s workplace comedy television series
2010s workplace drama television series
2020s comedy-drama television series
2020s French comedy television series
2020s French drama television series
2020s LGBT-related comedy television series
2020s LGBT-related drama television series
2020s workplace comedy television series
France 2
France Télévisions original programming
French comedy-drama television series
French LGBT-related television shows
French-language Netflix original programming
Lesbian-related television shows
Television series about actors
Television shows filmed in Paris
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