“It was a place to go and relax and enjoy the paintings,” Kay said. A natural destination was Orsay whose collections focus on the turn of the 20th century. While “Lupin” is set in contemporary Paris, Kay looked at the time period of the original books for inspiration. But it was another Parisian institution that stirred Kay’s imagination: the Musée d’Orsay. The Louvre figures prominently in the first block of episodes released in January (a second batch is due later this year). During a video call from his home in London, Kay shared the movies, songs and spaces that influenced him as he worked on the series. Exactly how this was to come together was up to him, as creator and showrunner. He knew that Sy was attached to the project and that the plot had to somehow incorporate Lupin. When Kay joined the team, he had limited information. At the center is the star Omar Sy (“The Intouchables”) as the affable trickster and heistmeister Assane Diop, whose role model is the fictional gentleman-thief Arsène Lupin - an iconic figure in France invented by the mystery writer Maurice Leblanc in 1905.Īs it turns out, one of the essential forces behind this very Gallic creation is British: the screenwriter George Kay (also one of the masterminds of “Criminal,” a Netflix series with four versions, each in a different country). Named after a character who does not even appear in it, the French show “Lupin” has seduced audiences with a stylish, light-footed combination of family drama, romance and high-stakes capers.
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