Lupin writer explains big difference in season 3
Assane will face a whole new challenge in the Netflix thriller's third outing.
With just a day to go until we catch up with Omar Sy's Assane Diop in Lupin season 3, the show's writer George Kay has teased how this outing will differ from the show's previous seasons.
The new season of the French thriller will once again follow master thief Assane Diop, but following the events of season 2, he is now in hiding - with Kay teasing that this is the primary difference in the new episodes.
He said: "Assane has gone from a life of anonymity as a criminal in Parts 1 and 2, and now he is France’s most wanted man – his cover is broken because of what happened towards the end of Part 2 at the Théâtre du Châtelet, and now everybody is asking the same question, 'Where is he?', which is a problem when you're a thief, because when you try and steal things, everyone knows what you look like.
"So he comes back into Paris at the start of Part 3 and discovers that the whole city is looking for him."
Kay, who is also known for writing Litvinenko and The Long Shadow, also explained how invisibility recurs as a theme not only throughout this new season, but throughout the show as a whole.
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He said: "There was a different invisibility in Part 1 and 2, in which Assane was invisible by the fact that he was from a different ethnicity. Invisibility in Part 3 is a necessity because Assane’s the most wanted man in France, so he cannot do the things he used to do.
"He has to look over his shoulder at all times, and Assane Diop, in Part 3, is a man constantly looking over his shoulder in all respects, in terms of the past, in terms of who might be following him, in terms of the mystery about who's out to get him.
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"The important fact, as well, is that the person who is his antagonist in Part 3 is also invisible, so there's a lot of invisible forces swirling around Paris in Part 3 of Lupin."
Kay's most recent series, The Long Shadow, is currently airing on ITV1, and dramatises the true life story of the hunt for serial killer Peter Sutcliffe.
Lupin parts 1-2 are available to stream now on Netflix. Part 3 arrives on 5th October. Sign up for Netflix from £4.99 a month. Netflix is also available on Sky Glass and Virgin Media Stream.
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James Hibbs is a Drama Writer for Radio Times, covering programmes across both streaming platforms and linear channels. He previously worked in PR, first for a B2B agency and subsequently for international TV production company Fremantle. He possesses a BA in English and Theatre Studies and an NCTJ Level 5 Diploma in Journalism.
