Currently a consultant for the Ligue 1+ channel, Adil Rami, 2018 World Champion, is changing fields and is now launching into theater. From January 21, he will headline the play The Game of Truthwritten by Philippe Lellouche, at the Apollo Théâtre in Paris. In an interview with the newspaper The Parisianthe former OM defender explains how he moved from football to theater: “I had no idea and I started from zero. Philippe told me: “You, in football, when you see young people, you feel their potential. It’s the same for me with theater.” I went for it on instinct. I like risks. This is how I feel alive. » Away from the field, Rami intends to surprise and convey emotions, as he did in matches: “I have the impression that my life as a footballer was training for that of an actor. »
The former French international also highlights his method for preparing: “the first book I read was the script of the play from A to Z. And I did it more than twenty times. » For him, theater is a new challenge that he approaches with the same seriousness as football or his television appearances in Dancing with the Stars or Les Grosses Têtes. Rami says he is confident for his first performance: “On the big day, production will find out what I’m capable of. And even me. » Adil Rami will therefore discover a new universe.
