Lupin should have first been inspired by Sherlock
The screenwriter reveals that the series was originally planned as a French version of the British detective.
Trailer · LupinThe French series Lupin, number 1 in 22 countries on Netflix, would originally have needed to be inspired by Sherlock.
Released since October 23, the fourth season recorded more than six million views in three days, one of the best launches for a Friday, and confirmed the series as the most-watched non-English-language program in the world.
According to Télé-Loisirs, at the Netflix Book Festival the screenwriter Florent Meyer explained that the initial project imagined a contemporary Lupin of the 2020s, modeled on the modern version of Sherlock (BBC, 2010-2017). It was Omar Sy, who plays the hero, who redirected the vision toward the character as we know him today.
