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Sy's performance drew near-universal praise from critics.
Assane Diop models himself on which fictional gentleman thief?
Maurice Leblanc created the character in the early 1900s.
Who wrote the original Arsène Lupin stories?
He lived in Étretat, which the show visits in episode five.
Which two writers created the series?
Kay was the showrunner and main writer.
On what date did the first five episodes premiere?
Part 2 followed in June 2021 and part 3 in October 2023.
What is the French subtitle of part 1?
It means 'in the shadow of Arsène'.
How many households watched Lupin in its first month?
It was the biggest Netflix original debut after Bridgerton.
Assane's father came to France from which country?
Babakar Diop worked as the Pellegrinis' chauffeur.
Assane's father was framed for stealing what?
The necklace is auctioned at the Louvre in the first episode.
Which wealthy family framed Assane's father?
Hervé Pierre plays patriarch Hubert.
How old was Assane when his father died?
He was left to fend for himself on the streets of Paris.
How many years after his father's death does Assane launch his plan?
The gift that inspires him is a Lupin book his father gave him.
What is the name of Assane's son?
Part 2 centres on his kidnapping.
Part 3 revolves around the theft of which jewel?
Assane also tries to mend things with his wife and son.
Who plays Claire Laurent, Assane's estranged wife?
Critics praised her expanded role in part 3.
What does Assane's best friend Benjamin Férel do for a living?
Antoine Gouy plays him.
Which detective uses his knowledge of the Lupin books to track Assane?
Soufiane Guerrab plays the Lupin superfan.
Shirine Boutella's Sofia Belkacem holds what rank by part 3?
She had been a lieutenant in the first two parts.
Who plays Juliette Pellegrini?
Nicole Garcia plays her mother Anne.
Which actor plays Hubert Pellegrini?
He returns as a guest in part 3 after being imprisoned.
What was the first name of Assane's father?
Fargass Assandé plays him in flashbacks.
Anne Benoît's Fabienne Bériot is a disgraced former what?
She had come close to exposing Hubert's crimes.
Adama Niane plays Léonard Koné, an ex-convict employed by Hubert as what?
Koné appears in parts 1 and 2.
Stefan Crepon's Philippe Courbet has what day job?
He is described as not all he seems.
In part 3, Jean-Luc Keller ran what kind of club that a teenage Assane joined?
Steve Tientcheu plays him.
Which production company makes Lupin for Netflix?
The order was announced on 19 July 2018.
Who directed the first three episodes?
Leterrier later directed Fast X.
Before George Kay's rewrite, whom was Omar Sy originally going to play?
Kay proposed the new character Assane Diop instead.
In which decade does the teenage Assane discover Leblanc's books?
Kay wanted the show to explore modern French cultural and racial issues.
What phrase did Kay use to describe a key trait of Assane's personality?
Sy said he identified with it, having grown up the son of a cleaner and a factory worker.
Which Paris museum was used for filming both inside and out in part 1?
The first episode's heist was compared to the real 2025 Louvre robbery.
Which museum stands in for the Pellegrini home?
It is on rue de Monceau and open to the public.
Parts of episode five were filmed in which Normandy town?
Maurice Leblanc lived there; the show caused a tourism boom.
Which Paris park's La Naumachie pond appears in the series?
The Jardin du Luxembourg and Pont des Arts were also used.
Which prison was used as a filming location?
Other locations included the Marché Biron flea market.
How much equipment was stolen from the part 3 set in February 2022?
Production halted for three days.
Many part 3 exteriors were filmed in which Paris square?
Scenes set at the Hôtel de Beauvau used the Italian embassy.
How many episodes does part 3 have?
Parts 1 and 2 had five each; part 4 will have eight.
Which three directors handled part 3?
Part 4 is directed by Edouard Salier, Everardo Gout and Hugo Gélin.
When did filming of the eight-episode part 4 wrap?
Newcomers include Théo Christine and Laïka Blanc-Francard.
Who composed the series' music?
He cameos as the conductor at the Pellegrinis' concert in part 2.
Lamboley described the score as classical writing blended with what?
He framed the show as a story of heritage passed from father to son.
What position did Lupin reach on Netflix's US top ten two days after launch?
It was the first French series to make the US top ten.
Which Netflix show was the only one with a bigger debut than Lupin's first month?
Lupin was still the most-watched title of the first quarter of 2021.
How many households watched part 2?
It was still one of the biggest shows of the second quarter of 2021.
What Rotten Tomatoes critics score did Lupin part 3 hold after its 2023 release?
Parts 1 and 2 scored 98% and 96% respectively.
Which prize did Lupin win for Best Foreign Language Series?
It was also nominated at the International Emmys and Golden Globes.
Which Leblanc collection topped France's children's book charts after the show aired?
It is the first collection of Lupin stories.
Which 2025 real-life crime revived interest in the series?
Viewership rose 100 percent the week after it.
Netflix announced which release date for Lupin part 4?
Filming began in May 2025.
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