Casting Call forโ Marion Wagon Documentary sparks Outrage From Parents
Agen, France โฃ-โ A planned documentary about theโข 1996โ disappearance of โeight-year-old Marion Wagon โhas ignited a firestorm ofโ protest from the girl’s parents, who learned of a casting call seeking actorsโค to portray โฃtheir daughter โขat various ages. The โproduction, slated for broadcast on France 3โ in November โฃ2026-the 30th anniversary of Marion’s vanishing-hasโฃ been condemned by theโค family’s โขlegal counsel asโข a painful adn unwelcome reopening of old wounds.
The controversy centersโ onโ a casting notice issued by โขtheโ Mediterranean Audiovisual Development Agency, seeking individuals โto embody Marion Wagon asโ a child and young adult. News of the casting call โreached Marion’s โparents, who immediately โvoiced theirโข strong opposition to the project. โ”Twenty-eight years โฃlater,โฃ weโ are โขtalking about a missing little girl. Forโ parents, it is indeed a wound that does not โคheal. tears were not going on,” stated Maรฎtre Georges Catala, the โขfamily’s lawyer, to South West. โคThe parents have explicitly stated they “do not wantโข the project to be done,” though they acknowledge โฃlimited recourse if the production proceeds as a journalistic endeavor.
Thierry Fournet, of the Mediterranean Audiovisual Development Agency, maintains โขthe production company attempted โขto notify the parents via their lawyer in September. He defended the project, citing previous prosperous documentaries โfocusing โคon missing persons cases, including one concerning the โYonne disappearances, where families reportedly respondedโข positively. Fournet admitted, โฃthough, โthat he โmay have underestimated the sensitivityโ ofโค the case โฃwithin โขthe Agen community, emphasizing thatโ theโฃ intentโ is “not to reopen wounds.”
Theโฃ documentary aims to featureโ interviews with loved ones and โขthe lead investigator on the original case, with plans to involve Maรฎtre Catala. However,โข the lawyer claims heโ has no recollection of being contacted regarding the project. Filming is currently scheduled to begin November 5th in Agen. The case remains open, and the documentary’s โpotential impact on the ongoing investigation and the Wagon family’s enduring grief remains a important โconcern.