Romain Laugier

 Captain Romain Laugier is a main character in the first part of Lupin. He is portrayed by Vincent Londez.

Laugier is a captain in the Paris police force, tasked with hunting down the thief of Marie-Antoinette's necklace.

Part 1
After Vincent, Kevin and Rudy crash their Ferrari through the roof of the Louvre while attempting to get away with what they believe to be Marie-Antoinette's necklace, Laugier and several other police officers are called onto the scene, where they arrest the three men. Laugier quickly becomes suspicious of Assane, noting that he has never heard of Nanobay, the company of which "Paul Sernine" is the CEO. However, Assane is defended by the auctioneer, and after briefly searching him, Laugier lets him go. Youssef Guédira, who is assisting Laugier, tells him that events remind him of an Arsène Lupin story.

Soon afterwards, it becomes clear that the necklace that had been recovered from Vincent, Kevin and Rudy is a fake. Laugier immediately suspects "Paul Sernine." At around the same time, Juliette Pellegrini tips Laugier off that she will be meeting somebody in Luxembourg Gardens. Laugier disguises several of his officers in plain clothes and hides recording equipment on Juliette. Soon, Assane rides into the park wearing a Deli +Eat uniform, sunglasses and a helmet, rendering him unrecognizable from far away. As he begins talking to Juliette, Assane blocks her microphone, preventing Laugier from being able to hear their conversation. When Assane leaves Juliette, Laugier orders his officers to catch him; however, Assane has ordered several other Deli +Eat deliveries to the park, and the confusion resulting from the police attempting to differentiate four men who appear identical from afar allows Assane to escape. Laugier is furious at having been outsmarted.

Afterwards, Laugier tells Juliette that based on the footage, it appears that she and the suspect know each other, bringing up the possibility of collusion. Juliette demands to know if she is being interrogated, telling Laugier that she can call her laywers and get him fired in fifteen minutes. She claims that she told Assane that the detective in charge of the necklace case was a moron who had procured a plastic fake instead.

When news breaks that Dumont has been kidnapped from City Hall, Laugier leads a team of officers, including Sofia Belkacem and Guédira, to recover him. After Guédira manages to locate Dumont's phone in a suburb to the northeast of Paris, the police begin moving towards him. After arriving at the scene, they arrest a man with a van which had previously been seen outside City Hall. Upon searching the van, they find a large box inside, which contains a clown doll and Dumont's phone. The man who owns the van tells them that he had been paid to drive around City Hall a number of times; Guédira begins to realize that Dumont is still inside the building, noting that the situation is similar to an Arsène Lupin plot. Although both Belkacem and Laugier think that his idea is silly, they ultimately follow his hunch, and rescue Dumont shortly after Assane leaves.

Afterwards, Laugier, Belkacem and Guédira present Dumont with their theory that his kidnapper and the Louvre thief were the same person, noting that Dumont had been in charge of the original necklace investigation 25 years earlier, and that the two crimes appear to have a similar flashiness. Dumont allows them to gather evidence, and they begin with facial reconstructions made based off of those who had seen "Sernine." However, all of the reconstructions look like different people, and Dumont tells them that none of them is his kidnapper, including one made with the assistance of Vincent, one of the men who had assisted with the break in at the Louvre, which looks exactly like Assane. Dumont removes Guédira from the case, and tells them that if they do not begin to find success soon, he will give it to another team. Guédira is convinced that Dumont is lying about not having recognized the final face, but Laugier tells him to drop the matter.

On December 11, Laugier receives a text from an unknown number, claiming to be Paul Sernine on a train to Le Havre and asking if they can talk. Although Laugier initially suspects that somebody is trolling him, the sender reveals that he knows about a pen that "Sernine" had given to him during their first meeting. Stunned, Laugier calls up the Le Havre police, telling them to meet the train at the station. As images of the arrested man filter back through to Paris, however, it becomes clear that it is not the man they are looking for (in fact, it is Leonard, who has been framed by Assane). Although Laugier and Belkacem intend to go to Le Havre in order to question Leonard, Dumont tells them that he has already been released due to a rock-solid alibi for the time of the Louvre theft.

Appearances

 * Part One


 * Chapter 1
 * Chapter 2
 * Chapter 3
 * Chapter 4
 * Chapter 5