cool and comfortable, Gabriel Muccino He answers the phone from the car that is taking him home after finishing shooting some scenes for the episode in which he is the protagonist – this time he stars in and stars in the second season of the Sky series Call My Agent. At the age of 56, the Roman director does not stop for a moment: after the success of the second season of A casa tuti bene, which recently won the award for best series at the Umbria Cinema Festival, directed Paul Genois (Delivery to Todi will be on July 21, Francesco Saina will take it), goes up and down with Palermo, where the new film will be shot for seven weeks in September.
Anyone as observant as you to stave off audience boredom in “Call My Agent,” which Muccino will stage?
«Ahahaha (laughs)… This part is made according to me, with all the grotesque and exaggeration that are part of this project. Therefore, like all the other characters involved, I will clearly state my specialties.
So shall we run, cry, scream?
“Of course (laughs). And not only…”.
Have you always had an agent?
“Something. I need it to manage my options, contracts, papers: hassle…”.
Is this percentage also ten percent for you?
“Yeah, same goes for me.”
Will There Be A Third Season Of “A Casa Tutti Bean”?
“I don’t know. I have to figure out if I can put together strong ideas. If history stands, it should be possible to do that in a year and a half.”
Didn’t he say that the series would work if it only lasted one season, like “The Chess Queen”?
“The best for me are mini-series of six to eight hours. And I was born for two seasons. Periods like these offer the privilege of probing characters and emotions that a film might never let you do.
In 2016 you returned to Italy having achieved great success: in general, what sport are you playing now?
“Of those who haven’t even started playing yet.” I cannot be satisfied with what I have done, even though I have almost built a brand by now, and I have parents and children.
Would he ever say that?
“I never thought I’d be able to access language so personal and recognizable.” I believe that everything is the result of what I have done before and that includes luck. I no longer have the performance anxiety of the early years, even though I am always too afraid to make a mistake. I never go to the set with the confidence that I have the solution in my pocket. Every day is a fight and I am ready for anything. While shooting, the director must solve all kinds of problems, in addition to having a story thread, and always succeed within a few minutes.
what drives it?
“Experience, instinct and talent.” Keeping these things together helps to withstand the journey.
And in what spirit has he wandered so far?
“Stupid, careless, careless. And provocative too… Everything I do is like that”.
Is it still there or is it out of date?
«I’m like that, I’m afraid to think that maybe I won’t be anymore, but for the moment I’m calm: it comes naturally to me to play roulette with everything. Tranquility is not for me and I can only make films like this.
How about the next film, which will be shot in the city of Palermo and on the sea?
“The likes of which have never been encountered before.” But I can’t talk about it.”
But I know it happens over 24 hours, from dawn to dusk, and it’s a journey where anything happens. A film with a love story, many young people and a heist…
Let’s say love, sex, rock’n’roll and much more.
He plays it in English, doesn’t he?
“Yeah. The protagonist is a young American tourist who comes to Palermo for the holidays.
This is 25 year old American actress Elena Kampouris, who has already appeared in “Jupiter’s Legacy” and “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2” (she’ll be in the third as well): Confirm?
«Yes, but how do you know the Italians (Lorenzo Richelmi, Saul Nanni, Enrico Incerra, ed.) would also be there? Topic? It’s not there yet.”
Did America stay here for a while?
“No. I digested it, even though it was very tiring to sort out some professional and humane arguments. Despite my experience, this American way of life itself is toxic. With us, even when everything goes wrong, Life gets so much better.
What do we have that they will never have?
«Great ability to face difficulties, willingness to live with joy, pursuit of pleasure. And then our social network is strong, we don’t fall like them. There you go from a prestigious job down the street as if nothing happened. It is a cruel and cynical society.”
In 2007, with his first film in Hollywood, “The Pursuit of Happyness”, Will Smith was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor: Have You Ever Thought About the Statue?
“No. If you do that it will never come.”
For that it would be a classification of circle.
“Yeah, but the Academy today wants to be politically correct and only feature stories that round corners.” They will not leave any mark. It’s not for me”.
He has always said – boldly – that political correctness is the grave of art, and he does not ask himself to say what he thinks (the negative judgments on cinema of the Pasolini and D’Inocenzo brothers are memorable): what does he like now? Not there?
“But nothing, let alone…”.
So is there anything that excites you about Italian cinema?
“I don’t get excited easily. This happened to me earlier, not now. But I hope it happens again soon.”
She’s Known in Hollywood as “A Woman Filmmaker”: What Did She Really Mean?
“For Americans, when you talk about human relationships, you do something for women, while for men, action movies are made. This sounds like bullshit to me. My stories are for everyone.”
He said that he was afraid of those who sell cigarettes: do they get more there or in Italy?
“In America. There’s a lot of arrogant people out there that unsettle you after a while because you never know what you’re dealing with.”
In the United States he made 4 films, 2 of which were very successful, he read several scripts, and someone else was about to do it: Who did you stay closest to?
« Maybe Replay, written by Robert Zemeckis, director of Back to the Future and Forrest Gump. Basically time travel is to prevent bad things in life. A job that never got done because Ben Affleck said he was interested in it… but he never did.”
One on Pontius Pilate and the other on Dracula, Mike Tyson and Wolverine: is it true that you liked the latter so much?
“Yes, it told about the origin of the character. A beautiful story, even though comics are far from me ».
She hasn’t seen her 41-year-old brother Silvio since 2007: Will there ever be a movie about your relationship being so badly ruined?
“I do not think so”.
Does your 23-year-old son Silvio Leonardo work with you as an assistant director?
“Yes, but not only with me. He will also be in Palermo”.
First part of advice given?
“Pay attention to everything. Cinema is beautiful but competitive and ruthless. For this the feet have to be firmly fixed on the ground. And broad shoulders.”
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