In Emily in Parisseason 4 part 2, there will be a new heartbreaker named Marcello on stage, played by Eugenio Franceschiniin Emily’s (Lily Collins) life in Rome, and sparks fly between them. As a new love interest In the hit Netflix series, the 32-year-old Italian actor experiences his biggest career moment in the United States. But he has a prolific career in Italian cinema and television that has spanned more than a decade.
How Emily in Paris Franceschini’s life will change, is something he is still puzzling over, he recently told People. “For me it’s an unexpected gift because everything happened very quickly,” he said. “When I was selected, I was filming a TV series here in Italy, so I didn’t have time to realize what was happening. I just threw myself into it.”
Franceschini is a Virgo who was born in Verona, Italy, and his parents were also actors
Frenchmen grew up in the north of Verona, as reported People. However, he spoke to the outlet about his favorite spot in Romewhere the fourth season is set. ‘Fontana di Trevi at sunrise – I saw the Fontana di Trevi completely empty for the first time in my life, especially for us,’ he said, referring to the Emily in Paris-shoot. ‘It was a very, very emotional one. I think this is something that I will always keep in my mind and in my heart.’
His birthday, according to his IMDb, is September 19, 1991, making him aVirgin makes. As the Astro Twins put it ELLE As they put it, Virgos are “the accidental scholar and the eternal student of life, acquiring expertise and mastery naturally.”
That seems to suit Franceschini, who at the age of 21 Vanity Fair Italia spoke about his childhood, during which he traveled the world with his parents, who were also artists. ‘I discovered my passion for acting thanks to my father, a Veronese farmer’s son who, after graduating in medicine, gave up everything to become a street actor,’ he said in Italian. ‘His father never forgave him for that. In Bologna he met my mother, an actress, good at puppetry and children’s theater. Together they traveled the world, and I with them.’
He told more about where they were going by Rolling Stone Italia in 2018: ‘I grew up following them in Verona and abroad, especially Spainwhere I also attended the third or fourth grade. I am a bit of a gypsy, I have traveled a lot and it was a fundamental part of my education.’
Collins and Franceschini became friends through the grandparents
Franceschini’s experience filming Emily in Paris made him develop a special bond with Collins. ‘I’ve worked with Lily all the time, so yeah, she’s my best friend on the set,” he said.
He even gave her a shout-out op Instagram when he posted photos from the premiere. ‘Thanks to @andymanf in @lilyjcollins“you are special,” he wrote.
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Lily Collins and Eugenio Franceschini in character on Emily in Paris
Franceschini is curious about what will happen to his character Marcello
He told to People that his time on the series was “a great pleasure” and that he looks forward to Marcello’s future story.
Franceschini is not a big fan of social media
While he was making his Italian film Disconnected (Disconnected in English) from 2018, he said The Official Italy in Italian: ‘I’m not very active on social media, I find it not so nice. I am disconnected. I don’t like to live connected, but I have to do it for my work. I recently opened my Instagram profile; I know it’s part of the ‘game’ and I’m starting to get the hang of it.’ He added that he didn’t have a smartphone at the time, adding: ‘I’m not against digital evolution, I understand how useful it is, but it shouldn’t invade personal, public spaces.’
That same year he said Rolling Stone Italia that his partner and management encouraged him to be more online. They are the people who created his Instagram: “Now my agent and my girlfriend have been creating an Instagram profile for me little by little,” he explained at the time. “They are trying to bring me closer to this world, but the pictures I post are always taken by someone.”
It is therefore not surprising that Franceschini rarely appears on Instagram can be seen; it seems that he spends most of his private life private holds.
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Franceschini grew up as a quiet child but was rebellious in high school
At the age of 21, the actor gave a very candid interview On Vanity Fair Italia about his youth, while he A perfect family (A perfect family in English) promoted. “I was always alone,” he said in Italian. “I spent my childhood traveling the world with my parents. And even when we were in one place for a while, I isolated myself. Even in the park.”
Later he added: ‘Sometimes they left me with my grandmother for months. I was a good and obedient child, until I was fifteen. At that point I decided to stay and go to high school in Verona. And I did everything I had never done before.’
He attended the Italian film school Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia and acted as a student
Franceschini eventually went to acting school and even had great success in his career as a student. During his second year at the Experimental Center of Cinematography in Rome he booked three roles. He told in 2021 Vanity Fair Italia how he got into acting, saying: ‘It was a natural choice for me. I worked with my father for two years, performing shows. He was the one who told me that street theatre was no longer a viable option, so I decided to try my hand at cinema. I didn’t think I would make it through the school audition, only 18 out of 800 got through. When the results came in, I was in a bed and breakfast in Bilbao with my father: it was the first time i saw him cry.’
He gave more details in his interview with Rolling Stone Italia from 2018 and said his father encouraged him to go to the school. ‘For me, this work meant going on tour with his company, and he wisely said to me, ‘Okay, be an actor, but go to Rome and try to get into the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. ” His admission to the competitive school was a lot to process. ‘They were moments of incredible beauty: in the hotel I was leafing through the list name by name and when I saw Franceschini… I still get shivers when I think about it,’ he said.
This is how he saw relationships and dating at 21
During his interview with Vanity Fair Italia In 2012, he was asked about his history with women. He replied in Italian that he had “had one long relationship that ended after two years. I am not suited to a life as a couple. My father is of gypsy origin and, like him, I am intolerant of staying in one place or one situation, after a while I need a change. In fact, I have not had any long relationships.” That has undoubtedly changed in the years since, as he would later say in 2018 about having a girlfriend. He also shared a photo of him with a baby in October 2018.
He also shared his thoughts on sex at the time, saying, “I’m not obsessed with it. I fall in love a lot, I like to seduce, the psychological challenge. If you end up in bed, it’s fine, if not, it’s fine too.”
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Franceschini describes himself as a calm person who loves music and rugby
The actor spoke to Rolling Stone Italia about himself and said: ‘I’m not very open as a person, but I think this is a cultural legacy of my country. I have a very calm character in everyday life, I’m not someone who gets excited easily. Big problems make me angry, no nonsense.’
As a child he played rugbywhich sparked his love for the sport. His taste in music isn’t what many people would expect, he said: “They tell me I’m a little old inside, because since high school I’ve always listened to Guccini listened to, who together with From André marked my growth as a man. I went to Florence to Foo Fighters to hear, I love them, there are many groups that I like to death.’
This is the story behind his Shakespeare tattoo
If you look at Franceschini’s Instagram, you’ll quickly see photos of his back tattoo, which features the quote from Shakespeare: ‘We are such stuff as dreams are made on.’ He got the tattoo when he was 17, he said. Rolling Stone Italia in 2018.
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When we talk about Shakespeare, The Tempest my favorite play and Prospero is my character,” he explained. His tattoo “came about after a very special night in Island: after the Metallica-concert it started pouring, the Danube rose, half of Obuda Island flooded and they turned off the generators. They started drumming, we danced in the rain. The next morning, on the way back to the tent, I got the tattoo: it wasn’t done in the best way, but that’s okay, the story behind it is beautiful and the fact that it looks a bit bad only enhances its meaning.’
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