Beatrice Arnera talks about herself in an intense interview with Fanpage.it. At the theater with Pronto, Freud?, he talks about his life: he has made peace with the “personality condominium” that lives in his head, he tells us, and today he dreams of not causing damage with his daughter. He will return to TV with Agata Scalzi in Buongiorno mamma: “We will soon start filming the third season”.
Beatrice Arnera she is the actress and content creator who today fills the theaters of Italy with entertainment Pronto, Freud? in which he retraces, to the sound of music, sarcasm and self-irony, the stages of his life. He interweaves voices, imitations, talks to the audience, even plays with his setlist, and in the meantime dances, sings and tells stories, without ever stopping. After 12 years of therapy she made peace with “the personality condominium” that lives in her head and thanks to the push of her producer, she was convinced to tell her story to the public. Face of several television roles including Look in I hate Christmas, Agata Scalzi in Good morning mom e Valeria Ferrante in One step from heavenis the mother of a daughter born from the union with Andrea Pisani of the PanPers duo, with whom he creates original and entertaining social content. At Fanpage.it Beatrice Arnera tells how the idea was born Pronto, Freud?how she learned to live with her colorful personality, and reveals future plans.
You are at the theater with a show of your own, Hello, Freud?, in which you tell, in your own way, the salient stages of life. What inspired you to tell your story?
Riccardo Bianciotti, my producer and tour manager. He is the only one truly responsible for this adventure. She pushed me to do a show on my own because she believed so much in my potential. Not me (laughs, ed.), but I’m happy that he pushed me to make it because it talks about me, my story, with a good dose of self-irony.
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“Beatrice, you have to make peace with your personalities,” you recite in a rap song you sang to introduce your show. Have you made peace with the personality “condominium”, as you call it, that lives in your head?
By force of circumstances. If you don’t make peace with us it becomes an eternal war. Yes, we made peace. There are many of us, but it’s fun to have a colorful personality, full of facets. It can be challenging because there is a lot of material to manage, but it is also very fun because I never feel alone, there is always someone who talks to you (laughs, ed.). Anyway, I handled it.
What message does your show hide?
I have asked myself several times what the message I want to get across is. I want my audience to think that with a good dose of self-irony and help, such as psychotherapy, they can process things better. By laughing about it and getting help, you can work better on what happens in life.
Beatrice Arnera in Hello, Freud? (Photo credit: Flavia Tartaglia)
You have been in therapy for 12 years.
Yes, there are many of us here (laughs, ed.). I did twelve years of analysis with different therapists, and I am very happy to have done them. We live in a country that has not reached the height of modernity. We talk about it a lot, pretending to be casual, but in reality we still have to investigate the issue thoroughly. If you break your arm you put it in a cast because it’s broken. If you have a problem of a non-visible, non-tangible nature, it must be addressed, you must get help. So, long live psychotherapy.
You are the daughter of an opera singer (Silvia Gavarotti, ndr). What lullaby did he sing to you when you were a child?
My mother used to put me to sleep while reviewing the works. I have a bit of the trauma of classical music (laughs, ed.), but it’s an immense fortune. I had the enormous privilege of touring the best theaters in Italy and Europe. I was really little and while she was doing orchestra rehearsals I was in the boxes drawing. A huge value.
You went to live alone at 17. Were you running away from something or did you have a particular need?
50/50. I like, as an adult and as a new mother, to think that children do not belong to their parents. Children belong to their parents as long as they need them, but when they become an identity, it is right to let them go. At that moment I strongly felt the need to make mistakes on my own, to try to be autonomous from many points of view. I did it and I don’t regret it. It was a choice that brought me many beautiful things. I wasn’t running away, it was a thoughtful choice with enormous sacrifices. I went to school, I worked. It was an intense time, but I’m very happy I did it.
You were very brave to go on stage, to the theatre, despite your pregnancy at the end. Can you tell us about that time with the contractions on stage?
Beatrice Arnera in Pronto, Freud? (Instagram photo)
I wrote the show when I didn’t know I was pregnant and when I found out, I had to change the whole script. I would have gone on stage with a belly, it would have been difficult to hide it. In the last replica, in Rome, I was 35 weeks. We were ready for anything. I called the gynecologist saying “What do we do?”, he told me: “You will give birth sooner or later, if not tonight, maybe tomorrow”. We were ready if something could happen. It was one of the most exciting things in my life, because I shared the stage with my daughter, but I was so scared. I was terrified.
How is life as a mother today?
Beautiful, but also an endless rave. It’s funny, motherhood is an amazing world. Andrea (her partner, ed.) and I are very grateful for the birth of our little girl, but I’m very tired (laughs, ed.). We’re in the period where he’s unlearned how to sleep, so I’m a little hallucinated.
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Works for cinema, TV and theatre. On which “stage” do you feel most comfortable?
They’re all different boxes. In each of these I have the freedom to say some things, and perhaps I have restrictions in others. The theater stage, with my show, allows me to do whatever I want. I have fun, I feel free. On the others I have to account for some dynamics, there are more rules. So, the stage of a theater.
Do you remember your first audition?
I did my first audition in 1999 for a drama called A Woman as a Friend, directed by Izzo. I was really little and I don’t have great memories. But in the series I died in the pool, I drowned in the pool. So I started with a bang (laughs, ed.).
You have acted in several television and film projects. From Titti in I Hate Christmas to Valeria Ferrante in One Step from Heaven, Agata in Good Morning Mom. Which of these characters did you feel most like yours?
Valeria and Titti are two characters very far from me. Tweety is extremely frigid, wearing heels, and that’s not like me. I had other difficulties with Valeria. It’s nice when you can empathize so much with a character who is very distant from you. It’s more disturbing and laborious to deal with a character who looks like you, because then you go home with it. Agata is the one who challenged me a little more because we are very similar. We faced similar challenges. Empathizing so much is a gift, but it’s also something that hardens you.
You are also very active on social media. You create fun content, you invent new characters (like Teresa, ed.). How does it work, do you wake up in the morning with a new idea?
The real luck is that I chose to have a child with a man crazier than me. Andrea and I are two idiots. We have fun like two middle school friends, I have chosen the person in my life who is the best snack companion. Everything that then became work, such as collaborations with brands, was born from our daily fooling around. We have fun, we invent things, it’s continuous brainstorming. We say things, we laugh about it, and we say, “Okay, let’s do it.” It’s lucky, but maybe we’re two crazy people who need to be locked up (laughs, ed.).
Do you consider being a creator an activity of primary importance? Simply put: is it more profitable?
It’s a job and it is for all intents and purposes because there is commitment behind a video, much more than it seems. Cinema, television, theatre, social media. These are all jobs that I do with great commitment and great care. I’m having fun like crazy, I can’t believe they pay me for this. For me it’s really fun, so I still have to make peace with the fact that it’s paid (laughs, ed.).
Among the comments on one of the videos you shared, I noticed yours in which you write: “But how come there’s no one to piss off under this post?”. How do you deal with criticism from haters?
I have fun like crazy. I feel like answering in my ultra way. Andrea tries to calm me down because sometimes I exaggerate, but I have a lot of fun. I have never experienced them personally, I chose not to be hurt by a person who is super brave with the keyboard in front of him. Then, maybe, up close we could become best friends. So I enjoy telling them to fuck off, you don’t know how much (laughs, ed.).
Besides the theater show, do you have any other projects in the pipeline?
On New Year’s Eve a film comes out in which I co-star together with Angelo Pintus, directed by Fausto Brizzi, Where storks dare. It’s a good movie and I’m not saying that because I’m in it. I saw it and it entertained me as if I were a spectator. Then I will start filming Good morning mom 3.
Do you have a dream in your drawer?
I wish I could be a mother who didn’t do any damage. I am grateful for everything that has happened to me, for what is happening to me. I’m really happy about it and I hope it continues like this. But my priority, since I became a mother, is my daughter. Where do I see myself in ten years? I hope not by accompanying her to therapy because I have done some damage.
To close, I would like to know what Teresa would think of this interview.
(Micking her character, Teresa, ed.) It was delightful. Really, I had a lot of fun. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
