At the entrance to his Roman apartment in Testaccio, four huge suitcases stand out. Closed. «I don’t unpack them, I could leave at any time», explains Sabrina Impacciatore, who has just landed from South Africa. Top secret business trip: «Things are happening and they are happening now», she adds vibrating with emotion and touching tears more than once, «I am experiencing the greatest joy of my life». The 55-year-old Roman actress alludes to the Emmy award nomination (delivery on September 19 in Los Angeles) that she won for the cult-series The White Lotus 2 (currently on demand on Sky and streaming on Now) in which plays Valentina, the lesbian general manager of a luxury resort in Taormina. The Americans have gone crazy for her who has been disputed by the media and TV for months and in Los Angeles she has been equipped with a team of agents and lawyers in charge of governing her new Hollywood career. A satisfaction for Sabrina who began very young at the court of Gianni Boncompagni (as a cheerleader, in Non è la Rai) and then landed in the films of Ettore Scola, Mel Gibson and Gabriele Muccino (The Last Kiss, Everyone’s Home) . And she after being told at the age of 18 that she wasn’t beautiful enough for the cinema.
Is the nomination a revenge?
«No, please. My heart is flooded with happiness, no resentment for the Italians who didn’t understand me. I am only grateful to the Americans who were captivated by my performance, despite having only a few scenes, and welcomed me into their system.”
Did Muccino, who lived it on his skin, illustrate the ruthlessness of that system that one day brings you to the altars and the next day can throw you down?
“Certain. Gabriele, one of the people closest to me, warned me. I put the risk into the account. American cinema is complex, but I’ve always worked amidst difficulties without having the same satisfactions. Why should I think the worst? I am flying. It will go as it will. The idea that in America my all-encompassing, almost mystical dedication to acting is appreciated is already a success, while in Italy they consider me crazy, exalted».
Did she move to Los Angeles?
«I’ve now been living there for 6 months and 6 in Rome. I was adopted by a family of friends, my clothes stayed in California. My life has been revolutionized, I’m a nomad».
Does he have a love right now?
«No, but my heart is still inhabited: I feel like I’m in love. I’ve never lacked love and, if it comes, there’s room for a man too. The right one, who doesn’t let myself be put to flight by my way of being that keeps me eternally a child. You don’t get bored with me.”
Accused by the cinema of not being beautiful enough, when did you understand that you liked life?
«In elementary school, when my classmates left me marriage proposals on the desk. Then, as an adult, I realized that my sex appeal appealed to both men and women. You can’t imagine how many requests to have sex I’ve received.”
What qualities brought you to Hollywood?
«The talent, which I was diagnosed at the age of 15 by my first acting teacher and then confirmed by Boncompagni. And the determination that didn’t discourage me even in front of the many slaps I received”.
The worst?
“There isn’t one in particular. I think of the pain I went through every time I wasn’t considered for the roles I was ready to explore.”
Do you already have projects?
«In America many things are boiling in the pot, in Italy I will make an episode of the new season of Call my agent».
Is your success the redemption of actresses over 50?
«It is an invitation to chase dreams. I would like to remind women that we do not have an expiration date. If we believe in it, we can achieve anything we want.”
Doesn’t your sensitivity lead you to be vulnerable?
“Yes, but that’s the price I pay for being responsive to beauty. I am at the service of art and love».
With whom do you share the joy of this period?
“With family and friends. They are many and true: I invested everything in my feelings».
How are you feeling today?
«Like a little girl who went crazy because she discovered that Santa Claus exists».
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on The Messenger
2023-07-19 04:55:10
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