Pierfrancesco Favino is undoubtedly one of the most popular actors on the Italian cinema scene, the only one who in recent years has also had experiences abroad . Yet despite his valiant resume, there was a moment when he felt that a choice he made could cost him his career.
The actor talked about himself through the pages of Corriere della Sera in which he retraced his most intense roles, but also some traits of personal life, such as the relationship with his daughters and some anecdotes about his father. Pierfrancesco Favino, the decision that could have cost him his career
It seems impossible, yet when he was offered to participate as co-host at the Sanremo Festival, Pierfrancesco Favino felt that that experience could have cost him his painstaking career, despite his enormous talent. The reason
A certain snobbery of the theatrical and cinematographic sector towards television.
“I came from a time when I had done theater, in fact, and many said no, which in our profession is equivalent to a hello. It was like an all in poker. Now we know that it went well but the truth that at that moment nobody wanted me anymore, I knew that I would have risked everything and that the environment looked at me very badly for this thing ”, she confessed. A difficult choice, therefore, but which fortunately brought her fruits and, indeed, proved to be perfectly suited.
“She pissed me off that the fears that made me say no weren’t mine. I said to myself: but you are almost 50 years old, and you risk not doing something that you know belongs to you for fear of the judgment of others
I had the good fortune of being accompanied by two madmen, Claudio Baglioni and Michelle Hunziker , the good fortune that no one expected nothing. It was a success, therefore a multiplier. Had it been a failure, it would have been a crater, ”she admitted.
And to say that he would not have been the first nor probably the last great actor to lend himself to the world of television and to get involved, taking that opportunity to open up to another world and live a different, certainly intense experience. “I think we should all do popular TV, Mastroianni was going to make fun of himself, Gassman doing somersaults with Pippo Baudo. I’m not a snob. People want to see you. You become one of the family “. Pierfrancesco Favino, the role of father and that of son
During the interview, the actor also had the opportunity to talk about the two most difficult roles, that of father and that of son, but in real life. “ I’m daddy. I try to do everything so that they are not Favino’s daughters, I safeguard their lives, Anna and I try not to talk about work at home. They have seen very few of my things. For me, if I see myself on TV I get nervous, I change, I notice what I don’t like ”, he said about his personal life and his relationship with her daughters. As for his father, however, the anecdote that best represents him is the one linked to his nickname, Picchio: “He gave nicknames to everyone, except Paola, even to inanimate things, we all have nicknames: Popi, Chicca and Picchio. Pluto and Donald are missing and we are all here. I could easily sign myself Picchio Favino , I am more like that than this with the long name “.
