Massimo Boldi did not expect that “at the end of my career it would be difficult for me to make a film, the film that I would at least like to make.” Otherwise, I am happy: the relationship with my daughters and grandchildren is extraordinary, I have a beautiful family.”
The comedian, director and producer speaks to Corriere della Sera about his relationship with Christian De Sica: “We are friends, anyone who says we had a fight is lying, we get along great, we just took different paths.” We Paolo Virzì suggested a film called “Dead with Laughter”, the protagonists die, but Christian and I could still make each other laugh…». In the cinema I then “brought the classic Bauscia to the screen; Christian was my counterpart in Rome.” Everything came from observing people and their actions in life. I always imitated existing characters.
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Boldi, the beginnings
Like many others, the beginnings were difficult for him. Before I started: “I had many jobs, including as a salesman at Buondì Motta. I worked for the Trappini agency, which had carried out the sales attempt, and roamed the province of Varese, bars, restaurants and drugstores. I went in and asked, ‘Do you need it?’ They paid in cash and we settled in the evening.”
And when he couldn't sell, “we ended up drinking coffee and milk with Buondì for dinner at my house.” We didn't have a cent, after my father's death I was the one who had to take care of my mother and brothers. Before making people laugh, he did several jobs, including window dressing. Massimo went to school in the morning and in the afternoon he attended the school in Via Duccio da Boninsegna: “I left at dawn and came home at 10 p.m. As a test, they had me decorate the windows of Galtrucco, the historic Milanese fabric store.” It's something that has stayed with me: the way of touching the fabric and placing it in a certain way.
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The relationship with Pozzetto
Massimo Boldi lost his father when he was young, but he didn't lose the desire to make people laugh and be a yuppie for life. And don't even play. «I grew up in the Ticino district of Milan, where I founded the first music groups, the Shadows and the Apache, with my friends. We played guitar and drums. The turning point, he tells Corsera, came suddenly: “Thanks to Renato Pozzetto, a brother for me.” Without him, I would not have pursued this profession: We met in 1968 at the Derby Club, the temple of cabaret. In 1974 he took me to Canzonissima.
A nicer person than Massimo Boldi? Yes, it exists. “Silvio Berlusconi. Unattainable.” Why did she cheat on him? “Bettino Craxi had introduced us with the words: “It will be your happiness.” And that's how it was: we liked each other immediately. In 1986 I ran away from Fininvest to go to Fantastico with Adriano Celentano do: They sued me, I lost and sentenced me to pay two and a half billion. When I came back, Berlusconi forgave me: “You owe me 2 billion and 500,000 laughs.”
TV ratings reports, tops and flops: Rai 1 beats (slightly) Canale 5. Alberto Angela, how charming, “Io noi e Gaber” awarded, Forrest Gump guaranteed
Cult figures and actresses
The character most loved by his audience is undoubtedly Max Cipollino: “He is my mask. It was born in the 80s when I did four hours of live broadcasts with Teo Teocoli on Antenna 3 Lombardia, with the lines “I know, I know… I didn't know, but I know”. He was an adult who remained a child, people loved him for it.
And “Now I get my pussy?”? It was created “in “Christmas Vacation 1995”: In the final scene, Luke Perry appears and takes my daughter Cristiana Capotondi away from me. They dance together, he tells her to get away… I chase her, the elevator closes in front of me and… “Now I'm going to suck”».
Most beautiful woman you met on set? “I played with Cindy Crawford and Bo Derek, but the most beautiful was Ornella Muti.”
Private life
Today Massimo Boldi is a single man. “I was widowed 20 years ago and had several important loves. One of them cheated on me with my best friend. I always wondered why they didn't tell me. Instead I found out by stalking her: it ended badly, I stuck her in the cookie jar with my hands.
Another disappointment. The missed Ambrogino d'Oro. “I wasn't disappointed, but it's as if in Rome they hadn't awarded Alberto Sordi with a Citizen's Merit. “It seems strange to me, that's all.” The prize ended up in the hands of Pucci. “Yes indeed. But I am happy for him, who, among other things, has a reverence for me.” His legacy? “That’s not Pucci!”
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