At the entrance to his Roman apartment in Testaccio, four huge suitcases catch the eye. Closed. “I’m not unpacking them, I could leave at any moment,” explains Sabrina Impacciatore, who has just landed from South Africa. Top secret business trip: “Things are happening and they are happening now,” he adds, full of emotion and touching tears more than once, “I’m experiencing the greatest joy of my life.” The 55-year-old Roman actress alludes to the Emmy nomination (awards on September 19 in Los Angeles), which she won for the cult series The White Lotus 2 (currently on-demand on Sky and streaming on Now), starring Valentina , the lesbian manager of a luxury resort in Taormina. Americans have been crazy over her, who has been a controversy in the media and on TV for months and has assembled a team of agents and lawyers in Los Angeles to spearhead her new Hollywood career. A satisfaction for Sabrina, who started very young at the court of Gianni Boncompagni (as a cheerleader in Non è la Rai) and then ended up in the films of Ettore Scola, Mel Gibson and Gabriele Muccino (The Last Kiss, Everybody’s Home). And after she was told at 18 that she wasn’t beautiful enough for the movies.
Is the nomination a revenge?
“No, please. My heart is full of happiness, no grudges against the Italians who didn’t understand me. I am only grateful to the Americans, who were mesmerized by my performance despite having few scenes and welcomed me into their system were called.”
Did Muccino, living it on his skin, exemplify the ruthlessness of this system, which can bring you to the altar one day and bring you down the next?
“Certainly. 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 under difficulties without having the same satisfactions. Why should I think the worst? I’m flying. It will go as it will. The idea that in America my all-encompassing, almost mystical commitment to acting is appreciated is already a success, while in Italy I’m considered crazy and sublime. “
Has she moved to Los Angeles?
«I’ve been living there for 6 months now and 6 in Rome. I was adopted by a family friend, my clothes stayed in California. My life has been revolutionized, I am 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 for love, and when it comes there’s room for a man too. The right one who won’t be put off by the kind that keeps me forever as a kid. You won’t get bored with me.
When did you, accused by the cinema of not being beautiful enough, realize that you like life?
“In elementary school, when my classmates left marriage proposals on my desk. Then, as an adult, I realized that my sex appeal appealed to both men and women. You can’t imagine how many sex requests I’ve received.
What qualities brought you to Hollywood?
“The talent that was diagnosed at the age of 15 by my first acting teacher and then confirmed by Boncompagni.” And the determination that did not let me become discouraged even in the face of the many slaps I received.”
The worst?
“There isn’t a specific one. I think of the pain I went through each time I wasn’t considered for the roles I wanted to explore.”
Do you already have projects?
“There’s a lot going on in America, in Italy I’m going to shoot an episode of the new season of Call my agent.”
Is your success redeeming actresses over 50?
“It is an invitation to pursue dreams. I want to remind women that we don’t have an expiration date. If we believe in it, we can achieve anything we want.”
Doesn’t your sensitivity make you vulnerable?
“Yes, but that’s the price I pay for being receptive to beauty. I am at the service of art and love».
With whom do you share the joy of this time?
“With family and friends. They are numerous and true: I have invested everything in my feelings.”
How are you feeling today?
“Like a little girl who has gone insane after discovering that Santa Clause exists.”
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