Mmillions of spectators are seeing it in theaters these days in a decidedly unusual guise. Martina Colombari is among the protagonists of Good Caminothe film by Checco Zalone that is shattering every box office record. For the former Miss Italy, fresh from the success of Dancing with the Starsit wasn’t just a return to the big screen. For her the film was a real aesthetic challenge: playing a character who denies his own glossy image.
Martina Colombari in Good Camino: the transformation and gray hair
In the film, Martina Colombari plays Lindathe protagonist’s ex-wife. The screenplay written by Zalone and Gennaro Nunziante plays ironically on the figure of a woman beautiful woman who decides to make a radical change to your life. Linda is a “pasionaria” who has chosen to abandon the frivolities of the past to dedicate herself to committed theater and intellectual militancy, alongside a new Palestinian companion who he prefers her with gray hair instead of dyed.
The transformation on set was total, a modest and poorly cared for look that the former Miss Italy has also proudly displayed on social mediapublishing photos of the backstage and of his cinematic “aging” to invite fans to the cinema.
The courage to “make yourself ugly” to be credible
It is not the first time that Martina Colombari chooses to hide her natural beauty — she had already done it at the theater in Steel Flowers — but with Checco Zalone the challenge was fundamental for his career. «They asked me if I was willing to forget today’s Martina», he told The Messenger. The actress enthusiastically accepted to “make herself ugly” to overcome the prejudice that often took away her opportunities. «A director told me that I wouldn’t be believable in the role of a blind woman», she confessed, underlining how the label of “beautiful” can be limiting for an actress.
Martina Colombari: Zalone, the film, the career
Faced with the controversy over the politically incorrect nature of Good CaminoColombari took a clear position: «All envy. Italians do not rejoice in other people’s success». For the actress, Zalone is an intelligent comedian capable of saying «the things people think» without sounding vulgar. With her gaze turned to the future, Martina says she is satisfied with a career that began with Miss Italia in Salsomaggiore in 1991 and which will now see her as a protagonist in the theater with comedies Friday 13th And Truer than truth. «I never stopped. I rolled up my sleeves and was finally rewarded».
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