M.argherita Mazzucco And Gaia Girace, young performers de The brilliant friend 3the acclaimed TV series based on the novels of Elena Ferrante they have talent to spare.
In parts of Elena and Lila they were able to make a timeless friendship alive and brilliant. To restore its strength, the mystery of character and the struggle to live decently.
Aired on Rai from tonight on Sunday 6 February1, History of those who flee and those who remain is for the girls the last season as protagonists. In the next chapter Elena and Lila they are in fact mature women. A painful farewell but without regrets. Already processed.
Grew up and changed on set, between them there was immediately a great understanding. The first few years were very close, then they drifted away a bit, revealing that they didn’t hang out outside of work. Sometimes close, others distant, like the eternal friend-enemies which they brought to the small screen.
Let’s see who they are Gaia Girace and Margherita Mazzucco (18 and 19 years old), overwhelmed in 2017 by international success.
Margherita Mazzucco, Elena’s passions and fears
Margherita Mazzucco was born in Naples in 2002. To choose her for the role of Elena (according to rumors) it would have been Elena Ferrante “In person”, who had the last say. Blue eyes, the color of the sea, and an angelic face, she had never walked the stage before her debut. Raised with three sisters and a dog, Lilli, after finishing high school she is enrolled in Lettere Moderne in his hometown.
Margherita Mazzucco in “The Brilliant Friend 3” (Rai)
She has very clear ideas about her future, I address cinema and screenwriting at the University, and then the camera: “By doing this job, I realized that I’d like to be a director“.
Very little is known about private life. Absolute confidentiality. Few interviews were granted. Elusive, calm and reserved she is one of the few performers of her generation to have a private Instagram profile. Following in the footsteps of Elena Ferranteat 19 he has already done the great truth of the fascination fueled by mystery.
Margherita and the TV series
During the second season of The Brilliant Friend he alternated study with acting; divided between the set and the last year of high school with the maturity to be supported. Passionate about TV series, among her favorite series of her there are: The Crown, Game of Thrones And The paper house.
In his spare time he enjoys experimenting with recipes behind the stove, making sweets with his mother and listening to music, especially the rap, pop and indie genres of Calcutta, Carl Brave And Marracash. “I feel the need to be autonomous,” she admitted unreservedly, dreaming of moving to Rome or romantic Paris.
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Overactive and empatheticby its own admission it is always looking for something new. Lover of reading and the outdoors (“I walk a lot, it helps me to disconnect”), afterwards The Brilliant Friend we will see her again in the role of the saint of Assisi in Clearnext film by Susanna Nicchiarelli (Miss Marx, Nico). She was also chosen for that angelic face which, however, seems to be a bit tight on her.
Gaia Girace, the enigmatic Lila
Born in 2004, in Vico Equense, in the province of Naples, Gaia Girace he attended linguistic high school and studied theater. A passion for the seventh art which leads her directly to the specimen de The brilliant friend. She hadn’t read Ferrante’s novels, but since the first reading of the script she has remained seduced by the complex and lunar Lila.
«I wanted to be me, I saw the possibility of giving her a life, many shades, I highly believe that she knows how to fight her battle. Lila has the courage not to give up, to be strong on her own and not need anyone “.
Gaia Girace guest at Filming Italy Sardegna Festival 2020. (Getty Images)
From that moment everything has been turned upside down. He leaves school and studies privately. Shy in everyday life, on the set she is expansive. Independent and determined to pursue the path of actresstoday lives alone.
After graduation, he wants to continue acting but in no hurry. “I always hope to do something I like, to find my way. Don’t put too much pressure on me, I already have a lot of paranoia ».
Future projects after L’Amica Geniale
Like my colleague Margherita, too Gaia is not social addicted. He has an Instagram profile with 160,000 followers that he often doesn’t even use (“Maybe I take pictures, but I forget to post them”) and for a while he decided to shut down because he couldn’t handle the bad comments. Now it’s public again.
Just scroll through it to see some smiling shots at her 18 birthday party or while posing for a fashion shoot.
An inveterate reader, describes himself as “too cerebral” and always ready to embark on new adventures and to experiment. After the very recent appearance at the Sanremo 2022 Festival next to Margherita – wonderful in her designer fuchsia dress Valentino – she is already very busy on set. Two top secret projects for television, one due out in the spring and the other later.
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