From the beginning with Muccino to return to the theater, to the relationship with his daughter Geneva who asks for her spaces … Martina Stella, godmother of the filming Italy Sardegna Festival, tells she is
Martina Stella is the protagonist of the eighth edition of Filming Italy Sardinia Festivalunderway in Cagliari until 22 June. During the meeting with the press, the actress retraced her beginnings in the world of cinema, remembering the audition that in 2000 changed her life thanks to The last kiss by Gabriele Muccino.
“Of the audition with Muccino – he said – I remember I was very tense, I remember the embarrassment. He took me immediately, he told me to speak in my Tuscan even if the character was Roman, he tried to put me at ease, adrenaline was then on the set. I think that was a great stroke of luck that gave me a lot, the possibility of working with great masters in an age where you are still in full training even at the level of personality “.
On her relationship with the big screen, the actress explains she had no regrets: “Having regrets at my age is exaggerated, cinema has never been my pillar, however it is a word that I don’t like. I am lucky, I started very early, I have always tried to do many things, I have dedicated youth to this job. Then I became a mom And I’m very present, Leonardo is 3 years old and Geneva 12, he told me he no longer wants to make videos on social media with me because he is ashamed, it’s a bit rebellious as I was me. “
A very strong bond between mother and daughter, which Stella had already told Vanity Fair: “We grew up together and, by force of things, I became it, even if I try to be careful. I would like to be a guide for her, so I try to find limits not to be exceeded. “With the arrival of adolescence, however, Geneva began to ask for more autonomy, leading the mother to respect her spaces and review some habits.
Despite family commitments, professional projects are not lacking: “I just finished the first in Turin at the Alfieri Theater of this fantastic musical which is ‘Singing in the rain’ with the direction of Luciano Cannito. It is a bit of my return to the theater after many years. I come from there, My passion has always been the theater since I was still a child. I wanted to face this professional challenge, because Lina Lamont is the comic character of the show, I felt it was the right character, it was a bit like going home, a therapeutic thing “.
During his career, Stella claims the luck of never having found himself in unpleasant situations: “There are important rules to follow. Meanwhile, the auditions must be made in a day office where there are in general people on the set. The agents must then protect us, this too is necessary. In this sense, you have to try to surround themselves with people who are in tune with you on a human level. I was also lucky perhaps because I was so young and I always had my mother with me who, among other things, had to be on the set by law “.
The actress then commented on the controversy that broke out after the declarations of Matilda De Angelis regarding the award shared ai Silver tapes as the best asset actress together with Elodie For the movie Out by Mario Martone: “When you take off the singularity, remove the personality, the commitment, the uniqueness, the peculiarity. For me it is senseless to give a prize shared with another person,” De Angelis had said. Martina Stella replied with diplomacy: “But it was right, making movies is a team game”.
