Do you remember him all elegant, with glasses and with a serious face in the "Paradise of the Ladies"? Giorgio Lupano, 53 years old, entered the homes of Italians for a long time with the character of Luciano Cattaneo that remained engraved on him. So much so that at the time of the Piedmontese actor's farewell to the Rai Uno series there was a general rebellion.
But anyhow: Lupano was and is much more. Theater actor above all, where he passes with flair and skill from one role to another.
In this period he is the Nino of "Life in reverse", the theatrical transposition of "The curious case of Benjamin Button" by Francis Scott Fitzgerald where he shares the scene with Elisabetta Dugatto, who embodies all the women in his life. A dreamlike and evocative staging where Lupano lends body and soul to the story of a man born old who finds himself living life upside down and questions his meaning, his unpredictability and the ineluctability of death. The piece debuts in Sardinia on Thursday at the municipal theater of San Gavino Monreale , to then land on Friday at the Oriana Fallaci civic theater in Ozieri, on Saturday at the San Bartolomeo di Meana Sardo theater and on Sunday at the Garau theater in Oristano for the Grande prose Cedac.
Confess Lupano, were you excited to play a role that was Brad Pitt in the cinema?
“Actually not. In the sense that from "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" a film was made with stars like Brad Pitt while we go to a theater show which is the theatrical adaptation of the story and not a remake of the film, nor could it be "So there's no comparison. Let's just say (he jokes), I know Brad Pitt was very worried about me doing Benjamin Button!"
Are life and death at the center of this staging?
«Let's say that in reality we speak of life and death to the extent that it begins with the birth of a child who looks 80 years old and ends with the death of a newborn. But in reality at the center of the story is precisely the fact that throughout his life Nino is never in the right place, he never represents to others what he feels he is. So for life it's out of place."
“We all go to the same place only to do so we take different paths”. Is the meaning all here?
«This sentence is at the beginning of the show. It's a way of saying that whatever our street is, it has something special. Every life is different, unique."
Why did you decide to leave the Ladies' Paradise?
«Because mine was a character who had a narrative story that ended at a certain point. We confronted the production and gave it an end. I'm sorry that many fans were saddened but then other protagonists arrived".
You have also participated in international productions such as Hannibal and La papess. What do you remember?
«First of all discover new things, how to work outside our borders. Work also gives you the opportunity to discover wonderful places. I have been to Israel, Argentina, South Africa, the last work around the Arctic, freezing. And now I'm coming to Sardinia, the island with the most beautiful sea in the world!».
