Claudia Tranchese: “Sensitivity is my strength”

In Claudia Tranchese Brusciano, the town of 15 thousand inhabitants in the province of Naples where she was born, it has always been a bit tight. “There is no library, let alone the cinema. There is nothing that can make you understand that beyond the street life there can be more », he tells on the phone just before returning to Rome, where he has lived for six years. Yet, in that small village with so little chance, she was able to see something more: a future in acting. Flame that she has cultivated since she was a child and that led her, without the help of any school, to trace a luminous path capable of making her land in a very gracious series such as 56K generation and in a cult like Gomorrah – The series, which forced her to say goodbye to the character of Grazia Levante with a commotion that she shared with the public very fond of her prowess.

When did you realize you wanted to be an actress?
“Always. From a very young age, I saw advertisements, learned them by heart and recited them to my parents. I was a very curious child: with my big box I did the odd jobs, I painted, I filled my spaces. Not spending much time on the street, I had to invent something to pass the time ».

And did she invent all this by herself?
«Together with my older sister: I interpreted and did the sets».

Do you come home often?
“Yes, although I often see the same faces I saw outside the bar when I decided to leave, and that hurts me a little: it’s like they’re waiting for something to happen. It makes me think to see these wasted lives. The truth is that I take on a lot of things that shouldn’t concern me. ‘

Why do you take it upon yourself?
“Because I’m too sensitive. Thanks to my work I realized that preserving oneself is not a selfish act, but a way to stay efficient. I’ve always been a sponge but, in the long run, it tires me out. It is as if I have antennas and, as I walk, things light up. I am always listening a lot to what surrounds me, so it’s a bit complicated to be listening to me ».

They say that, in these cases, it helps a lot to devote oneself to a practical and manual activity. Have you ever tried?
“It’s curious that I say this, because every time I go back I help my sister in her jewelry workshop, in addition to giving her advice as she has a degree in Communication and Marketing: being in her laboratory is something that relaxes me incredibly”.

So she graduated in Marketing?
«Graduated in Sociology and specialized in Public and Business Communications».

And when does the acting career start?
«At 12, with an amateur theater course: it was never a discovery, but a confirmation. It’s a question of sensation: when I stopped dancing due to back problems, I took a break and concentrated on my studies, even though I knew that I would take that path again. I graduated with an early session, I went to Rome, I became a freelance journalist, and with acting I said to myself: then I’ll get there ».

And it has arrived.
«At a certain point I said to myself: it’s time. I didn’t go to drama school and for many years I wondered if I had wasted too much time before throwing myself down that path. Today I realized that my self-taught training has served me because it is based on personal experiences that I have lived through others and, this, has allowed me not to waste my time ».

How’s emotions going with work?
“If I don’t get chosen for a role, I don’t feel bad, because it means I’m not right: I’ve never had a morbid attachment to this stuff here. I have never had any despondent or dramatic reactions after an audition: many have not gone, but I have always maintained a detachment ».

Do you still keep it?
“Yes, I am more and more convinced that we must not force things.”

The audition for Gomorrahinstead, do you remember it?
“Impossible to forget: I remember going out with tears and crying all the way back to the station. People must have thought I was crazy, but inside I felt like they couldn’t help but go. I had felt too strong a connection with that character that I could not tear myself away from it. So when they called me to tell me that I had been chosen, I understood that I was right ».

What was it like leaving Grazia Levante?
«It was not easy to greet such a character: Grazia has always shown one thing, but inside she had a crazy sea. I started from the idea of ​​staging a battle: his mouth was closed, but his eyes meant many things ».

The biggest dream?
“To be called by Xavier Dolan to audition with him.”

His greatest talent?
“Sensitivity, which I sometimes hate, but which is also my strong point.”