It may be that in his family art has always been at home and it may be that his great-great-grandfather was one of the greatest playwrights of the Italian theater, but Eduardo Scarpetta he never thought of doing any other job than that of the actor. “I never thought of doing anything else. I do it because acting moves something inside me and every time I am about to enter the scene my heart beats a thousand “explains Eduardo on the phone from his hotel room in Rome, where he is shooting the film The woman for me by Marco Martani. “For me, cinema arrived when the pandemic arrived” insists Scarpetta, who we will soon see in Here I laugh, the new film by Mario Martone dedicated to his great-great-grandfather Eduardo Scarpetta, played by Toni Servillo.
Strengthened by a career that led him to make his debut in the theater at the age of 9 under the pressure of his father and to be known by the general public thanks to the role of Pasquale inBrilliant friend it’s at Capri Revolution by Martone himself, Scarpetta looks ahead with optimism, welcoming with great enthusiasm and a strong sense of pride not only having stepped into the shoes of his great-grandfather Vincenzo in Martone’s film, but also into those of another sacred monster of Naples and Italian song which is Renato Carosone, absolute star of Carousel Carosone, the film directed by Lucio Pellegrini that we saw on Raiuno on March 18.
In short, she likes challenges.
“Who doesn’t like them? Playing a legend like Renato Carosone was an honor for me, even if it wasn’t easy. Since last summer I started taking piano lessons with Ciro Caravano, I used to go up and down from Salerno and then go home and start studying: since in the film my hands would have been framed several times, I did several articulation exercises as well as retrieve on the Net all the possible and imaginable videos of Carosone to imitate his posture, attitude, smile ».
He’s a geek, in short.
“Let’s say so. For me, acting is study, I find it necessary for anyone who wants to tackle this profession ».
Does the study depend on the fact that you want to prove that you are worth the height of the surname?
“Having social media and doing a monologue and then publishing it on the Net wouldn’t make me an actor. It is a profession that requires preparation, competence and attitude, study. Living up to the surname I carry is impossible because my great-great-grandfather lived in 1880, in a completely different world than today, but I believe that being raised in a family where theater has always been breathed in has certainly helped me to prepare myself more consciously ».
In fact, she made her debut in the theater very young, at 9 years old.
“My father started me with Felicello and Felicella for 150 years from the birth of Scarpetta: we made 8 replicas. I was the happiest child in the world and it didn’t take long to understand that when I grew up I would have done that. “
How could he be so sure?
“It’s something you feel from the beating heart, from the people around you. Let’s face it, if I had been a mad dog, precisely because my name is Scarpetta someone would have pointed this out to me and advised me to go to work in the workshop, but it wasn’t like that ».
At the beginning of your career, do you think the surname was more of a help or an obstacle?
“Having lost my father at 11, I immediately realized that I should have done it with my own legs: I did a lot of apprenticeship, I started as an extra and then, between cinema and television, I got to the first leading role with Carosone at 28, 19 years after he started. The growth path has been all there ».
If he had wanted to, could he have taken shortcuts?
“If my father, Mario Scarpetta, had been alive, I probably would have joined his company and one day he would have said to me ‘this will be yours’. It was not so. My mother is an actress, she met Dad on stage, but she would never have had the chance to recommend me. I knew, however, that if I wanted to do this job I would have to enter through the front door: I attended the Experimental Center, I worked in a bar in Monti to support myself while I was doing the auditions, then the doorman. Finally Filumena Marturano arrived, a Shakespeare, one thing called the other… ».
It seems to me that it never stopped. Do you ever want to take a break from work?
“I would love to travel, but at the moment it is not possible for both work and the pandemic. If I could, I’d like to go to places like Cambodia, Tibet, Burma. I’ve been trying to organize something for years, but I never succeed: I had to do a week of trekking in the Dolomites but, a few days before leaving, Martone organized me a lesson with the goats because in Capri Revolution I should have been a goatherd. With the work I realized that we have to organize each time: maybe one day I will be in a position to tell the agency that I want to take 15 days regardless of everyone, but not for now ».
Among other things, I believe that you are one of the very few actors who has been given the opportunity to act in a film about his family, the Scarpettas.
“Many have asked me what it was like to play as my great-grandfather, but the truth is that I didn’t pay any attention to it during the shoot: sure when I see me again it will be crazy. Knowing that those things really happened is a great thrill for me. In general, I also get excited when I see myself making coffee, let alone seeing my family told. We must always know where we come from to understand where we want to go ».
What is your greatest talent?
“Curiosity, the engine of the human being”.
Besides traveling, what would you like in your future?
“Have my own company and travel the world.”
(Opening photo by Davide Musto)
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