Fabio De Luigi: “What fun playing an arrogant villain who also thinks he’s cool”

Fabio De Luigi he had a lot of fun playing the bad guy Baron De Michelis in the second chapter of The Befana comes at night (now in theaters), prequel to the 2018 fantasy comedy with Paola Cortellesi.

This time the actress of A cat on the ring road is not part of the cast, in its place is the TikToker Zoe Messenti, in the role of Paola, a thief, orphan of a witch and selfish who does not know she has a future as a Befana. On his way he meets Dolores (Monica Bellucci), a good witch who will first of all save her from a certain stake, then will try to make her open her heart to altruism and to train her between spells and flying brooms.

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On its path Paola also meets the bad on duty, or the Baron De Michelis, «gobbo, with little hair, lame and that hates witches», Describes De Luigi. His ambition is to exterminate the bad ones (he believes in fact that one of them killed his beloved Bettina) and to become a Minister. Actually he is a man frustrated by his physical condition and for the little affection received from parents.

Fabio De Luigi in the role of Baron De Michelis (Photo by Arianna Lanzuisi).

«I had a lot of fun playing this villain in a film fantasy italiano», Comments the actor,« first of all because they are rare, then because finding myself in a magical context and with beautiful costumes and sets has thrilled me ».

At one point in the film the Baron takes on a potion of Dolores and transforms in a handsome man with hair to Lorenzo Lamas and a physicist at the Arnold Schwarzenegger (it took six hours of makeup).

Monica Bellucci in the role of the good witch Dolores (Photo Arianna Lanzuisi).

«I look more Beppe Handle, the man who blew hot water bottles out of breath at the Costanzo Show, ”says De Luigi with a smile. “From Michelis becomes a bully villain, even physically, with wonderful long hair. At that point he begins to unload all the frustration accumulated in life. From being a villain he has his revenge and also becomes arrogant. And it makes me laugh, because it’s the arrogance of a man who thinks he’s cool too. ”

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