We know everything about Francesco Totti. The extraordinary career, life, loved ones. Of the tv series I was hoping de died first taken from the book A captain written by Totti with Paolo Condò and diluted in six episodes that will be broadcast on Sky Atlantic at 9.15 pm from 19 March (also on demand and streaming on NOW TV) (almost) everything is known. Here are 10 key things to get on the couch and enjoy the show.
The banner
I was hoping de died first – the title of the series – actually follows the famous banner that appeared at the Olimpico on May 28, 2017, the day of Totti’s last match with Roma (Roma-Genoa 3-2) and his official farewell to football.
The author is called Giovanni Lazzarini, and he is one of the guys from the Barilla Group, as the sponsor of the 1983 Roma championship.
Career ending
Totti’s professional career began on March 28, 1993, when Francesco made his Serie A debut, just sixteen. From there on it’s a load of glory. But all this in the series is not there, except with flashbacks. The story focuses on the last two years of Totti’s career. Those in which the decision of farewell matures and goes to the clash with Luciano Spalletti.
The protagonist
He is Pietro Castellitto, 29, the son of actor and director Sergio and writer Margaret Mazzantini. His first film as a director – «I predatori» – was awarded at the Venice Film Festival 2020. When Castellitto was born (December 16, 1991) Totti was taking a run. He was fifteen years old and already did wonders in the Roma youth teams by winning his first trophy, the Sanremo International Tournament.
Greta and football
We appreciated her in the last episode of Montalbano where she duets sentimentally with the most famous Italian commissioner, and now it could be said that Greta Scarano – who plays Ilary Blasi in the series – has gone from loving a missed footballer (Luca Zingaretti also played as semi-professional in Rimini before choosing the stage) to one – Totti – who wrote to the history of football.
The champion’s family
It is Giorgio Colangeli who plays Enzo Totti in adulthood, a shy and reserved but affectionate man, who recently passed away at the age of 76. Colangeli boasts a prestigious career, he has acted with Sorrentino, Scola, Vicari, Rubini and Muccino. From the series it clearly emerges that father Enzo and mother Fiorella (played by Monica Guerritore) are the milestones in the life of the champion.
Tognazzi / Spalletti
To interpret the Tuscan coach who “forces” Totti’s retirement, Gianmarco Tognazzi studied hours and hours of video to trace Spalletti’s pose, words and phrases. And he did it very well. Tognazzi (Milan fan) is not the first time he has acted in a film about football. He also did so in the famous «Ultrà», shot by his brother Ricky and in the lesser known «L’estate di Bobby Charlton» (1995).
Once upon a time there was Er Pupone
It is the nickname given to Totti at the beginning of his career. He doesn’t like it. And he never liked it. He said it publicly at the age of twenty: “Don’t call me Pupone anymore, I’ve grown up.” It was born as a term of endearment (it means big baby), then it became a burden, only later an honor, a sort of medal of merit. In the film it is mentioned, but with irony.
I have to take a breath, excuse me
And then it begins. “Thanks Rome.” Thus begins – amidst a sea of tears – the speech that Totti reads in front of his people on the day of farewell, at his side are his wife Ilary Blasi (it is with her who wrote it, the night before) and the children Isabel , Cristian and Chanel. “Time has decided, damn time that came knocking on my shoulder and told me: we have to grow up, you’ve grown up.”
The other Cassano
It is the thirty-year-old Gabriel Montesi, from Lazio from Genzano, one of the most promising actors of his generation (Favolacce, The First King), who plays the role of Antonio Cassano, who had a very strong relationship with Totti before (he went to live at his house) , then went on a collision course. The two have long since made peace, but they are too different to date. Yet Cassano was the only one capable of giving the ball (almost) like Totti.
Future with Verdone
He did not participate as an actor in I was hoping de died first, but Totti in his heart confides an ambition, no longer so secret since he has made it public in recent days: “If Carlo Verdone heard it, we could interpret a remake of Traveling with dad”. The two are linked by friendship and affection, never say never.
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