“I was dumped after twenty years by Luciano Cannito without a reason: it was a shock”. The gossip about the end of the story between Rossella Brescia and the choreographer has been circulating for several months but the parties directly involved have never commented on the indiscretion, at least until today. The dancer and actress made the farewell official, and she spoke about herself in a long interview with Evening Couriertalking among other things about her early days, the key moments of her career (including her refusal to Tornatore who wanted her as the protagonist of the film Malèna) and of friendship with Giorgia Meloni.
ROSSELLA BRESCIA AND THE SHOCK OF BEING LEFT AFTER TWENTY YEARS For some time now, Rossella Brescia has been alternating between TV, radio, theatre – where she was also the protagonist of the musical Billy Elliot – and cinema. Just as was turning his latest film, Jastimaridirected by Richard Cannella with Fabio Troiano And Francis Fotisomething happened that changed her life. “I liked putting my pain at the service of my work,” she revealed. What pain is she referring to? The end of her relationship with choreographer Luciano Cannito. “It happened while I was shooting the film and I didn’t decide itit was a shock for me,” she admitted. “We weren’t married but it’s as if we were.” She then reveals that she isn’t clear on the reason that triggered Cannito’s decision: “If you don’t know why it happens it’s harder. Anyway, we remained friends, I hear from his daughter, who I practically saw grow up. I always try to stay in harmony with people: rancor takes away my energy”.
THOSE SENSATIONAL NO TO GIUSEPPE TORNATORE AND MUTI She, meanwhile, focuses on work and acting is taking up more and more space in his career. And to think that he has given up on some projects that already years ago could have given a sensational turn to his work. Like when he said no to Giuseppe Tornatorewho chose her as the protagonist of Malenaa role that then went to Monica Bellucci. “There were very important scenes that I don’t know if I would have done at the time, I was very childish. However, I still regret not having worked with an Oscar-winning director,” she explains. A few months ago, surprisingly, they saw each other: “I went to see him, I had made an appointment with the secretary and we laughed ourselves to death: he told me that something like that had never happened to him in his entire life; to convince me he even called my mother at home in Puglia”. But why did she say no? Because of a boyfriend at the time, who pushed her to refuse even I love Andrea Of Francis Nuti. “There too, as for Malèna, the problem was the jealousy. ‘But what does this person want from you?’ Today I would behave differently: if someone wants to limit you, that is no longer love.”
THE HOUSE BOUGHT THANKS TO THE CALENDAR She therefore refused two important projects but did not say no when they proposed that she pose for the calendar of Maxat the time a cult object for which the big stars posed. She always clashed with the same boyfriend but then gave in to the pressure but on one condition: “That the photographer was Fabrizio Ferri, because I wanted to meet Alessandra Ferri, his wife. The photos lasted half a second and then it was all freedom. I remember a crazy evening in Pantelleria, with Roberto Bolle, beautiful”. It was a sales success for a newspaper and a great image coup (and not only) for her: “With that money I bought a house in Rome. Not all of it, eh…”, he confesses.
FRIENDSHIP WITH GIORGIA MELONI AND MEETING WITH ZALONE Among the rumors that have been chasing Rossella Brescia for some time now, there is also one about her friendship with the Prime Minister Georgia Meloni. The dancer takes the opportunity to clarify the contours of this indiscretion: “Now, friend… I know her well because we go to the same hairdresser, Antonio, who I have been seeing since I was little: I brought him up to Rome. But it’s not like she and I are in touch”. Speaking of meetings, more or less strange, the one with Checco Zalone with whom, he admits, he would like to make a film. “Once, in a hotel, I go out into the lobby in slippers and a hair clip to prepare the texts for the radio. I recognize him and say to myself: let’s hope he doesn’t see me like this, he stops. And instead he comes and says to me: ‘Say Rossella… (she imitates him, ed.). Have you finished cleaning the room?’. Brilliant.”
