The great actress talks about her relationship with the late director: «Lina Wertmüller got angry with almost everyone. Not with me, but he told me everything he had to say ”
“I think I have done many small things for her, who instead had such a great personality”, says Sophia Loren on the phone from Switzerland, commenting on the disappearance of Lina Wertmüller
But you have often worked together …
“The first time was with Marcello Mastroianni and Giannini for one of those films by Lina with a huge title, Made of blood between two men for the sake of a widow. And then Saturday, Sunday and Monday; Francesca and Nunziata; Stuffed peppers and fish in the face… A fantastic director who has remained with me forever ».
Was it difficult for Wertmüller to have her as an actress?
“No, through my husband Carlo Ponti, we often found good stories to do together.”
Did he have brusque and brusque manners on set as the legend wants?
«Uh, absolutely! There was one every day. And when he got angry, My Maronna they were trouble. She screamed that she was a beauty. He had to let off steam, and then he laughed ».
Didn’t he allow himself to scream at her?
“Not with me, but quietly she told me things.”
And Donna Sophia laughs. Then he adds: «It’s good to laugh. But unfortunately Lina is no longer there ».
The night of the Oscars?
“The career one, last year, I gave it to him. It was a memorable evening, Lina gave a wonderful speech with that sense of humor so hers. He said it’s a very serious thing that his name is Oscar, he should be called with a female name. “Anna!” He exclaimed. She dedicated it to her husband and daughter, said that movies can be bad but she, the daughter, was just fine. And he concluded by saying that he could have talked for hours. ‘
She was a director with her own style of comedy …
«A style all his own. His films were… They were different, that’s it. No one else could do those things there. “
Were you in touch?
“No, because apart from my age, I then went to America and moved away from Italy, unfortunately”.
December 10, 2021 (change December 10, 2021 | 08:11)
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