‘The Eight Mountains’, ‘Martin Eden’ Star Luca Marinelli To Play Benito Mussolini in Joe Wright’s ‘M. Son Of The Century’
deadline.comItalian actor Luca Marinelli, who was seen recently in Cannes Jury Prize winner The Eight Mountains, will play Benito Mussolini in Joe Wright’s upcoming series M.
Son Of The Century. The eight-part drama, based on Italian historian and writer Antonio Scurati’s bestselling book M charting the rise of the fascist dictator, starts filming in Rome’s Cinecittà studios this week.
The casting was announced at a presentation of the drama at the Rome Film Festival on Tuesday. A former Berlinale European Shooting Star, Marinelli won Venice’s Coppa Volpi for best actor in 2020 for his performance in Pietro Marcello’s Jack London adaptation Martin Eden.
Other notable credits include They Call Me Jeeg for which he won Italy’s Davide Di Donatello in 2016. His most recent role was in Belgian director Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandemeersch’s Italian-language drama The Eight Mountains, about the life-long friendship of two friends from different backgrounds against the backdrop of a remote mountain valley.
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