Basta! Let Italians Play Italians in Movies, Actor Says

(L-R) Italian writer Sandro Veronesi, Italian filmmaker Edoardo De Angelis, and Italian actor Pierfrancesco Favino pose during a photocall for 'Comandante' at the 80th annual Venice International Film Festival, in Venice, Italy, 30 August 2023. EPA/CLAUDIO ONORATI
(L-R) Italian writer Sandro Veronesi, Italian filmmaker Edoardo De Angelis, and Italian actor Pierfrancesco Favino pose during a photocall for 'Comandante' at the 80th annual Venice International Film Festival, in Venice, Italy, 30 August 2023. EPA/CLAUDIO ONORATI
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Basta! Let Italians Play Italians in Movies, Actor Says

(L-R) Italian writer Sandro Veronesi, Italian filmmaker Edoardo De Angelis, and Italian actor Pierfrancesco Favino pose during a photocall for 'Comandante' at the 80th annual Venice International Film Festival, in Venice, Italy, 30 August 2023. EPA/CLAUDIO ONORATI
(L-R) Italian writer Sandro Veronesi, Italian filmmaker Edoardo De Angelis, and Italian actor Pierfrancesco Favino pose during a photocall for 'Comandante' at the 80th annual Venice International Film Festival, in Venice, Italy, 30 August 2023. EPA/CLAUDIO ONORATI

One of Italy's most famous actors, Pierfrancesco Favino, on Wednesday said Italian actors should be given a chance to play Italian roles in big international movies.

He didn't mention any names but his plea came just a day before "Ferrari" was due to debut at the Venice Film Festival, with US actor Adam Driver playing Italian carmaker Enzo Ferrari and Spain's Penelope Cruz playing his wife.

Two years ago, Driver played another well-known Italian, Maurizio Gucci, in Ridley Scott's "House of Gucci." Other Italian roles were taken by Lady Gaga, Jared Leto, Jeremy Irons, Salma Hayek and Al Pacino.

"I wish Italian actors ... were more present in international movies where Italian characters are written," said Favino, who was promoting his new Italian-language film "Comandante," which opens the Venice Festival on Wednesday.



Tim Cook and Rebecca Ferguson Announce New 'Silo' Seasons from the Show's Set

CEO of Apple Tim Cook gives a presentation as Apple holds an event at the Steve Jobs Theater on its campus in Cupertino, California, U.S. September 9, 2024. REUTERS/Manuel Orbegozo/ File Photo
CEO of Apple Tim Cook gives a presentation as Apple holds an event at the Steve Jobs Theater on its campus in Cupertino, California, U.S. September 9, 2024. REUTERS/Manuel Orbegozo/ File Photo
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Tim Cook and Rebecca Ferguson Announce New 'Silo' Seasons from the Show's Set

CEO of Apple Tim Cook gives a presentation as Apple holds an event at the Steve Jobs Theater on its campus in Cupertino, California, U.S. September 9, 2024. REUTERS/Manuel Orbegozo/ File Photo
CEO of Apple Tim Cook gives a presentation as Apple holds an event at the Steve Jobs Theater on its campus in Cupertino, California, U.S. September 9, 2024. REUTERS/Manuel Orbegozo/ File Photo

Sci-fi series "Silo" will return for two more seasons, with the third chapter already shooting in the UK.

Apple CEO Tim Cook joined the series' star and executive producer Rebecca Ferguson on the sprawling "Silo" set at Hoddesdon Studios outside London to make the announcement.

"We feel great about it. We could not be more pleased. We're already filming season three," Cook told Reuters in an interview in the show's Silo 18 cafeteria, Reuters reported

"We get to walk around these environments again under new circumstances, new threats," added Ferguson. "We're back on the show and it's tense, it's wonderful and it's mysterious."

The dystopian drama is based on American author Hugh Howey's "Silo" book trilogy and is set deep underground, where the last remaining people have been sheltering for hundreds of years from what they are told is a toxic environment on the surface of the Earth.

Ferguson plays engineer Juliette, whose suspicions are aroused when she seeks answers to a loved one's death, and she becomes determined to expose the secrets of the silo. Season one ended with Juliette stepping outside of Silo 18 and the second season, currently streaming on Apple TV+, sees her world upended.

The fourth season will conclude the series, the makers said.

Five years on from the launch of Apple TV+ in November 2019, Cook said he considered the service to be "successful by any measure".

"Like the rest of Apple, we're about being the best, not producing the most," said Cook.

"We're focusing on the best quality, with the best storytellers, all original. We think 'Silo' is a fantastic example of that and of course the UK is a great place for storytellers and it's a place where people want to work, and so we're doing a lot in the UK," he said.

New episodes of the 10-part "Silo" season two are released weekly, with the show's finale premiering Jan. 17.