Pandolfi, being Rosita Missoni? Like a spell

The unique smile, the eyes full of life, the grace, the radiance and the immense talent expressed in perfect harmony with her husband Ottavio: all characteristics of Rosita Missoni, captured by Claudia Pandolfi in her interpretation of the stylist in Made in Italy, the first TV series, starring Greta Ferro and Margherita Buy, on the birth of great Italian fashion in Milan in the 1970s, which introduces the public to many of the creators of that revolution, from Armani (Raoul Bova) to Krizia (Stefania Rocca), and the world that told and valued them.

After the debut in 2019 on Amazon Prime Video, the series, conceived by Camilla Nesbitt, directed by Luca Lucini and Ago Panini, co-produced by Taodue Film and The Family for Mediaset, landed on January 13 in prime time on Canale 5. In the episode on January 20, one of the highlights is the meeting of the young journalist at the center of the story, Irene Mastrangelo (Ferro), with Ottavio Missoni (Enrico Lo Verso) and Rosita.

"It was a magical experience, almost a spell to interpret Rosita - Claudia Pandolfi explains to ANSA - also because we filmed in Sumirago, in their wonderful home, in the maison headquarters, where there are still some of the workers who were with them. in those years. I met Angela Missoni (daughter of Ottavio and Rosita, and current creative director and president of Missoni spa, ed), who allowed me to work with great precision, thanks also to the original clothes and accessories. their creativity, in the millions of unique yarns, colors and patterns ".

The great stylist, born in 1931, also attended the shooting: "Since childhood I have memories of her enlightened face - explains the actress -. She and Ottavio Missoni (who passed away in 2013), were essential for each other. on the other hand, they have been able to manage their love story, family and business in an incredible way. I see Rosita as a courageous and sunny fighter, moved by the love for her job. "

How did you accept the idea of ​​being represented in a series?

"She is a very discreet and focused woman, she was moved above all by the idea that her work and her life with Ottavio could be represented correctly".

It was very nice for the actress, even "having Enrico Lo Verso by my side, whom I hadn't seen for a long time, I shot my first film with him (Le amici del cuore, 1992, ed)".

Claudia Pandolfi loves how Made in Italy knows how to tell our fashion greats, "undermining many stereotypes and enhancing the role of women in that revolution".

She has accustomed us to high-level projects for large and small screen, and was among the first interpreters to fully understand the transformation of seriality, from A Doctor in the Family to the Police District, from Happiness has arrived to Baby on Netflix: "The platforms have posed a new challenge, even for us actors, it's a system that makes you start from scratch, because their point of reference is the world".

Even in these months of the pandemic Pandolfi had "the good fortune of being able to work. The protocols on the sets are extremely rigid, they are among the places where you feel safest".

It is a very difficult time "in the sector, without certainties. Politics seems unable to give the answers they need. This is also why we created Unita (an association to which over 250 Italian actors have joined, ed), so as not to be ignored in the decisions that affect us ".

Among the new sets for the actress, those of two Rai series, Una promessa by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli, with Greta Scarano and Simone Liberati, and A professor by Alessandro D'Alatri with Alessandro Gassmann.

Coming to the films he is among the interpreters of the comedy by Paolo Costella For all life (the title is provisional, ed), with a large cast that includes Ambra Angiolini, Luca Bizzarri, Claudia Gerini and Filippo Nigro, while it is being edited My brother, my sister of Roberto Capucci of which he is the protagonist with Alessandro Preziosi: "It is a very intense story that has at the center of difficult family dynamics".