Matt Dillon, I feel half Italian

(ANSA) - CAGLIARI, JULY 23 - An actor who has in his DNA films such as Young warriors, The boys of the 56 / a strada, Rusty ilSelvaggio, Drugstore Cowboy and Crash-physical contact, for whom he was nominated for an Oscar, introduces himself inevitably like a bad boy, even if, meeting him at Forte Village (Cagliari), he doesn't seem at all. Blue t-shirt, muscles in evidence, the actor born in the USA (in New Rochelle on February 18, 1964), but of Irish origin, at the Filming Italy SardegnaFestival where he is honorary president, is available to talk about his projects and above all his love for our country.
    "For me Italy is now a second home - says Dillon who has time an Italian partner, the actress RobertaMastromichele -. Yours is such a beautiful country that I often ask for it: but isn't there a job for me here?" . Even speaking of the pandemic, he makes a clear distinction between Italy and the USA. "Everyone in the United States, unlike you Italians, has shown themselves to be quite stupid for how they dealt with the situation. Indeed, America is a huge country, but our current leadership is truly terrible. At the local level there are also people like Cuomo who have done a good job, a bit like it was for your prime minister Giuseppe Conte ".
    As for her projects, she says little about Shirin Neshat and Shoja Azari's film 'The Land of Dreams', a comedy in which also recites Isabella Rossellini, who is a fierce satire on an America that closes more and more borders so as to become almost an island : "It's a really interesting job that involved me a lot." As for Josh Trank's 'Capone', a film that tells the last part of the gangster's life, he explains: "In the meantime I liked the screenplay, then very much Tom Hardy who plays Capone. Finally, I loved the fact that this man he is seen in a period of full decadence, he is not glorified at all. I am Johnny, a friend of his who is also his conscience in the film ".
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