Claudio Amendola, filming of the eagerly awaited new season of the drama begins

We’re finally here: the first images of Claudio Amendola on the set of the beloved drama have appeared online. Filming has begun, and fans will have to wait a little longer before seeing the well-known actor again on the small screen.

Claudio Amendola is one of the most beloved actors on the Italian cinema scene. Family tradition, his father is the famous actor and voice actor Ferruccio, the artist worked as a laborer and shop assistant before starting his cinematographic career, but ended up making his debut on the small screen in the 1982 fiction Story of Love and Friendship, when he was just 19 years old. This work was then followed by other roles in some Italian comedies: Vacanze di Natale, Vacanze in America and Amarsi un po’.

Amendola is also known for some dramatic roles such as those in Soldiers – 365 at dawn, Mery forever and Ultrà. However, what gave him great fame was one of the most successful dramas of the 2000s, I Cesaroni, which aired from 2006 to 2014 on Canale 5. With great sincerity, Claudio admitted that he had earned a lot in that period and how the series TV allowed him to buy a house and open businesses.

Not just an actor, but also director: for the cinema he directed The 48 Hours Out Permission, The Penguin’s Move, and Cassamortari one and two. The Capitoline will soon be back on air with a drama much loved by viewers at home, who in addition to seeing him play the main role also find him behind the camera.

Claudio Amendola on the set of the new season of the Mediaset drama

Last year Amendola was the protagonist of the first season of Il Patriarca, a fiction set in Puglia which sees him in the role of a rich entrepreneur and drug trafficker, who at the age of 60 discovers that he is suffering from Alzheimer’s. Nemo, this is the name of the character, then tries to identify her successor among her three children Nina, Carlo and Lara, but having to deal with her godson, the unscrupulous lawyer Mario Rizzi, who tries to put a stick in his hands. wheels.

in these days the TV series crew shot some outdoor scenes near Monopoli, in some of the most famous places of the Apulian town, and naturally some local authorities wanted to greet the Roman star, such as the mayor of Monopoli, Angelo Annese, rightly proud that his city was chosen as the backdrop to the events full of twists and turns of Il Patriarca 2. The drama will return to the air on Canale 5 at the beginning of next year, and will be made up of 6 episodes which will be broadcast in prime time. A great way to start 2025!