Checco Zalone’s new film continues to generate revenue and spectators in theaters this Christmas season and among the actors in the film there is also Martina Colombari, who in Buen Camino is totally transformed in her appearance to step into the shoes of the protagonist’s ex-wife.
The metamorphosis of Colombari for Zalone
Colombari, fresh from the experience of Dancing with the Stars which ended in recent weeks, spoke to Corriere della Sera about the adventure in Zalone’s film and the impact of her physical metamorphosis to play the character of Linda: “Nobody recognizes me. Nobody. They have to wait for the second or third scene to understand that it’s me. I have little make-up, big glasses, gray hair. Which in reality it’s not an ugly thingI’m just a woman who decided to leave the world of jet set who lived with her ex-husband, Checco. My Linda she fell in love with a Palestinian director-writer and, from a former model, she became a busy theater actress and also has a metamorphosis in her appearance”.
The joke that brought her back to her son
Colombari explains that she was thrilled by the possibility of questioning her beauty with this film, precisely because it was thanks to that beauty that she entered the world of entertainment. Colombari explains that there was also a moment in the film that made her feel particularly involved, coinciding with a specific joke linked to the reporting of her daughter’s disappearance, which brought to her memory his experience with his son Achille: “I immediately thought of the time he didn’t come home. So yes: I was involved. Having said that: kids today have great difficulty finding their identity, understanding who they are and what they want. We parents take our responsibility, but the world they find is not that of our adolescence: it is demanding, performative, very fast. And social media tells them something that is not reality. Then, I’m not against social media: they are a medium. Ironically, this film came from a message from casting manager on Instagram”.
