It was self-announced already in unsuspecting times, and should arrive tonight. It is Francesco Benigno, a film actor (and not only) who this evening, it seems, will land on L’Isola dei Famosi 2024. A sort of I’m shipwrecked latethe fourteenth, who will enter after the games have already started, but he will certainly be able to give a shake to the first dynamics that are starting to emerge. So let’s see who Francesco Benigno is, what he does today, his private life and so much more. Below the details.
Francesco Benigno, the “latecomer” castaway
He said it via social media, Francesco Benigno, and we believe him. He will come as competitor of The Island of the Famous, this evening, but his landing place is still shrouded in an unusual patina of mystery. We know about him that he is a film and fiction actor, born in 1967 and quite active on social media (he has several thousand followers on Instagram). He has had a very long career in cinema, acting in unforgettable films such as “Mery Per Semper”, “Ragazzi Fuori”, “Vacanze di Natale 91”, “Miracolo Italiano”, “Tutte le donne della mia vita” and “Daylight Saving Time”. Then the apparitions in fiction of weight, such as “La Piovra 7”, “Un posto al sole” and “Don Matteo”.
Benigno’s appearance on the island, however, will not be his first appearance on a reality TV show. In 2005 he was in the cast of the second edition of Barbara d’Urso’s farm. Now he continues the journey with another pillar of entertainment in Italy. And so, on social media, he commented a few days ago on the news of his imminent landing: “The authors and the network amazed methey told me you are an important and loved character and actor and we don’t want you to enter the island together with the others… we will let you enter the already confirmed second episode of Thursday 11 April alone super pampered! Thanks to the authors.”
His wife, children and (touching) letters of good wishes
Francesco Benigno he marriedin 2021, after 7 years of engagement, with the actress Valentina Magazzù. Together they have three children: Manuel and Giuseppe, however from previous relationships, and Giovanni Roderico Tiago, born from their love on 23 August 2023. Before leaving for Honduras, both his wife and one of their children, Giuseppe, decided to a surprise to Francesco, dedicating it to him two letters made public to the delight of fans.
“Whenever you focus on the sound of the sea”, Valentina wrote, moved. “Know that I am there my love…in the sound of the waves, in the water that laps the beach and wets your skin. Yes, in those waves that are sometimes loud and crazy like me, that will spray the splashes of water until it makes you smileand other times sweet and sensual to be felt every night you spend on that island, allowing me to ‘envelop’ you in me”.
His son Giuseppefinally, he was equally tender with Benigno. “Dad”, he wrote via social media, “I wanted to say a few words for you… for this adventure of yours know that I am and will always be with youI will follow you all the time and you will be in my thoughts, give it your all and I’m sure you will do great, I will cheer you on and I will defend you to the last minute of this experience of yours, tvb, you know that I would never change you for any other father in the world you are the best”. There really couldn’t have been a more propitious start for Francesco.
