Talent Tommaso Donadoni
Photographer Riccardo Albanese
Executive Producer & PR Romina Piperno
Stylists Alessia Guizzardi and Christian Marchesich
Make-up artist Giovanni Iovine @ Green Apple Agency
Hair stylist Giuseppe Sestito
Production Assistant Petra Caravaggio
Stylist Assistant Fabio Riva
Photographer Assistant Giacomo Brunelli
Tommaso’s Agent Marta Avenia @ TNA Artist Management
Photo Editor Mila Forte
Editor-in-chief Valentina Ilardi
Speaking of your current projects, which one feels most connected to your personal journey, and what is this experience teaching you?
T: All the projects I’ve participated in, whether few or many, have left something within me.
The one that feels closest to the way I’d like to work in terms of approach or for the character and the project itself, I think is the Netflix series Adorazione . Stefano Mordini, the director, had us do an immense and very detailed job, so yes! I’d love to work like that again.
What aspect of your personality would you say comes out only in front of the camera or on stage?
T: I’m not sure, there are many aspects I suppose come out in those moments, for many different reasons. It depends on what the scene needs, and on who Tommaso is in that moment on stage, even before the character I’m playing. Maybe the way I lose control of the “colors”. Every emotion doesn’t have a fixed color, it’s not just yellow or red, it’s a mix of many things. Repression, for example, carries anger, melancholy, and so many other shades within it.
Is there a place or city that fully represents your aesthetic sensitivity? Why?
T: Maybe Naples. I really like it as a city. I love the contrast between its beauty and opulence, mixed with a rougher backdrop. Not just metaphorically, but physically too: the noise all over, which, to me, actually frames the landscape beautifully… and simply represents the uniqueness of Naples.
What role does aesthetics play in your daily life, and how does it influence your personal and professional choices?
T: Aesthetics lives with me everyday. I like other people’s aesthetics, I love looking at other people’s eyes, lips, their details… their hair. I pay a lot of attention to aesthetics, even when I look at myself in the mirror.
Imagine telling your story in a short fashion film: what would the opening scene be? And what soundtrack would go with it?
T: I’d say a frescoed ceiling, maybe representing a sky of bodies dancing, accompanied by animals. A church chant, or a stadium choir for musical background, something choral. Maybe with a single voice that builds up, alone but full and shrill. Kind of unsettling maybe… yeah! [laughs]
