Mrs series Playmen, about editor Adelina Tattilo’s extraordinary story as the head of a famous erotic magazine at the turn of the 70s, was released a week ago on Netflix, remaining at the top of the platform’s Top Ten in Italy. This is of course thanks to Carolina Crescentini’s close and passionate interpretation, but also to the male translator who created the character of Luigi Poggi, a handsome, intelligent and ambitious photographer, a little bit angel and a little bit devil, in the right place (a provincial in Rome) at the right time (remains of Dolce Vita).
The actor is Giuseppe Maggio who, since his debut on the big screen with Federico Moccia’s Amore 14, then worked on successful series such as Baby and A Big Family before returning to the cinema also in international projects such as Ballo, Ballo, Nacho Álvarez’s film about Raffaella Carrà in Spain, or Maria directed by Jessica Palud in France (presented at the Cannes Film Festival). The latter is a film about Maria Schneider, the protagonist actress of Last Tango in Paris, so we are talking about the same year as Mrs. Playmen: “That’s right, answered the Roman actor who is only 33 years old. I have researched a lot about that period, trying to watch as many films as possible to immerse myself in that aesthetic. It has to do with liberation through costume which is something that fascinates me.” Themes and topics are also included in the seven episodes of the Mrs. Playmen directed by Riccardo Donna, produced by Aurora TV and written by Mario Ruggeri with Eleonora Cimpanelli, Chiara Laudani, Sergio Leszczynski and Alessandro Sermoneta: “My character sums up as an actor, although he works in a very glossy reality like Playmen, he also wants to tell a different world. There is a sentence he says in the series: I want to do what Pasolini agreed with cinema. Because what is clear is that world also exists, the 60s were La dolce vita but there is also Accattone and he wants to achieve prosperity”.
