The Ferrari myth conquers Hollywood. Penelope Cruz is in Modena for the film – Magazine

Modena – A city as a set. For the meeting between the myths of Hollywood and the legend of the Italian twentieth century. It happens these days, these weeks. In the shadow of the Ghirlandina, director Michael Mann is shooting the film dedicated to Enzo Ferrari. He took up residence not far from the Duomo. And with him are other celluloid icons. Adam Driver, the son of Han Solo in the latest Star Wars trilogy, will give body and soul to the character of the Drake. Penelope Cruz will play the part of Laura Garello, the wife of the father of the Cavallino. Patrick Dempsey, the idol of Grey’s Anatomy and Devils fans on Sky, will play Sergio Taruffi, the Silver Fox of the Mille Miglia (by the way, Dempsey is really an amateur racing car driver, ergo he won’t have need for stunt driver). The Drake’s son When my friend Piero Ferrari, Enzo’s heir, asked me to have a chat with Michael Mann and Penelope Cruz, I gladly accepted. “I am pleased that Hollywood is interested in the figure of dad – Piero explained to me -. Michael Mann is an extraordinary filmmaker, his Heat with Al Pacino and De Niro is an absolute masterpiece. Then of course I for one know very well how complex it is. was the human story of my father “. The obsession Hollywood has been talking about a film about Ferrari for decades. Already in 1976 Paul Newman, who along with his friend Steve McQueen loved racing, so much so that he competed in first person, went as far as Maranello. He met the Old Man, he explained the project to him. But he didn’t do anything about it. Then there were other proposals, hypotheses, suggestions. Ferrari died in 1988 and in the meantime the scripts were piling up, the scripts multiplying and yet to a definitive ok …