by Piero Iezzi
I know Luca for years. Since we were school mate, Pescara Art High
School, but we were not in the same class. When I saw his name in the Twin
Peaks cast list I was speechless. A guy I know in the cast of my favorite
series? Surreal! So I contacted Luca asking if we could have an interview about
the new season. We met at a Bathhouse near our dear Artistic High School. As I got
there I saw him playing basketball with some guys. After the greetings we
started the interview. Here it is!
Q:How
did your movie experience begin?
L: I started in Chieti, in the
Marrucino Theater. I worked for a while as a model in Milan but I didn’t enjoy the
environment around so I left off. Then I studied acting in Rome at the academy
of Giancarlo Giannini. Later I moved to the United States, in 2005, I studied
at the Strasberg Actor Studio doing several castings. I worked as a stunt doing
Leonardo Di Caprio’s double in Gangs of New York. I have a diploma in "Engineering
3D model", I worked for Dreamwork, Marvel, commercial agencies etc.
Q: How did you get involved in the Twin Peaks project?
L: My manager proposed me to the
casting director. In the US, managers or agents give actors the chance to be casted
and to meet directors. It's really very rare to be taken in a cast without
them.
I learned I was doing a test for
Twin Peaks when I found myself in front of David Lynch. On my contract is
written "Rancho Rosa Production", with its logo. He did not say
anything about Twin Peaks.
Q: How was the meeting with Lynch?
L: Exciting. It took only a few
minutes. She watched me from head to toe. He only wanted to see how I handled
the rifle doing the "bad boy" and at the end he said I was good for
the role. He's very special as a director. He's not my favorite but he's a movie
"monster". David Lynch gave me a tremendous chance.
Q: Did you already know Twin Peaks? Have you watched the original series
in the 90s?
L: No, never. I was terrified by
Sarah Palmer! I watch the new season at home in the USA every Sunday on Showtime.
Q: Did you have a script for the part?
L: They sent everything by e-mail: the
shooting schedule, the timetables and everything else. I'm a biker, Irish
gangster. And they also put on me a fake belly!
Q: Have you signed the famous contract for secrecy on the whole project?
L: Certainly. It was all Top Secret!
Even on the set nobody ever said the name"Twin Peaks". I made a
shocking mistake: I posted on Facebook the new that I was on the Twin Peaks
set. I had signed the contract but did not read it entirely because we were in
a hurry, with the costumers, the make-up and everything else. Luckily they were
kind to me. I received hundreds of emails from people around the world who were
part of Twin Peaks blogs who asked me questions about the series. They even
wanted to give me money for information and spoilers on the series. It was all
really surreal.
Q: How many days did the shooting last? Where was the location?
L: Five days of shooting, including
a full day for makeup, costumes, trials, photos, and so on. We started at 7am,
all day long. The location was in Los Angeles, downtown, in an abandoned
warehouse. A bad place. We were not in South Dakota.
Q: How was working with Kyle MacLachlan, Mr. C?
L: A beautiful experience.
Especially the first day of shooting. Kyle was very nice and handsome. He
talked and joked with everyone on the set. He was the real star! Very
professional. Mac Lachlan is a name in Hollywood.
Q: Any funny moment on the set?
L: We had to shoot the scene of
Cooper in the elevator a lot of times. The door often did not open! The Iron
Arms scene was also very fun, with two go-pro cameras at the same time on
Cooper and Renzo. The face of Renzo (Derek Mears) bloody after the punch in the
face was basically a real-life model! Unfortunately phones, cameras were not
allowed on the set. I couldn’t take any photo.
Q: Did you keep any original prop?
I only kept the metalhead bracelet.
Q: Do you remember if there were scenes that were not ended in the final
cut?
L: I do not remember but I think so.
Q: Future Projects?
I love to travel and work. I write
stories, I make Storyboard. I would like to become an affirmed international
actor. After the oscar, my dream is to bring Pescara to Rome's level of cinema.
I founded my own Production, the DMC Entertainment, and at the end of September
we will be making a short film about a story, set after the Second World War,
on film, nothing digital. Then I'll give you all the details!
Thank you Luca for your time and best wishes for your success!
This is Lucas's IMDb link:
