Benedetta Ponticelli

"It's always hard to choose which character challenged me the most or which one I liked best, because in reality, every character brings its own difficulties and frustrations that I’ve had to face. Especially because this job is made up of many small things: the people you happen to work with, the situations you're living through at the time—sometimes you're particularly fond of a character because you associate them with a positive time in your life."

"It’s a bit of an unusual work environment: it’s a specialization of acting, which is already a very particular field. There are no official schools for it, so you have to carve out a space for yourself, because there aren’t direct channels between schools and the professional world. It’s increasingly difficult to get into studios and ask for auditions because the productions need to be protected—you can’t just let people in who might leak stolen footage (which has happened before and caused serious issues)."