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Why Sebastiano Pigazzi Keeps It Private
written CHIDOZIE OBASI
Sebastiano Pigazzi is busy. Perhaps it’s the grind of travel and time zones. The script-scanning and the self-tapes. Or maybe it’s the time commitments of interviews like this one, done over the past year. “I try not to think about it too much, but I did things that I haven’t done before,” Pigazzi reflects.
Sebastiano wears a total look by VALENTINO
“For example, I put up my own play that I wrote, directed and starred in along with nine other cast members: It was an enthralling experience that taught me so much,” he confesses. One might imagine that his current career reality is the result of some meticulously devised strategy: oscillating between characters, networks, and cast types to showcase a very well-honed creative range. But there’s more to the story: The Boston-born, Rome-hailed actor — raised between New York and Los Angeles — made his screen debut in Luca Guadagnino's We Are Who We Are (2020), where he played Enrico, before joining as Steve in Elisa Amoruso's Time Is Up (2021). Below, LE MILE’s Fashion Market Director grabs five with the actor, unpacking all things creativity and future hopes. You’re welcome.
Chidozie Obasi
Could you recall the first moment that you felt drawn to the creative realm?
Sebastiano Pigazzi
After watching the movie, Tootsie with Dustin Hoffman.
Leaning on to the crucial moment that changed your path forever: could you unpack it with us?
Going to college on my own and leaving my family house made me grow up very quickly and helped me understand myself better.
At a time when the social and cultural phenomena are wreaked by havoc at an increasingly ferocious pace, how do you navigate the system and stay afloat?
Use it sparingly and keep some sense of privacy.
Could you unpack your most ‘complex’, dare I say, moment of your journey?
Well, when you work, you’re happy when you don’t, you’re not. The most complex times are when there’s nothing motivating or stimulating around and I have done my best to avoid those moments.
Sebastiano wears a blazer by TOD’S, shirt by KITON and pants by RANDOM IDENTITIES by Stefano Pilati
Sebastiano wears a blazer by RANDOM IDENTITIES by Stefano Pilati, shirt by PAL ZILERI and pants by QUARTO ATTO
What’s the most exciting production that you took part in?
Every production is exciting and interesting for different reasons. I don’t want a single one of them out in the fear that others might feel excluded.
Any dream roles you’d like to have under your belt?
The ones people don’t think I can pull off.
What's next for you, and where are you hoping to take your career in time to come?
I’m hoping to take my career in surprising different directions.
Sebastiano wears a total look by DOLCE&GABBANA
Sebastiano wears a total look by LORO PIANA
Sebastiano wears a blazer by MICHAEL KORS, shirt and pants by DIOR, shoes by BEPOSITIVE and tie by PAL ZILERI
Sebastiano wears a total look by BRIONI
seen
COSIMO BUCCOLIERI via
STUDIO REPOSSI
fashion market director + stylist CHIDOZIE OBASI
head of production JESSICA LOVATO
fashion coordinator EDWARD PUSCA
make up KIM GUTIERREZ via STUDIO REPOSSI
hair GIUSEPPE LORUSSO via MKS MILANO
talent SEBASTIANO PIGAZZI
photography assistant ANTONIO CROTTI
fashion assistants DAIANA EDOSA + ANGELINA PERSIANI + LUIZA ANGELOVA + FILIPPO CANCELLIER + ALICE GAVIN
fashion market director + stylist CHIDOZIE OBASI
head of production JESSICA LOVATO
fashion coordinator EDWARD PUSCA
make up KIM GUTIERREZ via STUDIO REPOSSI
hair GIUSEPPE LORUSSO via MKS MILANO
talent SEBASTIANO PIGAZZI
photography assistant ANTONIO CROTTI
fashion assistants DAIANA EDOSA + ANGELINA PERSIANI + LUIZA ANGELOVA + FILIPPO CANCELLIER + ALICE GAVIN
credits
all Images (c) LE MILE
and Cosimo Buccolieri