Italian actress Luisa Ranieri has joined the cast of Johnny Depp’s upcoming Amadeo Modigliani bio-pic Modi as filming gets underway in Hungary.
Ranieri’s arrival on the picture was announced by Italian-Canadian producer Andrea Iervolino at Rome-based IBLE group which has joined Depp’s in.2 Film and Barry Navidi Productions on the film.
Modi is Depp’s second feature in the director’s chair after his 1997 feature The Brave. Italian actor Riccardo Scamarcio plays the titular painter and sculptor, with previously announced cast members including Al Pacino, in the role of art collector Maurice Gangnat.
Ranieri will play Rosalie Tobia, the owner of a Paris cafe frequented by impoverished artists, who took Modigliani under her wing when he was down and out. “Luisa Ranieri, is among one of Italy’s most talented actresses, with the portential for international success,” Iervolino said in a statement released to Italian news agency Ansa.
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