Facts from the life of Adriano Celentano
The magnificent Italian actor Adriano Celentano is well known to viewers belonging to very different generations. Back in the times of the USSR, films with his participation were shown on television, and even now they have not lost their relevance. They wonderfully combine humor, kindness and rich Italian flavor, and all this is partly connected with the life of the great mummer, who starred in a huge number of films.
The future actor was born on January 6, the day, which in the north of Italy is considered the day of the draw. In Russia, this date corresponds to April 1.
He has four brothers and sisters, of whom he is the youngest. His mother gave birth to him in 44 years.
The homeland of Celentano is the city of Milan, which is now considered the world capital of fashion.
Adriano’s family lived very poorly. This forced him to quit school at 12 and take a job. The future actor worked as an apprentice for a watchmaker.
In his youth, he won the first place in the competition of the twins of American comedian Jerry Lewis, and he did not even apply for participation – his sister did it on his own initiative.
At 17, Adriano Celentano became interested in rock and roll, and even began to play in a rock band.
He has repeatedly admitted that the usual alarm clock is not able to wake him up. All his life he wakes up only from rock music.
Throughout his life, Adriano Celentano recorded over 600 songs, many of which are on the list of the best Italian songs. They make up more than three dozen albums.
He is afraid to fly on airplanes.
One day, he started dancing right in the middle of a busy street. A crowd quickly gathered around, which paralyzed the entire movement. When the policeman asked why he did this, Celentano replied that he was rehearsing a dance for a new role.
He himself considers himself primarily a singer and musician, not a film actor.
At one of the huge concerts of Adriano Celentano tickets were sold for only 1 euro. It was his own initiative.
Since 2005, he is a vegetarian.
Once Celentano live called Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi a corrupt official. He said in response that the singer is among those who are trying to undermine the authority of the government.
For quite a while Adriano has not been removed in films, arguing that there is nothing interesting in modern cinema, but he is not going to spoil his reputation for money.
He is a man of many talents – composes music and songs, sings, plays in films and acts as a film director.
His favorite musicians are Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson.
In Italy, Adriano Celentano just adore. When he got to the hospital, a crowd of fans literally laid siege to her, and when he passed a false rumor about the death of a popular pet, thousands of bouquets were carried to the hospital.
For more than half a century he has been married to Claudia Mori, and still does not miss the opportunity to once again confess her love for her.
Celentano owns his own recording studio, named after him.
His first appearance on the screen took place in 1959, in the film “Guys and the Jukebox”.
With his wife Adriano Celentano married secretly in a small chapel. The magnificent wedding newlyweds decided not to arrange.
An asteroid discovered in 1987 was named in his honor.
The two daughters of the actor also became actresses, and the son became a famous designer.
Total Celentano starred in 41 films.
He was the first person who performed rap and rock and roll in Italian.
Adriano Celentano considers Quentin Tarantino to be an incredibly talented director, and he has repeatedly said that he would willingly star in his film.