ENZOZELOCCHI–HOLLYWOOD’SNEXT LEADINGMAN
The trailer for his newest movie, The Source, already has over a million views on YouTube. The two-minute teaser has over 15,000 likes and with Academy Awardwinning actor Joe Cortese starring in the movie, it’s set to make a huge splash.
Zelocchi is best known for his 2010 production of My Little Princess which earned him won over 33 awards on the festival circuit. Hollywood’s hunger for a Latino action star is setting Zelocchi up for a big payday.
With his 4.1 million Instagram followers, Zelocchi can make his own movies go viral by just posting about them. His 1.2 million Facebook followers and over 465,000 Twitter followers don’t hurt either.
Zelocchi put his followers into action when his trailer for The First Secret got 24 million views on YouTube in March 2020. A unique combination of movie-making mastery and social media sensation, Enzo Zelocchi is the one to watch in 2021… and beyond.
HOWDIDHEGETINTOTHE ACTINGFIELD?
Enzo: Let me say this. They are not unrelated. Because the entertainment business is a business. Once you truly understand the dynamics of how the business works –the struggle behind it is building a businesses from scratch. I think I was very blessed because the businesses skills I acquired deeply helped me with my producing and acting career. When you are an actor, you are becoming a product you need to sell. So, the target audience, demographics; it’s a lot of media market strategy.
Enzo: One of the biggest Italian directors, Carlo Vanzina, decided to cast me for the role of a villain for a TV series in Italy on channel 5.
It was like a dream for every actor. I didn’t have to audition. What happened is that my agent in Italy recommended me. They called the assistant director, and they scheduled a meeting with him the following day. He liked me. We spoke a little bit. The director wanted to see me.
He looked me in the face and said, ‘I like him. The role is yours.’ This is what I love about auditioning. You speak to the director; he gets a vibe from you if you can play the character, using his imagination. That’s the dream of every actor. You get the chance to feel the person and he understands what you can do and what you cannot.
WHATWASYOURFIRSTACTINGJOB?
ABOUTTHEFIRST SECRET?
Enzo: The story behind First Secret is: how is it possible that the Hispanic and Latin community really only have Zorro, as a superhero, who isn’t really a superhero? He’s basically Batman without technology.
I started to dig in, and look for a superhero. So, I found a guy who is actually the real-life inspiration for Ian Fleming’s James Bond. We were able to cut a trailer, which I decided to release March 2020. People told me it was a bad time. No, it is the best time. Everyone is on their phones and they don’t know what to do.
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