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TESA LITVAN







            really good friends. And I think you   she was the most talented actress   I just went with the talent, like with
            can tell from the scenes they have   for that part. And Lidija Kordic, she   the best actresses.
            together. And then the rest, the three   was part of the casting process for
            women, the three divas, that was the   "Settembre". I met her there. And   You did an amazing job in the
            challenging part because Barbara   she was right. She arrived just at the   casting Denise Capezza, I think
            I knew. But these I had to also face   end. But in the end, Tesa was a better   is incredible. Like Val Kilmer
            three iconic women, especially here   choice because with the other actor   performing Jim Morison on
            in Italy. Everyone knows them. So   that she had to work with, it worked   "The Doors". when you see that
            for the foreign ones, we casted, I   better. But I was really glad when   performance and you never can see
            think, 250 Evas and 270 Ilona's all   also Lidija got the part. And instead,   the real Jim Morison. The same
            over Europe. And then in the end, we   Denise Capezza is a complete new   happening with Denise, you see
            had some girls. It was all Zoom. And   actress for me. And she did a great   her performance, and you forget
            then after callbacks and everything,   job in terms of... She is from Napoli.   the real Moana.
            we had them come here. And it was   I know maybe you can't tell because   Giulia Louise Steigerwalt: Thank
            weird because we really wanted to see   you don't know Italian, but she did an   you. I'm glad about that. That was
            everything that was out there. But in   amazing job on the accent. Moana was   what I was worried about, that people
            the end, Tesa Litvan which I already   from a city in Italy called Genova, but   would think about Moana, the real
            worked with, I knew she was a great   she lived a lot in Brazil. And Denise   one. And so that's why I also focused
            actress, but she really had to fight for   just blended together the emotional   on their talent, how talented they
            the part. But because it's not only my   part and this voice that she could just   were as actresses, the emotional part,
            choice. There's a production, there's   reproduce in a perfect way. It was a bit   because I believe that once you have
            a casting, but we really wanted to be   challenging because they also had to   a good actor, it just drags you in the
            sure. And I'm so glad that in the end,   look a little bit like the real divas.   story, and at some point, you forget




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