Life Becomes Them
Life Becomes Them In her formative years, Monica Bellucci ’s most intimate desire was to follow in the footsteps of Gina Lollobrigida , Silvana Mangano , Anna Magnani and Sophia Loren , four Italian muses that, (as she finally also achieved) became magnificent actresses in their country and abroad. Monica began her modeling career at Elite+ Models Agency working with several important brands like Revlon. The Most Unforgettable Women in the World Wear Revlon, Ad Campaign phots by Richard Avedon, 1989 Legendary filmmaker Dino Risi (who directed movies starring by Monica Vitti , Sophia Loren and Ornella Mutti ) offered her a leading role in 1990’s Vita coi Figli . Francis Ford Coppola , after watching photos of her in a portfolio offered her a small but arresting cameo in Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992). Bellucci played one of Dracula’s brides who, in one particularly erotic scene, practically devoured Jonat...