De Giovanni: “A new female character is coming to my Lojacono dei Bastardi”

The third series ended with an ending that shuffled the cards and with a scene that took the viewers’ breath away: Inspector Lojacono, played by Alessandro Gassmann, probably kidnapped and in evident danger of life. ‘I Bastardi di Pizzofacone’ have always beaten the competition, reaching an average share of over 20%. And the last episode, which aired on 25 October, won the auditel challenge with 4,461,000 viewers and a 20.96% share. In short, the road appears to be paved for the next series as well. “It must be said first of all – the father of the Bastards, the writer Maurizio de Giovanni, tells AdnKronos – that the idea would be to continue also by virtue of the flattering success”. Continue in the name of the innovations to be introduced in a well-tested narrative architecture. In fact, a new female character is in the pipeline. “The figure of Lojacono, central to fiction much more than it is in novels, leads to an important evolution of the story. We left him in danger of life – says de Giovanni – and at the same time the two women of his life, Letizia and Laura Piras, they left in the last episode. I think the new series will move in this perspective: to understand what happened to Lojacono and what his sentimental future will be “. Precisely for this reason “in the next series we will have a very important new female character not necessarily linked to judicial activity, therefore not necessarily a new magistrate or a new policeman. He will be an external character” who should be a sentimental interest for Lojacono. But even here everything is still to be written. It is not certain that the character of the magistrate Laura Piras, to whom Carolina Crescentini gives the face, will definitely leave the scene. “It doesn’t necessarily disappear without a trace,” warns the writer. Even the private events of the other characters, which are placed side by side with the crime plot, will undergo an evolution. “To one of the policemen of the team, Romano, – remembers de Giovanni – the adoptive child was taken away and was left by his wife. And then there are the two girls who got married: we know well that, in today’s society, two women who decide to take this step face a social problem that is certainly not simple “. The times to see the characters at work, however, are long. The fourth series is still a construction site that should close in a year without considering the technical timing of the broadcast. “The construction span of a television series is two years: you have to write it, shoot it and edit it. All three phases – recalls the writer – require three or four months each. So the product could be available in a year or more. less. Then of course it will go into programming and it will be necessary to understand when Rai will launch it. However, I really like that there is this expectation “. De Giovanni finally returns to the public success of his Bastards, who have always beaten the competition: “We have had – he underlines – a nice recognition from the public with a high share. On the other hand, the Bastards have always been placed by Rai against the flagship of the competition, the ‘Big Brother Vip’, a program that attracts a large audience. And therefore being able to win every evening, six out of six, has certified the affection for this product “. A public consensus, for de Giovanni, which goes beyond the confines of the television sphere. Even his latest book ‘Angeli per i Bastardi di Pizzofalcone’, on the shelves a few days ago, met with the favor of readers. The novel “released last week is first overall in the charts. What is not trivial when Rowling is in the bookstore with the new novel, highly anticipated for many years, and also the new work by Sveva Casati Modigliani, an author much loved by readers. Having the book in the head, first overall in the ranking, is something that makes me very happy, especially since the narration through novels is different from that on television “, concludes de Giovanni. (by Carlo Roma)