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HBO’s “My Brilliant Friend” New Casting Announced for Season 4
New cast members have been unveiled for the fourth and final season of the HBO drama series MY BRILLIANT FRIEND, which is now filming in Italy.
This new season, which features the addition of Alba Rohrwacher, Irene Maiorino, and Fabrizio Gifuni, is based on “The Story Of The Lost Child,” the fourth and final book in Ferrante’s quadrilogy, and is a production of The Apartment, Fremantle Italy, Wildside, and Fandango. Lorenzo Mieli produces for Fremantle Italy, The Apartment, and Wildside (all Fremantle companies), and Domenico Procacci produces for Fandango, in collaboration with Rai Fiction and HBO Entertainment.
Alba Rohrwacher as Elena Greco, Irene Maiorino as Lila Cerullo, and Fabrizio Gifuni as Nino Sarratore are the newest additions to the cast.
The story of Elena Greco and the woman who has become her best friend is told in MY BRILLIANT FRIEND. Raffaella Cerullo, whom she has known as Lila since their first year of elementary school together in 1950, was her first school friend. Their story, which spans more than 60 years and is set in a dangerous and fascinating Naples, focuses on Elena and her intelligent friend and, in a way, both best friend and deadliest adversary, Lila.
MY BRILLIANT FRIEND is created by Saverio Costanzo. An HBO-RAI Series, the fourth season is based on the bestselling novel “My Brilliant Friend: The Story Of The Lost Child,” the fourth book of the quadrilogy by Elena Ferrante published in the U.S. by Europa Editions; The Apartment, Fremantle Italy, Wildside, and Fandango Production; Produced by Lorenzo Mieli for Fremantle Italy, The Apartment and Wildside (both Fremantle companies) and by Domenico Procacci for Fandango. In collaboration with Rai Fiction and HBO Entertainment.
The story and screenplays are by Elena Ferrante, Francesco Piccolo, Laura Paolucci, and Saverio Costanzo. This season is directed by Laura Bispuri and executive produced by Saverio Costanzo, Paolo Sorrentino, Jennifer Schuur, Elena Recchia, and Guido De Laurentiis.
The critically acclaimed, global hit drama has traveled to over 170 territories with Fremantle, who will also distribute the fourth and final season, in association with Rai Com.
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