Acclaimed for his commanding screen presence, raw talent, and distinct aesthetic, Michele Morrone continues to shape an impressive career across film, music, and fashion. From his breakout international success to a growing list of collaborations with world-class directors, Morrone is increasingly recognized not only as an actor and musician, but as a multidimensional creative with a clear artistic vision.
In this exclusive interview with Dimitri Vorontsov, Morrone speaks candidly about his recent projects—including A Simple Favor 2, The Housemaid, and the sci-fi thriller Subservience—as well as his deep passion for Italian automotive design, his independent approach to music, and his philosophy on risk, purpose, and personal evolution. Whether discussing the nuances of character-building or the importance of staying creatively unconfined, Morrone reveals a thoughtful, grounded perspective shaped by both discipline and instinct.
Stylish, self-aware, and refreshingly direct, Michele Morrone offers more than star power—he offers substance.
L’OFFICIEL FASHION BOOK AUSTRALIA x MICHELE MORRONE
Talent: Michele Morrone @michelemorrone
Photographer/Creative Director: Mike Ruiz @mikeruizone
Editor-in-Chief: Dimitri Vorontsov @dimitrivorontsov
Magazine: L’Officiel Fashion Book Australia – @lofficielfashionbook
Videographer: Alexandr Dombrovschi @alexandr_dombrovschi
Fashion Editor: Paola Ventimiglia @paolaxxmiglia Fashion
Assistant: Daniela Castellanos @danycaste12
Grooming: Claudio Belizario at Call my Agent using Kérastase @claudiobelizario
Dimitri: First off, man—congratulations. You’ve been absolutely awesome in your latest films.
Michele Morrone: Thank you so much.
Dimitri: Seriously impressive. And I’ve gotta mention—you’re doing the Maserati film, right? I’m actually on my eleventh Maserati right now. I’m actually eyeing a 1962 3500 GT—two-door, technically a 2+2.
Michele Morrone: It’s lovely to know you like Italian cars.
Michele Morrone: I’m actually getting the MC Stradale GT2.
Dimitri: For the film?
Michele Morrone: No, I’m making one just for myself—with “MM” as the customer.
Dimitri: That’s beautiful, man. Seriously.
Michele Morrone: Yeah, brother. I appreciate it. You’re obsessed with Maserati.
Dimitri: Yeah, man. What can you do? It’s life.
Michele Morrone: Drive one together when you’re here in Milan.
Dimitri: What I find amazing is how diverse your projects are—not just in directors but genres too. That range is rare. Congrats again. So—are you based in Milan these days?
Michele Morrone: Right now I’m in Milan. Studying for a new project. We start shooting at the end of the month.
Dimitri: Awesome. I’ve got a bunch of questions lined up—especially about Maserati, so apologies for starting there! But let’s go back to your acting process. How do you usually approach new roles? You get a script—then what?
Michele Morrone: It’s all about the feeling behind the story. My beautiful and powerful manager, Chuck James, proposes scripts and projects. He’ll tell me about the film, and we go through the script. Sometimes I fall in love with the story immediately and say, “Let’s go.” Other times I’m more insecure about the project—but even then, I try to figure out how I can help. If the directors and producers want me for the script, I want to understand how I can support their vision.
Dimitri: So sometimes it’s about whether you can bring something meaningful to the role, right?
Michele Morrone: Exactly. Most of the time, I fall in love and we go for it. But sometimes, I just need to understand if I can be helpful—as an actor and maybe more.
Dimitri: So you also come on board as a producer sometimes?
Michele Morrone: Yeah, yeah—absolutely.
Dimitri: Your latest project “ Simple Favor 2”. I saw the screener and I’ve got to tell you, it’s great. Funny, dark, twisted—it’s got that suspense and dark comedy mix that I love. Like Agatha Christie meets “Knives Out”.
Michele Morrone: Yeah, the big Paul, Paul Feig called me, and was like, “I would like to have you for this film.” I was like, wow, that’s amazing. Let’s read the script. And, you know, when Paul Feig calls you, you know it’s already something big. I read the script, and I fell in love totally with the film.
And you know, I was going to play again, like, a mafia guy—a mafia boss and all that. But I didn’t want to play the usual mafia boss.
Because mafia is shit, you know? And we always live with this thing, and it’s all of that. I was trying to build up a character that could be made fun of, right?
So in a certain way, I just wanted to make fun of the mafia, right? But there was a point of this character that I really had in my heart, which was—his almost, you know, his homosexuality and stuff. And I took that as a power point and developed all of that around the character. Right?
Because it’s unacceptable, you know? In this kind of families, it’s unacceptable to have the mafia boss that likes… yeah, other men. Because usually they are, you know, half a man, and all of that blah blah blah. So I had the chance to develop something that was interesting in terms of—I want to make fun of mafia, so I’m going to play like a ridiculous character.
But this ridiculous character has this very powerful point, which is his homosexuality. So I wanted to give also strength to all those guys that still, in 2025, have no courage to tell their parents—especially in Italy—that they’re gay. Right? So that was my first point.
Plus, I was working, directed by Paul Feig—who is an amazing director.
Dimitri: Oh man, you nailed it.
Michele Morrone: My co-star is Blake Lively. And, you know, it was like a beautiful family.
Dimitri: The cast is stellar—Blake, Anna Kendrick… I just interviewed Anna recently for her Netflix film. She mentioned your project too, said she just came back from doing it.
Michele Morrone: Yeah.
Dimitri: You’ve got big names joining “The Housemaid” —Amanda Seyfried, Sydney Sweeney… it’s crazy.
Michele Morrone: Even when Paul called me again for “The Housemaid” and was like, “Mickey, I want to work with you again.” I was like, Paul, let’s do it again, of course. And there’s this wonderful cast made by crazy artists like Amanda, like Sydney, like Brandon.
And being part of this film is such an honor for me, you know? Because in a way, Hollywood is looking for me. Like, this Italian that comes from nowhere—getting into Hollywood. You know, it’s something.
Dimitri: Absolutely. But you live in Milan most of the time, right?
Michele Morrone: I actually live in Milan sometimes. But I’m—most of the time—I’m based in New York.
Dimitri: Oh, so mostly New York now. That’s cool. Milan to New York—easy trip.
Michele Morrone: Yeah, it’s just like eight hours.
Dimitri: Not too bad. Totally manageable.
Michele Morrone: Not too bad.
Dimitri: You also did another film recently—a sci-fi with Megan Fox.
Michele Morrone: It was actually for three weeks at the top place on Netflix. It’s called “Subservience”.
Dimitri: You’re also a musician. Did that come before acting or later?
Michele Morrone: No, I actually learned how to play guitar, piano, and singing by myself. You know, it was always something that I really liked to do. And, you know, I always believe that I don’t want to waste my life doing only one thing that I like.
Dimitri: Absolutely.
Michele Morrone: I want to use my life to do everything I like. So music is one of the things that I love to do.
Dimitri: Exactly. What’s the point otherwise?
Michele Morrone: There’s not a law that tells you, “Okay, you can do this, but not that.” You know? If you can, and you have the passion—why not? I mean, why not?
Dimitri: When it comes to life, you might as well do everything you can—or regret not doing it. A lot of people are just too afraid. It’s okay to take risks, even if you’re scared.
Michele Morrone: I actually do not regret anything.
Dimitri: Because you do everything you want to.
Michele Morrone: I do not regret doing anything. Because everything I want to do, I just do.
Dimitri: That’s exactly what I do as well. I regret it more if I don’t do it. If I pass on something I’m passionate about, that’s when I start thinking, “What if?”
Michele Morrone: Right.
Dimitri: So if I see a good project, I jump on it. If I love it, I do it. If there’s no passion, then what’s the point?
Michele Morrone: I believe people don’t start things they might love just because they’re scared they won’t be perfect at it. But my point is—the goal is not to be perfect. It’s to do the thing you love. Who the fuck cares if you’re perfect or not? Just do what you love.
We’re not here to prove anything to anyone. We’re here to enjoy life and do anything—anything—we love to do, you know?
Dimitri: That is so true.
Michele Morrone: That’s right.
Dimitri: That’s the message I want to share through these interviews. I do them because I love music, film, creativity. I want to understand what drives the talent—not the gossip or clickbait stuff. That’s why my interviews are Q&A—so readers can hear the real voice of the person.
Michele Morrone: Absolutely. Except for my back pain, I don’t have much to say about my private life.
Dimitri: Oh man, I feel you. I’m a snowboarder—I’ve got wrist issues. I’m wearing a brace right now just to do this interview.
Michele Morrone: You can never forget. They’re always there from time to time.
Dimitri: Exactly.
Michele Morrone: Oh yeah. The weather changes, and I feel the pain. We’re getting old, man. We’re not kids anymore.
Dimitri: No—we’re just getting young in the opposite direction.
Michele Morrone: We’re getting young in mind and old in the body.
Dimitri: I’ve got friends in Monaco who are 80, 85—still running around like madmen. Eddie Jordan just passed recently—Formula 1 guy, former team owner, started Schumacher’s career. He was still playing with his band at 79. Absolute legend.
Michele Morrone: You know…
Dimitri: Life is mindset.
Michele Morrone: Life is not in your body. Life is in your mind. Everything. There are a lot of people who suffer from the same things, but two people react differently. One suffers a lot, the other doesn’t care—because of how they see it.
Your mind is everything. It’s your pain, your joy, your happiness, your passion. It depends on how you see problems—whether you see problems, or you see opportunities.
So I always try to see opportunities, even over my problems. But it’s not always easy.
Dimitri: Exactly. You try to turn issues into opportunities—see if you can learn or grow from them.
Michele Morrone: An opportunity, yeah. That’s the main point. Absolutely.
Dimitri: You’ve been fantastic. I’ve just got one last question for you. If you could go back and give your younger self a piece of advice, what would it be?
Michele Morrone: Yeah. I would just tell him, keep going. Keep doing what you’re doing because you’re going the right way. That’s the only thing that I could have, you know, told my younger me.
Dimitri: That’s beautiful. Thank you so much, man. You’ve been fantastic. I really, truly enjoyed talking to you.
Michele Morrone: Thank you, Dimitri. I really appreciated talking to you. I wish you good luck and health.
Dimitri: Next time you come to Monaco or Cannes Film Festival or anything—give me a shout. We’re basically neighbors, you know? We’ll go have a drink.
Michele Morrone: Absolutely. Thank you so much, brother. I appreciate it.
