Un Posto al Sole, the bitter confession of Franco Boschi: “I worked a lot”

Peppe Zarbo, the actor who embodies the role of Franco Boschi in Un Posto al Sole, spoke about the delicate moment of filming

Un Posto al Sole is a product that wins for its absolute longevity on television, especially for the affection of the Italian public. The topics covered are numerous, the typical intertwining of soap operas and current affairs season after season.

Franco Boschi at Upas (web source)

Part of the success is also due to historical figures. There are several well-known faces of Un Posto al Sole present almost since the dawn of Rai Tre soap. One of them is Franco Boschi, the handsome black man of the Palazzo Palladini, now a father but the protagonist of various vicissitudes, even dangerous ones.

Since 1998, the face of Franco Boschi has been lent by the Sicilian actor Peppe Zarbo. A convincing performer, with a stern and gruff bearing but at the same time very wise. Zarbo, in a recent interview, however, admitted that he wasn’t always comfortable on set.

Peppe Zarbo and these difficulties in shooting scenes with the actor of Roberto Ferri

As the weekly Nuovo TV confided, Peppe Zarbo feels comfortable shooting the scenes and episodes of Un Posto al Sole, but when asked about certain particular and uncomfortable situations created on the set, he did not no doubt.

Zarbo, as Franco Boschi, struggled to play some scenes with Riccardo Polizzy Carbonelli. He’s the actor who always played the cynical entrepreneur Roberto Ferri.

Here is the explanation: “We respect and love each other. In fact, in the scene where our characters fought, I struggled a lot to be aggressive and send him to this country. I foresee however that the friendship between Ferri and Boschi could return”. Roberto Ferri and Franco Boschi of Upas (photo Vanity fair)

In past episodes, in fact, Franco Boschi took Roberto Ferri the wrong way, because of the story relating to his stepson Nunzio and his girlfriend Chiara. The latter is literally threatened by the entrepreneur.

Peppe Zarbo also delivered a small spoiler on the next episodes of Upas: “I can tell you that Franco will be involved in an uncomfortable affair, which will affect not only him, but all the inhabitants of Palazzo Palladini”.