Gigi Reder, not only Accountant Filini: directed by Fellini and De Sica, he lent his voice to Jack Nicholson, 7 secrets

In «Fracchia the human beast» (1981), a much loved film by Neri Parenti today on Cine 34 at 7.00 pm, the late Gigi Reder – the legendary accountant Filini from the Fantozzi saga – took on the role of the mother of the human beast (the dangerous criminal identical to the protagonist of the film, the modest and unfortunate employee Giandomenico Fracchia played by Paolo Villaggio). In an interview several years ago, the actor revealed that the idea of ​​making him dress as a woman came from the director. However, it was Reder who invented that strange Sicilian-accented speech of the character. And this is not the only curiosity about the actor, who died in Rome on October 8, 1998.