Who is Mario Di Leva, the 10-year-old boy in Sanremo with the Napoli shirt – Corriere.it

He took to the Sanremo stage at the age of 10, excited but amused, very elegant and self-confident. He jokes with Amadeus, an Inter fan, and brings him a shirt from his Napoli, first in the standings: «Is it cold at -13?». He is Mario DiLeva, very young Neapolitan actor, protagonist of the fiction in eight episodes “Stay with me”, leaving on Rai 1 on February 19th. To present it he was invited to the Festival, together with Francesco Arca, guest of the second evening. But he went further, naturally dueting with Amadeus, not at all embarrassed by the situation. On the contrary.

The artistic director of the Festival takes the Napoli shirt, a gift from Mario, a huge fan of Spalletti’s team, and jokes: «I support Inter, eh. And we’re the only ones who beat you.” The little actor has the answer ready: «It’s cold, eh at -13?». He plays football as a right back. Amadeus asks him what he prefers, Champions League or Oscars. Mario replies: «I can’t talk, I have to ask Aurelio De Laurentiis, the president of Napoli».

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Mario talks about his last hours. At dawn, 4.47 in the morning, by car towards Capodichino airport. From there at 6 the departure towards Sanremo. Always accompanied by Francesco Arca. Then in the hotel, waiting for the evening: “It’s almost there,” he wrote a few hours before his speech at the Ariston.

Di Leva is only 10 years old but has already taken part in several films and TV series. He made his debut in 2018 in “The mayor of the Sanità district”, directed by Mario Martone. Then in 2020 he is in Sergio Rubini’s film “The De Filippo brothers”. In the same year he starred in “Come prima” and in 2021 in “A breath of air”. In 2022 he is in a TV fiction, “Never again as before”, directed by Monica Vullo. Now «Stay with me» and Sanremo. The future is on his side.