{"id":4879654,"date":"2022-10-26T15:18:57","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T19:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/?p=4879654"},"modified":"2022-12-05T12:40:09","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T17:40:09","slug":"who-is-eugenio-mastrandrea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/who-is-eugenio-mastrandrea-4879654\/","title":{"rendered":"Eugenio Mastrandrea: 5 Things To Know About The Handsome Breakout Star Of &#8216;From Scratch&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Get to know Eugenio Mastrandrea, the Italian actor fronting the new Netflix miniseries &#8216;From Scratch&#8217; with Zoe Saldana.<\/h3>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-1\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eugenio Mastrandrea is an Italian actor.<\/li>\n<li>He stars in the new Netflix miniseries &#8216;From Scratch&#8217; with Zoe Saldana.<\/li>\n<li>He&#8217;s relatively new to acting with a few past roles in Italian projects.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-2\"><strong><a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/zoe-saldana\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  >Zoe Saldana<\/a><\/strong>, 44,\u00a0has teamed up with Italian actor <strong>Eugenio Mastrandrea<\/strong>, 28,\u00a0on the popular new <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/tag\/netflix\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  >Netflix<\/a> miniseries\u00a0<em>From Scratch<\/em>. Zoe plays an American art student in Florence named Amy, who is based on author <strong>Tembi Locke<\/strong>, while Eugenio plays Lino, a brilliant chef, who is based on Tembi&#8217;s late husband\u00a0<b>Saro<\/b>. The eight-episode series (which debuted Oct. 21) is inspired by Tembi&#8217;s <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Scratch-Memoir-Love-Sicily-Finding\/dp\/1501187651\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  >memoir<\/a> about a cross-cultural love story in Italy.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-3\">Fans already known Zoe Saldana from her appearances in major film franchises like\u00a0<a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/web-stories\/zoe-saldana-movies\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  ><em>Star Trek<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0<a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/guardians-of-the-galaxy-3-4760615\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  ><em>Guardians of the Galaxy<\/em><\/a>, and\u00a0<a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/avatar-2-4400612\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  ><em>Avatar<\/em><\/a>. But who is her handsome co-star, Eugenio Mastrandrea? Get to know more about the breakout\u00a0<em>From Scratch\u00a0<\/em>star below!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4879690\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4879690\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4879690\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Eugenio-Mastrandrea-from-scratch-embed1.jpg?resize=620%2C413\" alt=\"Eugenio Mastrandrea\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4879690\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eugenio Mastrandrea plays Lino in &#8216;From Scratch&#8217; (Photo: Netflix)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Eugenio plays Lino in &#8216;From Scratch&#8217;.<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-4\">Lino, Eugenio&#8217;s character in\u00a0<em>From Scratch<\/em>, is a professional chef at a restaurant in <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/white-lotus-season-2-4847834\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  >Sicily<\/a>. He meets Amy, a law student who is studying in Italy, and they fall in love. But their relationship takes a turn once they move to the U.S. and have to adjust to major changes. Plus, Lino faces a tragic health diagnosis that complicates their relationship even more.<\/p>\n<h2>Eugenio felt pressure taking on the role.<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-5\">Eugenio told Netflix&#8217;s <i><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/tudum\/articles\/from-scratch-eugenio-mastrandrea-does-lino-die-interview\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener nofollow\"  >Tudum<\/a>\u00a0<\/i>that he felt major pressure to play Lino in the miniseries which is based on real-life stories.\u00a0\u201cI felt responsible to carry the story on my shoulders,&#8221; he explained in the interview. He also explained how there was &#8220;strange overlap between himself and his character Lino. &#8220;A lot of things that were happening to Eugenio being in a Netflix production in Hollywood [were like], \u2018Wow. What the f**k is going on here? Let me try and figure this out, OK?\u2019 That was kind of happening to Lino, too.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4879691\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4879691\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4879691\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Eugenio-Mastrandrea-from-scratch-embed2.jpg?resize=620%2C413\" alt=\"Eugenio Mastrandrea\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4879691\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eugenio Mastrandrea and Zoe Saldana in &#8216;From Scratch&#8217; (Photo: Netflix)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>This is Eugenio&#8217;s first American film role.<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-6\">Eugenio is credited with three previous Italian film\/TV roles on <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm5177845\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  >IMDb<\/a>. Those projects are the 2012 film <em>A.C.A.B &#8211; All Cops Are Bad<\/em>, the 2018 series <em>Nero a met\u00e0<\/em>, and the 2019 miniseries <em>La fuggitiva<\/em>. Eugenio is likely to have a big career after this thanks to his breakout role in\u00a0<em>From Scratch<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2>He was born in Italy.<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-7\">Eugenio comes from a traditional old-school Italian family filled with cooks. &#8220;Food is central in my life,\u201d he told Netflix&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Tudum<\/em>. His history coming from an Italian family definitely helped him nail his role in <em>From Scratch<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2>He had never been to America before &#8216;From Scratch&#8217;.<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-8\">Eugenio moved to Los Angeles to film\u00a0<em>From Scratch<\/em>,\u00a0which marked his first time in America in his life. He admitted that he was overwhelmed by L.A. &#8220;That giant mass of population, buildings, distances, spending two hours in the traffic to go from one place to another \u2014 it was a lot to take in,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get to know Eugenio Mastrandrea, the Italian actor fronting the new Netflix miniseries &#8216;From Scratch&#8217; with Zoe Saldana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":191609813,"featured_media":4879692,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exclude_post_from_river":false,"_cr_original_post":"","_cr_replace_post_id":"","_cr_replacing_post_id":"","mt_seo_title":"Who Is Eugenio Mastrandrea? 5 Things On The 'From Scratch' Star","mt_seo_description":"Get to know Eugenio Mastrandrea, who stars in the Netflix miniseries 'From Scratch' with Zoe Saldana.","_pmc_canonical_override":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2022-10-26T19:19:12Z","apple_news_api_id":"6c5ff200-f6df-4137-84ad-acda16d90369","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2022-10-26T19:19:13Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AbF_yAPbfQTeErazaFtkDaQ","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[378004978,462],"tags":[1182,352154],"_post-options":[378006328,378007568,378007567],"coauthors":[378007513],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Eugenio-Mastrandrea-from-scratch-ftr.jpg?fit=620%2C348","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pc8i1J-ktq6","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4879654"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/191609813"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4879654"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4879654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4951790,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4879654\/revisions\/4951790"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4879692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4879654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4879654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4879654"},{"taxonomy":"_post-options","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/_post-options?post=4879654"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=4879654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}