While acting in a new movie, Hollywood legend Sophia Loren was pictured looking very different from how she usually does.
The 84-year-old actress is confined to a wheelchair for her part in the movie, whose Italian title is The Life Before Us.
She was spotted filming in Bari, Italy, while wearing a red shawl or large scarf over a red dress with a gold floral pattern. Her hair was a mess, and she hardly looked like herself.
The new film, which is being directed by her son Edoardo Ponti, drew sizable crowds to see the celebrity in action.
Loren portrays a woman who takes care of the children of prostitutes in the Romain Gary novel-to-film adaptation.
According to reports, she will also shoot scenes at the Pane e Pomodoro beach and on the San Nicola pier over the course of the upcoming month. The production is scheduled to wrap up in August.
This will be Loren’s first film appearance since she provided the non-English speaking world with a character’s voice in Cars 2 in 2014, despite the fact that she produced a one-woman short called La Voce Umana.
The actress, who is a last surviving star of Hollywood’s Golden Age, began her film career in 1950 at the age of just 16 years old.
After agreeing to a five-film deal with Paramount in 1956, her career took off and she was cast in movies like It Started in Naples, The Pride and the Passion, and Houseboat.
Her work in Two Women made her the first actress to receive an Oscar for a performance in a foreign language in 1962.
She has received accolades from the Venice and Cannes Film Festivals in addition to a Grammy Award, five special Golden Globes, a BAFTA, and other awards.
You are always amazed, she told W magazine about aging in Hollywood in 2016. Actually, I didn’t think I’d live to be 80 when I was 20, but you do. “.
“You reflect, “My god, how time flies, I can’t believe it. ‘.
