Gassmann: "Guerrieri was a complex challenge"

“It was a complex bet: the writing by Gianrico Carofiglio it is dense, full of nuances, and it was not easy to return it to one television series“. Alessandro Gassmann tells it like this “Warriors – The rule of balance“, the Rai series in which he is the protagonist as the criminal lawyer from Bari Guido Guerrieri. “I think the result is good – he adds – even if cinema and television are different languages ​​and therefore we had to make choices. Gianluca Tavarelli, with the screenwriters and the production, made the right choices. However, I am never satisfied: I believe we can still grow, also because it is important to offer the public Rai Uno popular but not trivially national-popular products. This is a series that demands attention”. Good ratings, he observes, “will perhaps allow us to dig even deeper into Carofiglio’s writing”.

AGI – The link with Barifor Gassmann, is now consolidated: “Now that I know it, Bari is a city I will return to often. It was a very exciting experience and I have grown fond of it”. And he’s already looking ahead: “We’ll do it second seriesand this ties me even more to the city. We hope to continue to tell it in a non-trivial way.”

(Video by Viviana Minervini – AGI)

The theme of justice in the series

At the center of the series, the theme of justice and of the border between right and wrong: “The point is that you never really understand. We can guess, they are there laws and rules that help us search for the truthbut no one will ever have it absolute certainty. This is the beauty of justice, and this is why those who judge must be free to do so“.

Warriors compared with “A professor”

An inevitable comparison is with “A professor“, other successful series: “They are two figures who know how to communicate and who try to bring grist to their mill. Both are attracted to lastby those in difficulty. But they have opposite characters: I don’t think they would get along. Guerrieri would not tolerate the professor’s invasion of the pitch.”

Gassmann’s personal relationship with Guerrieri

Finally, the personal relationship with the character: “I recognize myself a lot. As I age I feel more fragileI get more excited. I’m a person introvertedmore inclined to listen than to speak. If I have to find one thing in common with Guerrieri it is ability to apologize when I’m wrong. And I do it often.”