Over lockdown, actor Stanley Tucci became a viral internet sensation after sharing a video tutorial on how to make Negronis. Did he enjoy his sex symbol status?
“Are you kidding? I’m 60! I was really flattered. I was like, ‘Well, what took you so long?’” thetimes.co.uk/article/stanle…
“Are you kidding? I’m 60! I was really flattered. I was like, ‘Well, what took you so long?’” thetimes.co.uk/article/stanle…
From the Devil Wears Prada to The Hunger Games, Tucci has tackled varied roles, but never the classic leading man.
“I was always the guy who was evil or funny or nice; the dad or the whatever. Never the leading man, never the sexy guy.”
“I was always the guy who was evil or funny or nice; the dad or the whatever. Never the leading man, never the sexy guy.”
For Tucci, who has penned a memoir structured around his love of food and who fronts a cooking show, food has always been a huge part of his life.
Growing up his mother Joan’s greatest threat to him and his sisters was, “Why don’t you go next door and see what the neighbours are having?”, a bleak prospect because the neighbours never ate as well as the Tuccis did.
As far as young Stanley Tucci could see, no one did.
As far as young Stanley Tucci could see, no one did.
Tucci is married to literary agent Felicity Blunt, the sister of his Devil Wears Prada co-star Emily.
“Of course, it’s weird – we were really good friends, and all of a sudden I was dating her sister. She had an inkling it was happening.”
“Of course, it’s weird – we were really good friends, and all of a sudden I was dating her sister. She had an inkling it was happening.”
The age-gap (Tucci is 60, Blunt 40) was initially a hurdle when it came to planning their future.
“We got to a point where I was like, ‘You know what? I don’t really want to have kids; I think you need to be with somebody who wants to have kids.’”
“We got to a point where I was like, ‘You know what? I don’t really want to have kids; I think you need to be with somebody who wants to have kids.’”
The couple split up “for, like, a minute. Then I was like, ‘This is stupid. I couldn’t eat with anybody else.’”
The actor now has five children: twins Isabel and Nicolo (21) and daughter Camilla (19) from his first marriage, and Matteo (6) and Emilia (3).
The actor now has five children: twins Isabel and Nicolo (21) and daughter Camilla (19) from his first marriage, and Matteo (6) and Emilia (3).
“You’re like, I don’t want to ask the question, ‘Do you have to poop?’ ever again; I want to go sit down and read a book. But pretty soon they’ll be able to poop on their own, and that’ll be great.”
“I’m tired. I mean, I’m old. There are certain things, like when we go to a playground: ‘You be the monster, Dad,’ and you go, ‘My knees can’t be a monster.’”
At the end of the interview, when asked if he would choose sex or food, Tucci protests.
“Could I be… eating… while I’m having sex?”
“Then I literally cannot answer this question. I cannot. That means that I’m a very hungry, horny person.”
“Could I be… eating… while I’m having sex?”
“Then I literally cannot answer this question. I cannot. That means that I’m a very hungry, horny person.”
Read the full interview: thetimes.co.uk/article/stanle…
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