ACTOR · BORN 1933 · DIED 1994

Gian Maria Volonté

Born

9 April 1933

Died

6 December 1994

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1. #001

   Gian Maria Volonté was offered an important role in For Your Eyes Only (1981) and accepted it.

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2. #002

   Gian Maria Volonté died in Greece during the shooting of Theodoros Angelopoulos's film Ulysses' Gaze (1995) and was replaced by Erland Josephson.

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3. #003

   Gian Maria Volonté played villains in Spaghetti Westerns; the most famous of these were the lead villains of Sergio Leone and Clint Eastwood's first two collaborations, A Fistful of Dollars (1964) and For a Few Dollars More (1965).

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4. #004

   Gian Maria Volonté was a member of the Italian Communist Party (PCI) until 1977.

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5. #005

   Gian Maria Volonté was the companion of Italian actress Carla Gravina for 8 years; the two met in 1960 while performing Romeo and Juliet in the theatre. The couple had a daughter, Giovanna Gravina, in 1961.

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6. #006

   Gian Maria Volonté was a supporter of Milan F. C.

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7. #007

   Gian Maria Volonté was the companion of actress Angelica Ippolito from the mid-1980s until his death in 1994.

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8. #008

   Gian Maria Volonté was the brother of actor Claudio Camaso.

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9. #009

   Bertolucci had considered Gian Maria Volonté for the role of Attila in 1900 (1976), but he turned down the offer and instead flew to Mexico to shoot Letters from Marusia (1975).

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10. #010

    Fellini offered Gian Maria Volonté the lead role in Fellini's Casanova (1976), but he turned it down because he did not like the script and did not see himself in the character. Fellini offered to change the script and raise his salary, but Volonté refused.

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11. #011

    Gian Maria Volonté was considered for the lead role in The Yes Man (1991) but turned it down.

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12. #012

    Gian Maria Volonté was considered for the role of Spiro in Lamerica (1994).

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