February 20, 2023 by Michele Willens · Arts & Culture

Claudia Cardinale Is Having a Moment. Here’s Why

A new museum exhibit and photo book got Michele Willens thinking about her longtime fascination with the great Claudia Cardinale.

My husband loves to tell the story about walking onto a crowded flashbulb-filled deck of a gorgeous hotel in Taormina, asking friends if they “Know where Michele is.” They pointed to the heaviest swell of cameras and replied, “She’s over there with Claudia Cardinale.”

And I was. It turned out that the classic film The Leopard was being screened that night at a Sicilian film festival. I made my way through the crowd to seek a publicist. When I told him I’d love a few minutes with Cardinale, he said, "No press." But when I said it would be for America’s Huffington Post, he perked up and said I could have a few minutes with the star if I mentioned the hotel. How do you say "damn right" in Italian?

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