Italian actor Franco Nero, star of cult spaghetti western Django and innumerable other cinema milestones including Luis Bunuel's The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, on Thursday night got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame saying he might yet return to his most iconic role as the Western sharpshooter with the magnetic gaze.
Nero, 84, former partner of Vanessa Redgrave whom he met on the set of Camelot in 1967 and who had a cameo in Quentin Tarantino's Western rejig Django Unchained in 2012, told ANSA "I feel great, light, happy." From collaborations with masters like Tarantino, Django directior Sergio Corbucci, and Buñuel to his long artistic and personal partnership with Oscar winner Redgrave, Nero's career has spanned genres, continents, and generations.
His latest honour seals over sixty years of cinema and more than 200 films shot in Europe and the United States.
Visibly moved, Nero unveiled the iconic tile with his name in brass on a red and black 'terrazzo' background.
"When I arrived in Hollywood, 60 years ago, I walked down this sidewalk and dreamed: who knows if one day my name will be among these cinema greats.
