Photo: Jacopo M. Raule/Getty Images for Prada
The last time Adam DiMarco traveled to Italy, the Disney Channel boyfriend turned HBO star was filming The White Lotus, in which the actor played the highly con man and mildly toxic Albie Di Grasso, who we last saw transferring € 50,000 of his (dad’s) money. to “rescue” his love interest, Lucia, from sex work. The older Di Grassos are openly skirt-hunters and serial cheaters; instead, DiMarco played a quintessential “nice guy” with a handful of bland red flags—for example, his preference for “injured pretty birds.” It could be argued that all of Di Grasso’s men deserve artichokes to the head, but did the youngest of the triad deserve to be played? Okay, yes. Maybe. DiMarco, who is currently in Milan for the Prada men’s show, believes the delicious scam was an opportunity for young Albie to learn, grow and “develop some healthy confidence issues.”
Prada is DiMarco’s first big fashion show. “I’ve been a Prada fan for a while, so I’m honored that it’s my first,” says the actor, who contacted me by phone the Saturday before the event. “But maybe because I’m Italian, I’m biased.” DiMarco is jet lagged when we speak, having just arrived in Milan, but while he’s there, he’s excited to meet up with other White Lotus stars, see the sights, and upgrade his appearance with some shopping. (He feels “like a bum” in elegant Milan.) The Cut talked to DiMarco about his return to Italy, Albie’s pure heart and what it’s like to be on the other side of the iconic Debby Ryan meme.
You are currently in Milan for the Prada men’s show. How you feel?
I have no idea what to expect, but I am very excited. I’ve always loved fashion and I’m curious about the fashion world, so I’m looking forward to a peek behind the curtain. But my luggage hasn’t arrived, so I’m hoping to get my outfit before the show. Always keep going, you know? I’m learning lessons from left to right. But I’m tracking my bag on an Apple AirTag and I can see it’s here in Milan. So I think everything will be fine.
You have talked about recently obtaining your Italian citizenship. What are some of the things you like to do in Milan?
I got my passport, that’s what they call it, a few years ago. My dad had gotten his and encouraged me to get mine. I’m glad I did, because I was able to use it last year while filming in Sicily. It’s great to have two passports. You feel like you’re Jason Bourne. I’m excited to go to the Duomo di Milano, I think I’ll see it today. I took a tour of the Fondazione Prada, which was really cool. There’s a lot of the cast of The White Lotus here, so I’m excited to see people, go out to dinner and reminisce. It’s the first time I’ve been back to Italy since I filmed last summer, and it brings back a lot of memories, mainly about how I wish I could speak Italian so I could communicate better. And everyone here is so well dressed and well behaved. It’s a bit intimidating. I feel like a bit of a bum with my personal style game. So I’m excited to do some shopping too.
Just wait until your luggage arrives. Then it’s game over for everyone else.
Exactly.
Photo: Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images for Prada
Let’s talk White Lotus and the many toxic tips of Di Grasso family masculinity. Do you think Albie deserved to be played by Lucia?
I think Albie approaches situations with as pure a heart as he can, and when you do that, you set yourself up for people taking advantage of you. So I think it’s a good learning lesson for him going forward: learning to take it easy and watch his back.
You said that, while filming for the show in Sicily, Jennifer Coolidge I put you in the wine. What did she teach you and what does a wine lesson with Jennifer entail?
We went to a nice restaurant and she ordered a bottle of Sicilian red wine from Mount Etna. The year was 2016 or 2014, and it was simply the best glass of wine she had ever tasted. She opened my eyes. She tried to take a photo of the tag to remember it, but she moved the camera too fast and the flash went off, so she only saw a blurry photo. I’m still new to the world of wine and drinking in general, so I’m still in the learning phase. I would say try a lot. See what you like; see what you don’t like There are no wrong answers.
Despite going out to dinner with the Italian actors in Los Angeles for the premiere, it was very difficult for them to find a bottle of wine. You know how they give you a sample at a restaurant so you can try it, and then you’re like, “Okay, go ahead and pour”? They were just like, No, to everything. I was like, “Sabrina, I’m sorry. This is not Italy; this is LA. You have to manage your expectations a little bit.”
You have grown a mustache. Tell me about it.
Is it worth talking about?
I think so.
I usually just grow my facial hair between auditions while I’m working, because if I have an audition and I want the character to look a certain way, I can’t grow my facial hair overnight, but you can always shave. to look like the character. overnight. So it’s mostly just for that purpose. A bit of a boring answer I guess.
Nerd. I’m glad to know. Long before The White Lotus, you were on the Disney Channel, and Radio Rebel clips of you are making the rounds online. How was the trajectory from Disney Channel to HBO?
Luckily, I wasn’t tied to one show for many years. I did two Disney Channel movies, so I went in and out relatively unscathed. But both were really good, positive work environments and experiences where I’ve met some of my best friends to this day. I met my friend Atticus Mitchell on Radio Rebel, and now he himself is with me as a guest in Milan. Yes, I am very happy that I did that. Don’t get me wrong though: I’m much happier to be a part of The White Lotus.
Are you aware that you are on the other side of the iconic Debby Ryan meme?
That will never die. I remember that in 2020, Radio Rebelde became a meme on TikTok and had all this resurgence. And now it’s happening again because people realized that he was in on it with Debby and on the other side of his famous, I think people called it the “Kubrick look” or something.
We’ll have fun with that meme forever.
I’ll tell Debby.
One last thing: What excites you to eat in Milan?
I try to be gluten free normally. In Italy, there are different rules and regulations on how they grow their wheat. I’m not celiac, but I can tolerate the pasta and bread here, so I’m excited to do that. I’m a bit of a Pastano, a term for someone who enjoys pasta.
I would also rate myself as one of them.
Are you also a Pastano?
I am from Jersey after all.
Hell yeah.
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