Nick Ritacco: a face cut out for Duanju [Video]

On journalist Jen Cooper 's Vertical Drama Love channel, actor Nick Ritacco looks back on his career, his notable roles and his vision of vertical drama.

A rising star in vertical drama, rewarded for his role as M in Crush on the Unwanted Princess , he is now working on a string of productions in a format that is undergoing rapid change. With his assertive presence and intense gaze, he has what we call a real cinematic face, an asset that is not lost on fans or platforms.

A former stage actor trained in New York, Ritacco moved into the vertical in 2023 with Billionaire CEO's Obsession . There, he discovered a universe that was still relatively uncharted, fast-paced, but capable of saying a lot with little. Since then, he has played a variety of roles, including antagonists, gangsters, and more ambivalent figures.

But it's his stance on cynicism that sets him apart: Ritacco takes on sometimes improbable scenarios, such as a romance between a mafia woman and a werewolf, but refuses to play them ironically: "It was absurd, but we played it seriously. Never cynically. We didn't make fun of the script. We treated it like a realistic drama."

We share this vision: acting seriously means respecting the genre, the character, and the audience.

He nevertheless expresses reservations about the increasing speed of filming, which leaves little room for nuance and acting. Despite the pace, Nick Ritacco strives not to deliver any scenes "on the cheap." He dreams of projects where the tension wouldn't be based solely on overkill. He talks about the desire to play a worn-out detective or a more introspective character, in a duanju capable of telling a different story.

Will the future of this format allow us to meet these aspirations? At Duanju.fr , we wish this promising actor to find roles that live up to his aspirations.

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