It’s been a long time since he wore only the shirt for one season Trieste basketball fighting for the salvation in A2. As well as since he became a protagonist even off the pitch, between an improvised barbecue in Autogrill with Turkish truck drivers during a stop of the away team in Forlì and the many “raids” in the various kitchens of the restaurants he used to frequent.
DiLiegro Dataformer center who wore the red and white jacket in 2013-2014 in the various team Carra, Ruzzier, Harris e Wood, he stopped playing basketball a few years ago to devote himself entirely to cinema. And that he was an eclectic character to totally change his life had already been understood years: from one career with the ball in wedges closed in 2019 after eight years in Europe and many Italian teams including – besides Trieste – also Sassari, Siena, Verona and Forlì, another in front of the cameras. And those 206 cm in height ended up becoming a business card that some film producers on the other side of the ocean have had the opportunity to exploit: for the good Dane many small roles as a “monstrous creature” in the recent past, from the series Netflix Korean Sweet Home until American Horror Stories. And then the one that completely changed his life: the Feral Predator in “Prey”released a few weeks ago on streaming platforms and available in Italy on Disney +, with a role that has obtained unanimous positive acclaim on all the main American newspapers.
“One day I hope to play a human being too” explained DiLiegro, now also involved in a film by Marvel and in a branded production Lucasfilm. In fact, for the former Lexington native center, which has never lacked personality on and off a basketball court, moving from an apartment in Campo Metastasio in the Trieste suburbs to the current residence in West Hollywood was not exactly a bad deal …
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