"It's crazy how it's changed so many things in my life, what I learned from set," she says. "Shooting a movie like that gave me a lot of confidence. In Italy you grow up being told that you shouldn't wear a skirt because men will look at you. I've always been strong, but I've always felt very concerned about what other people thought of me, what my body looked like, what people were saying about my body, on the beach... on the street if a man was looking at me I would either put my head down or change sides because I was scared of what might happen to me."

Source: Los Angeles Times May 03, 2018 17:01 UTC