This is the week of choice.

As I wrote to you on the previous page, I chose to write a pentalogy, a five-volume saga. A story of love, time and destiny.

But now I have an equally important choice to make: Whether or not to continue Ladies' Paradise.

As many of you know, in addition to writing I act, and this past year I embarked on the adventure of playing "Tancredi di Sant'Erasmo" in Rai Uno's fantastic Daily. A very ambiguous character, some say terrible, manipulative, but in love. I call him "the dark side of romance."

I started shooting the Heaven series-which will air now-in May. It's many months of work, to make a season, we work continuously from June to January of the following year. During the shooting, it is very difficult to participate in other projects, because we are very busy on the set.

Tancredi is a character I have grown to love, and he will have many transformations this season. Many secrets, many discoveries. In short, he will definitely be at the center of the narrative focus.

At this point you may be wondering why I should be hesitant whether or not to continue acting within this wonderful project. First of all, you should know that-unfortunately-this season, on Rai, I will be coming out with other fine projects, a TV fil m on Margherita Hack in which I play her husband, Aldo de Rosa (a writer by the way) and a series on the fall of fascism in which I play Umberto II of Savoy. In short, it will be one of those years when I will be like parsley. Then, there is "The Divine Adventure," and then there are the books I am preparing. Finally, there is the Diary. Oh, I forgot, I have a 6-year-old daughter and a wonderful family. In short, I have a lot of things and very little time. And that is my first fear.

Another fear is to get stuck in a role or a project. That's a fear I have, to then be relegated to "you are the one in heaven." But I don't think I run into that danger. After all, I'm also the guy from "A Doctor in the Family" or "District of Police." In short, I've done a lot of popular (and non-popular) projects, so I dare to hope that slowly people will be able to recognize me for all of these combined.

The last fear, the biggest one, is the fear of losing job opportunities. As I told you, doing a major series like "Ladies' Paradise," I don't have the opportunity to take on other protagonists. And with my 44 years, I am entering an age that is called the "golden age" for the male actor. I am still in good shape, but I am experienced, I can act, and I can take on important characters who have a strong and exciting background of experience. I feel I am ready to give complex interpretations. And this kind of work requires a different axe. It is often easier to do it in a film, or in a play, than in a daily. Mind you, Tancredi is a very complex character, and I must admit that this year the emotional twists and turns I am subjected to are no laughing matter, quite the contrary. Kudos to the authors.

And then after the fears, there are also the good things. Working in Ladies' Paradise is like working in a big family, you start getting to know everyone, greeting each other, talking to each other via Whatsapp. You exchange opinions, you face the difficulties of the set together. Compromises are made.

And then it's a job that gives me a lot of stability, and on my free days during the weeks (because there are) I can write. And that, for those who have gotten to know me, is no small detail.

I mean, tomorrow I have to meet my agent, Luca. A friend. We've been working together for 20 years. And with him I will talk about what to do. He I think would prefer that I sail to new horizons. I-I don't know. But I will find out shortly .