Overview

• Calà says the relaxed seaside vacations immortalized in his films have largely vanished, replaced by youth flaunting SUVs and bottle service.
• He criticizes steep fees for umbrellas and sunbeds and echoes complaints that the middle class is missing, with holidays now reduced in length.
• The veteran performer remains highly active at roughly 100 shows a year, including a summer stop at Capri’s Anema e Core with Gianluigi Lembo.
• He says he is developing a film that will satirize political correctness, with shooting planned for spring 2026.
• He recalls an emergency heart attack in 2023 during a Naples shoot, says his divorce from Mara Venier became a friendship, and names Checco Zalone as “number one.”