Call her as you wish: the new promise, the revelation, the talent to keep an eye on. What is certain is that today, in the firmament of Hollywood, one more star is shining: her name is Malin Akerman, the 34-year-old blond Valkyrie born in Sweden, but brought up in Canada whose “vis comica” has been winning over audiences ever since 2007, when in The Heartbreak Kid produced by the Farrelly brothers, she played the role of Ben Stiller’s unforgettable diabolical wife. Having put behind her an earlier spell as a model and the brief incursion in the universe of rock as the lead singer of the band The Petalstones (but a Gallehault indeed was the encounter with the drummer Roberto Zincone: the couple, who got married half a decade ago in Sorrento, are now expecting their first child), Malin has created - in few years - a brilliant career for herself (27 Desses, The Proposal, Watchmen) and has won a recent, planetary consecration with Rock of Ages, the cinematographic version of the homonymous Broadway musical. Here she plays the role of a permed and feisty journalist working for Rolling Stone – her Eighties look is stunning – and not only does she burst on stage to interview the super spaced out rocker Tom Cruise, but ends up seducing him in a series of hilarious scenes. «The experience of working with Tom was truly unique», she reveals. «He is a generous, perceptive person and watching him fall into the role and develop the character he played represented an incredible source of inspiration for me. Since he is an authentic legend, it is amazing to see how passionate he still is about his work! He would come on set always with a smile on his face and we had lots of fun. To sum up: a professional encounter that was explosive in every sense!». See, to believe, the part when she undoes his pants: a cult on YouTube. The new test bench for Malin is forecast this year, when CBGB comes out, the film directed by Randall Miller about the famous New York club which – in the Seventies – was the base of the launch of names such as the Ramones, Patti Smith and Debbie Harris. And she will be precisely the great lead singer of Blondie, «who, moreover – she confesses – has always been an idol of mine. Initially I was engaged for a more prominent part», she specifies. «But after having read the script I went to the director and told him that I wanted to play the part of Debbie at all costs. Such an iconic role was too important for me even though, unlike in Rock of Ages, unfortunately I don’t sing: the voice you will hear is the unmistakable one of the queen of punk». In the cast, apart from Rupert Grint and Alan Rickman, actors dear to the fans of Harry Potter, is also her sweetheart Roberto Zincone, in the role of the drummer of the band. «It is the second time that we acted together (the first was in Wanderlust) but on this occasion he tried his hand at an “acrobatic” number, or rather falling from the stage backwards dragging behind him a whole paraphernalia of cymbals and drums. I was super nervous, he did not turn a hair: he tried it out only twice, as a true professional and he didn’t even hurt himself. Only a few knocks», she concludes. «Which I saw to soothing with an extra kiss or two». Grazia d’Annunzio