Michele Morroneās breakthrough (and steamy) performance in the hit franchise has Hollywood (and his millions of fans) on high alert, and the actor/musician hopes his success will lead him into a variety of film and TV roles
Michele Morrone always hoped to become a working actor, but he never expected literal overnight success.
But in 2020, when his first major movie 365 Dayswas released on Netflix, Morroneās life changed.
āIt was a major turning point in my life,ā the Italian star, 31, tells PEOPLE. āBefore the movie came out I had 4,000 followers on Instagram. And the night after the movie was released on the platform, I woke up and had 2.6 million followers.ā
Now following the success of the first two hit films, with a third installment expected in near future, Morrone is hoping to continue acting in a variety of genres and formats, along with his passion for music (he released a full album in 2020) and fashion (heās modeled for Guess, Dolce & Gabbana, and many others).
PEOPLE recently caught up with Morrone to talk about fame, his hopes for the future, the joys of being a father and why he is āabsolutely single.ā Read on to learn all about the rising star:
Harry Potter helped inspire his acting career
āI was around 10, 11 years old and already felt something inside me for this job,ā he says. āBut then I watched the first Harry Potter movie. I thought, āHey, I would love to do this movie.ā After that I started researching everything about people who make movies and stuff. It was incredible to me to see magic onscreen, that wasnāt real but felt real. I started thinking, āHow do they do these things?ā And then I started building up my passion for it.ā