Jet’s Nic Cester has penned a song for a new Italian movie.
The 39-year-old musician – who is used to creating rock tunes for his band and solo work – has turned his attention to the big screen having recently got the gig to write a song for an upcoming Italian flick titled ‘La Profezia Dell ‘armadillo’, based on a comic book by cartoonist Zerocalcare.
Speaking exclusively to BANG Showbiz, he revealed: "I was approached to participate in a song in a movie so that’s being made.
"It’s an Italian comic book and this is gonna sound really weird but they’ve kind of been a big deal in Italy since the 60s and one of the most famous comic book writers, they’re making a movie about one of his books.
"It’s not what you think, it’s not sort of superhero stuff, they go a little bit deeper in Italy compared to the American ones. So I was asked to write some music for that film which is actually a f***ing great film, I’m looking forward to it coming out."
The film – which is set for release later this year- centres on a 27-year-old living in a Roman suburb navigating his way through life as a an artist and a French tutor who regularly engages in deep conversations with his critical conscience – an armadillo.
When the ‘Hold On’ hitmaker isn’t busy writing songs for the stage and screen, he spends his time running his new restaurant, the Sixième Bistro in Milan.
He shared: "I just don’t want to get stuck in one thing, I love switching between projects and I’m very hands-on in the restaurant as well – which is the drummer in my new band, it’s me and him – so I’m really enjoying working between doing a whole range of things you know. It keeps the brain firing."
Nic – who released his first solo album, ‘Sugar Rush’ recently – also spoke about how rewarding it has been to get out of his own "comfort zone".
He said: "I’ve obviously been entrenched in Italy which has been fun … this is part of what I was talking about earlier getting out of my comfort zone, moving countries and even just having to learn another language has been huge you know."
Jet’s Nic Cester pens song for Italian movie
