Stanley Tucci shall be a part of NBC’s protection of the Winter Olympics.
Stanley Tucci has joined NBC for the Olympics
The 64-year-old actor is about to report on the meals, tradition and way of life in Lombardy, the Italian area the place the 2026 Winter Olympics are being staged.
NBCUniversal stated: “Throughout primetime, Tucci will current travelogue-style segments highlighting the meals, traditions, and historical past of the areas internet hosting the Winter Olympics.”
The film star additionally teased his position in a video message.
Within the clip, Stanley asks: “You rolling?
“You realize the place else we’re going to be rolling very quickly? In Italy, on the Milan Cortina Olympics, proper right here on NBC. So, please be part of me for prime time in Milan. There’ll be nice meals, nice drink and, after all, unbelievable competitors. I’m trying ahead to it. I hope you might be, too.”
Stanley hosted the meals and journey documentary sequence Stanley Tucci: Looking for Italy in 2021 and 2022. And the actor admits that he cannot wait to return to Italy for the upcoming Olympics.
Stanley – whose household are of Italian heritage – stated: “It’s been my ardour to study concerning the folks of Italy by traversing the nation and savouring its meals.
“However this time, I’ll have a visitor with me — the world. I’m excited to return to northern Italy because the Olympic Video games brings the world to its doorstep.
“What meals will the world fall in love with? What favourites shall be uncovered? How will Italy remodel with the world as its visitor? I’m excited to share all of it with the American primetime viewers in February.”
Molly Solomon, the chief producer of NBC Olympics, can also be thrilled to be working with the award-winning actor.
Molly stated in a press release: “America has an affinity for all issues Italian, and together with his string of hit reveals and finest sellers, Stanley’s now the it man on Italian tradition in our nation.
“His mixture of cool curiosity and masterful storytelling makes him the proper information to dish on northern Italy’s culinary and cultural treasures. We will’t watch for him to make America hungry in primetime.”
