Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Edoardo Miranda. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Edoardo, appreciate you joining us today. Can you talk to us about a project that’s meant a lot to you?

I’ve been part of several meaningful projects that have enriched me both as an actor and as a human.

One is the Christian film “Eating With The Enemy” by Ingenuity Films, where I played Peter the Disciple during the last days of the life of Jesus. Another one is the Broadway show “The Last Boy” by Steven Fisher, where I played Maestro, a Jewish music instructor in the ghetto on Terezín during the Holocaust.

But it’s always the latest project that leaves the deepest mark.

In “For: Lila” by Croatan Productions, I played the lead-Sal De Leon, a Mexican American ICE officer suffering from a severe cardiac disease who, relieved of duty, goes on a vigilante mission to rescue a young immigrant girl from her captors. The role was physically, emotionally, and politically demanding. I trained with a dialect coach (a large portion of the film is in Mexican Spanish), went through tactical firearms training, and researched the character’s cardiac condition, cardiomyopathy, its symptoms and implications.

Sal is a man full of rage, but forced to stay calm.

This project was a turning point for me. It demanded nuance, subtlety, and restraint beyond intensity. I am deeply grateful to the producer Kaitron Bryant (Tron’s Madness), for trusting me with such a meaty, conflicted antihero.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

My name is Edoardo Nicholas Bianchi, better known by my stage name Edoardo Miranda. I’m a multilingual actor and writer (author of “The Boy Who Laughs”). I am originally from New York City and trained at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting.

Acting became my path unexpectedly. As a child, I was captivated by my mother’s love for cinema – something she inherited from her own mother, Miranda. Adopting my grandmother’s name as my stage name is a way of valorizing her and feel her close to me. At a later stage, when I was around 19 years old, I read the novel “Falconer”, by John Cheever, and I fell in love with writing; simultaneously, I started training various martial arts including boxing and muay thai. I figured acting would be the best way to unite my intellectual and physical curiosities. After a screenwriting workshop held by screenwriter Umberto Contarello and an acting workshop held by film director Andrea Costantini, I was advised to pursue acting professionally in the United States and I was accepted at the prestigious Stella Adler Studio of Acting’s conservatory program.

Since graduating from Stella Adler, I have been in over 50 projects including Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, indie films, print work and commercials. What sets me apart is my background and the diversity I bring: culturally, linguistically, emotionally. I’m multiethnic, multicultural, fluent in four languages, and experienced in clinical psychology research, suicide prevention work, and poetry.

I am most proud of my journey, the progress I have made, and my personal growth: I came back to the US when I was 20 and, at first, I felt out of place and a bit of a misfit. I am proud of how, over time, I managed to blend in, integrate and adapt, while still maintaining my identity and core values.

The arts definitely helped me grow. Acting forces you to grapple with your identity as other people’s identities flow through you, reshaping you, compelling you to ask questions about your authenticity as a human. As Stella Adler said: “Growth as an actor and growth as a human being are synonymous”.

But it hasn’t been easy!

Learning and unlearning are both critical parts of growth – can you share a story of a time when you had to unlearn a lesson?

At 19, I attended an acting workshop held in Milan by film director Andrea Costantini. He made me do a scene where I had to pretend to be possessed by a demon, and I did. The room fell silent. Then Costantini looked at me and said: “One of two things is going to happen with you: either you’re going to be a great actor, or you’ll end up in prison”. Everyone laughed – but I didn’t know what he meant.

Two years later, at Stella Adler, while doing the “porch exercise”, something similar happened again: instructor Patrick Quagliano stopped me mid-scene: “Well, that’s an actor!”, he said. “But you have to learn to control IT”. He was right, I must admit. I was a little out of hand at the time.

I had to unlearn the instinct of “acting out emotions” (some people call it “playing mood”) and replace it with the notion of “playing actions”. I had to learn that emotions are not the goal, they are the obstacle. Another way of looking at it is “FEELINGS COME FROM DOING”. Playing actions instead of mood is more active, truthful and engaging for the audience. It makes the work less presentational.

This shift in mindset didn’t just improve my acting – it saved me. Learning how to control “IT” (my emotions) through acting also brought me closer to studying psychology and conduct clinical research. I probably learned more about myself and about psychology at Stella Adler than from any psychoanalyst.

For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative?

The greatest reward of being an actor is the constant learning and preparation it entails. Every role is a masterclass in something new.

I still recall the countless hours spent studying the Bible in depth before playing Peter; the horror learning about the devastating living conditions of the Theresienstadt ghetto during the holocaust while immersed in Antonín Dvořák’s music before playing Maestro; the research on immigration and law enforcement procedures, trauma, and cardiac disease before playing Sal.

For example, right now I am reading for a potential role in an upcoming Broadway show. This character in the show is a manager, so I am modeling him after my current manager who I’ve studied very carefully for this purpose.

“CURIOSITY” is the key word: I am a professional apprentice.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://edoardomiranda.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/edoardo.miranda/
• Other: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10378671/

Image Credits

Vikram Pathak

Jesus R Cosme

Boadil Alequin