Stefano Mario

Stefano Mario is the (former) secondary antagonist turned supporting protagonist of the 2016 film Tini: The New Life of Violetta, a follow-up to the Disney Channel original series Violetta. 
Stefano enjoys the finer things in life and does not hesitate to show off his good looks and impressive boats. When Tini arrives at the small Italian seaside town where he is on vacation, Stefano hopes that she will fall at his feet. Things don't go exactly as he plans.
He is portrayed by Pasquale Di Nuzzo, who also portrayed Benicio in Soy Luna and Oliver Rossi in Secrets of Summer.
==Biography==
===Background===
Stefano is known for being wealthy and owning a yacht where he hosts parties with his faction of popular friends. He also has some sort of feud with humble farmer Caio Timón, whom he nicknames "Capitán Limones" because of the job he does to maintain his family.
===Present===
Stefano first appears recklessly driving his yacht and deliberately splashing water when going past Caio, Eloisa and Roko who were taking Violetta to Isabella's house in Rome, Italy, after going through some overwhelming stresses regarding her musical career, also causing Violetta's suitcase to fall into the sea. Arguing in Italian, Stefano greets Caio by his nickname, who calls him out for almost causing an accident for them or anyone, which Stefano refutes stating that it is Caio's fault due to him having abadonded the command of his boat and that he should denounce him to the prefecture because of it. As Eloisa lets Violetta know about her suitcase, Caio dives in to retrieve it, with Stefano following suit. A brief scuffle between both of them over the suitcase causes it to open and drop all of Violetta's clothes to the bottom (mirroring how Violetta lost her luggage when she and her father returned to Buenos Aires in the beginning of the series), although Caio manages to retrieve a personal beloning from Violetta's late mother and Stefano her cellphone. Stefano then seems to notice how familiar Violetta's face is to him, asking her if she skies at Saint Moritz, but Violetta insists they don't know each other to hide her identity. After a female friend of Stefano's whispers on his ear that it is Violetta the artist, Stefano pokes fun at her for being aboard a "motor raft" with Caio and the Monsters siblings (the nicknames for Eloisa and Roko) instead of Stefano's "big fast yacht", which he claims that only those he considers famous are allowed in. Nonetheless, Violetta defends herself and sarcastically thanks Stefano stating that she likes where she is before he resumes driving the yacht. Stefano keeps trying to get Violetta's attention, by showing up to a party she, Caio and her new friends attend and giving an impressive choreography that is met with great applause and then encouraging Violetta into coming with him and his group while doing wakesurf as she and Caio were peacefully navigating on a sailboat, but Violetta still ignores him.
Later on, Stefano changes this attitude when he runs into Ludmila Ferro whose convertible ran out of fuel while on the way to find Violetta with Leon, who goes by horse, only to find her kissing Caio and temporarily gives up, but didn't see her rejecting Caio. They immediately take a romantic interest for each other and Stefano helps her out by lending her spare fuel as his first selfless act, allowing Ludmila to arrive at the residence Violetta is staying at and inform her about Leon and the fakeness of his relationship with Melanie Sánchez. After hearing this, Violetta rushes on a sailboat to find him, getting themselves stranded on an abandoned island, which is seen by Ludmila who contacts Stefano for help. They board his yacht to finally catch up to and rescue them, arriving at the Rome festival, where Violetta's mother performed years ago, in time for Violetta to perform "Siempre Brillarás". Stefano is seen with Ludmila dancing to the performance before it ends with them rubbing their hairs and he bends her over for a kiss.
==Relationships==
===Allies===
*Violetta Castillo - Former Love Interest turned Rescuee and Friend
*Ludmila Ferro - Girlfriend
*León Vargas - Rescuee
*Saúl Paulo
*Raúl Jimenez
*Miranda Morris 
*Eloisa Martinez 
*Roko Benjamin
*Isabella Juarez
===Enemies===
*Caio Timón - Former Love Rival
==Trivia==
*This is Pasquale Di Nuzzo's first Disney project, followed by Soy Luna, in which he would later play Benicio, who is villainous in contrast of Stefano.
*Stefano's feud with Caio mirrors that of Leon with Tomás during the first season of Violetta.
**They are/were in love with Violetta. However, while Leon got together with Violetta and Stefano with Ludmila, Tomás remained single following his departure from Buenos Aires and the series.
**Leon and Stefano are wealthy, whereas Tomás and Caio are poor.
**Tomás and Caio are/were middle class workers. Tomás used to work as a pizza delivery guy (until his grouchy boss Luca fired him) and Caio as a farmer after his father passed away, causing them to be made fun of by Leon and Stefano who nickname them "Delivery Guy" and "Capitán Limones".
**While Stefano and Caio had already known each other, Leon and Tomás hadn't before, but they both started with the wrong foot when Leon mistakenly thought he was staring at Ludmila (his then girlfriend) and tried to steal her from him. When Leon sarcastically asked Tomás if he liked her, Tomás replied "yes" (and made him feel provoked about this), as he thought Leon was refering to a guitar he was admiring.
**While Tomás and Caio are both Spanish, Leon and Stefano's nationalities are different; Leon is Mexican and Stefano is Italian. However, Leon is the only one with Latin-American citizenship, given that Tomás, Caio and Stefano are of European citizenship.
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