Learn Italian: Voglio che tu faccia questo personaggio. - I want you to play this character.

The main verb voglio (I want) expresses a strong desire or will. When you express a desire about what someone else does, you must use che followed by the subjunctive mood. So, the normal present tense fai becomes the subjunctive faccia.

How do you form the present subjunctive of fare?

Fare is an irregular verb. To form its present subjunctive, you take its first-person present indicative form (faccio), drop the -o, and add the subjunctive endings. For the singular forms (I, you, he/she/it), the ending is -a, which gives us faccia.

We usually drop subject pronouns in Italian. Why is tu included in che tu faccia?

In the present subjunctive, the singular forms for I, you, and he/she/it are exactly the same. Because faccia could mean I do, you do, or he/she does, we often keep the pronoun (like tu) to make it crystal clear who we are talking about.

Wait, doesn't fare mean to do or to make? Why is it translated as to play?

You are right! However, Italian uses fare in many set phrases. When talking about acting, theater, or movies, fare un personaggio (to do a character) or fare una parte (to do a part) translates naturally to English as to play a character or to play a role.