A statue for
Terence Hill
& Bud Spencer A dream that belongs to millions of people.

Why Porto Santo Stefano

Porto Santo Stefano was not chosen by chance.
And not only because people inextricably linked to the world of Bud Spencer and Terence Hill have lived here or spent part of their lives here, such as the Pedersoli, Barboni, Alabiso and Luotto families, and many others.

There is a story that few people know.

It was precisely between Porto Santo Stefano and Porto Ercole that the scripts for the two Trinity films were translated, adapted and refined. Eugene Luotto, an important voice actor and dialogue adapter for the American market, spent his summers here. And while he was working on the lines that would help take Bud and Terence overseas, he would send his son Andy on his Ape 50 to Porto Ercole so Enzo Barboni could read and check the dialogue.
A curiosity that shows how Argentario was, quietly but concretely, part of the story of the most beloved duo in Italian cinema.

But it does not end here.

Between Porto Santo Stefano, Porto Ercole and Orbetello, around dinner tables and during long meals among friends, Enzo Barboni, his son Marco Tullio Barboni and Salvatore Alabiso discussed ideas, screenplays and productions that would later become part of the legend of Bud Spencer and Terence Hill. Among them, also I due superpiedi quasi piatti.

This is also why we imagined the home of the future statues right here.

In a unique setting, between the sea of Argentario, the outline of the harbor and the palm trees that recall the Miami atmosphere so beloved in the duo’s films, the statues would not be just a monument. They would be the homecoming of a story that, in part, was born right here.

And perhaps it is no coincidence that, from the very first moment, Mayor Arturo Cerulli and the Councillor for Tourism and Culture, Chiara Orsini, welcomed this project with conviction and enthusiasm, immediately understanding its cultural, touristic and human value. An initiative capable of uniting memory, territory and passion, transforming the affection of millions of people into a concrete legacy destined to endure over time.

Because some legends belong to the whole world.

But some have left their footprints right here in Argentario. And perhaps it is here that they deserve to be remembered forever