Terence Hill is an Italian actor, film director, screenwriter and producer. He began his career as a child actor and gained international fame for starring roles in action and comedy films, many with longtime film partner and friend Bud Spencer. During the height of his popularity Hill was among Italy’s highest-paid actors.
His most widely seen films include comic and standard Spaghetti Westerns, some based on popular novels by German author Karl May about the Wild West. Of these, the most famous are Lo chiamavano Trinità (They Call Me Trinity, 1970); …continuavano a chiamarlo Trinità (Trinity Is Still My Name, 1971), the highest grossing Italian film to date; and Il mio nome è Nessuno (My Name Is Nobody, 1973), co-starring Henry Fonda. Hill, whose stage name was the product of a publicity stunt by film producers, also went on to a successful television career in Italy, playing the title character in the long-running Rai 1 series Don Matteo since 2000.
Terence Hill reveals the most interesting movie scene he’s ever been in
He recently wrote a book about Terence Hill titled Király Levente Zsugabubus, which, among them, reveals which movie scene Terence enjoyed the most during his lifetime.
“In I’m With Hippos, I release wild animals. I myself have been among the lions. The animal handler gave me a stick and told me to be careful not to fall, as the lions would attack me immediately. I went very slow! I later learned how dangerous it is!”
The legendary Italian actor said, but he also mentioned another scene where he also got close to a lion:
“There is also a scene in Lucky Luke where I lie next to a lion. I also shot this scene myself. The lion from Colorado – a wild, untamed lion. They put pieces of meat around me and told me to shut up, stay still, and pretend to be asleep so the lion wouldn’t attack me. In the end, the animal attacked the camera and ran away!”
Terence Hill concludes.