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Playing to paparazzi

Italians flocked to the film's sets -- in Naples, Positano, Rome, Palermo and Venice -- but not, necessarily, to see the “Ripley” headliners. Instead, Rosario Fiorello, Italian singer-turned-actor, drew crowds to the shoots.

"I've never seen somebody that famous, ever," says Damon. "More than Robin Williams walking down the street in Boston, this guy would walk down the street in Italy and grandmothers would be hanging out of their windows yelling, 'Fiorello, Fiorello.'"