On Stanley Tucci: Looking for Italy, the actor traverses the nation sampling delicacies like tagliatelle alla bolognese, cacio e pepe, cotoletta alla milanes, and extra. For his newest gig, nonetheless, he’s selling a special kind of Italian delicacies staple: San Pellegrino. “When one thinks of sitting down at a desk in Italy, one immediately photos a bottle of wine and the basic inexperienced bottle of San Pellegrino,” Tucci tells AD.
The Satan Wears Prada star seems in a brand new business for the enduring mineral water, which he says he’s been ingesting since he graduated from school. (When pressed for his reply to the age-old query of “nonetheless or glowing?” he replies, “Often each!”) The model has additionally created a present field in honor of Tucci, which encompasses a bottle engraved together with his signature and has been dubbed the “Stan Pellegrino.”
Tucci traveled to San Pellegrino Terme within the Lombardy area of Italy to movie the business. The small village—and the supply of the well-known water—will not be the primary place on an American vacationer’s radar, however there are quite a few purpose to go to, particularly for structure lovers. (For the document, Tucci recommends Florence as the proper start line for first-time guests to Italy. “It’s small, very walkable, and has superb historical past and nice meals and wine.”)
San Pellegrino Terme is dwelling to Artwork Nouveau buildings just like the San Pellegrino On line casino, a venue for weddings and occasions accomplished in 1906. Extremely embellished in and out, it encompasses a grand foyer with an enormous break up staircase, columns, and complex statues and frescoes. “The On line casino is gorgeous, and filming [there] was actually enjoyable,” Tucci says. It has been restored lately, as produce other Italian Artwork Nouveau (also called Liberty Fashion) buildings within the city, just like the Grand Resort, a big orange constructing that sits on the banks of the Brembo river, and QC Terme, a spa with pure thermal baths.