Scott Foley (“Scandal”) has traded Washington, D.C. for Italy.
Foley leads Netflix rom-com “La Dolce Villa” as Eric, a profitable businessman who travels to Italy to cease his daydreaming daughter (Maia Reficco, who just lately made her Broadway debut in “Hadestown”) from restoring a crumbling villa. Per the logline, “Italy, nonetheless, has completely different plans for him because it delivers on its legendary promise of magnificence, magic, and romance.”
Violante Placido and Giuseppe Futia additionally star.
Mark Waters (“Imply Women,” “Mom of the Bride,” “Freaky Friday”) directs. Robyn Snyder and Deborah Evans produce the movie, with writers Elizabeth Hackett and Hilary Galanoy government producing. Hackett and Galanoy beforehand penned “A Good Pairing” and “Falling Inn Love.”
The characteristic filmed in Rome, japanese Lazio, and Tuscany, with the interiors of the villa constructed at Cinecittá Studios in Rome. The exteriors had been shot in japanese Lazio at Torrino del Gelsi.
Foley advised Tudum that his character arc results in his personal discovery.
“He’s desperately attempting to foster a brand new and completely different relationship together with his daughter as this film unfolds. His preliminary dedication — to save lots of his daughter from making what he believes can be an enormous mistake in buying property in Italy — seems to be a type of second likelihood at happiness for Eric, in so some ways!” Foley mentioned.
Director Waters teased, “All I’ll say is that we meet each Eric and Olivia’s respective love pursuits, Francesca and Giovanni (Futia), proper originally, however our leads might want to overcome fairly just a few obstacles, each inner and situational, earlier than they will settle into their happiness. As Francesca says within the film, ‘The trail to real love is rarely clean.’”
Foley can also be again on the small display screen after his “Women on the Bus” function with a visitor activate “Will Trent.” The “Felicity” alum has mentioned he would return for a potential reboot of the Keri Russell sequence.
“La Dolce Villa” premieres February 13 on Netflix. Try the trailer beneath.