The actor took leave of the Rai1 fiction with a boom in ratings and a chorus of affection on social media
Don Matteo took leave of the viewers with a audience boom (over 6 million people for a share of 28.8%) and a chorus of affection on social networks. The parish priest played by Terence Hill for over 20 years (divided into 13 seasons broadcast on Rai1) he has stopped the cassock and from next week gives way to Don Massimo, played by Raoul Bova. Even if the finale of the last episode remains a bit open on the possibility of his eventual return and Don Matteo’s farewell had been widely announced for months, his departure was almost like a mourning for the many aficionados of fiction.
For Terence Hill himself it was not a decision taken with a light heart, given that the 83-year-old actor, some time ago said that he would continue to act in Don Matteo, albeit in another way, with less pressing times, but that Rai did not accept his proposal: I did not want to stop playing Don Matteo, I just wanted to do it in a different way because the set times were very demanding. During the filming of the last season, the working days were very long, I slept five hours a night. Beautiful, for heaven’s sake, but also tiring. I had proposed making four films a year, on the model of Inspector Montalbano. Unfortunately my idea was not accepted by Rai which, to optimize costs, needs the long series, said Terence Hill in an interview with Tv Sorrisi e Canzoni.
April 22, 2022 (change April 22, 2022 | 11:14)
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