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After randomly appearing at a window on the set of a commercial shoot, this actor reminisces on his famous scenes while dressed as Mandrake the Magician in a 1987 mockumentary titled The Interview. While his ambulance is blocked by the shooting of a scene starring this real-life actor, the protagonist of the film We All Loved Each Other So Much sees this actor chatting up his ex-girlfriend. This actor played a (-5[1])pilot with the same first name who freezes to death after blowing up a house’s plumbing with diarrhea, due to the title binge of the 1973 film La Grande Bouffe. In a 1961 farce, this actor’s character fetches a gun to kill his (*) wife after sneaking (10[1])out of a cinema showing a film starring this actor himself. (-5[1])This actor played a character that inspired (-5[1])Raul Julia’s original lead role in Maury Yeston’s musical Nine. For 10 points, (-5[1])name (10[1])this actor whose appearance in (10[1])Divorce (-5[1])Italian Style (10[1])references (10[1])his Trevi Fountain scene in (10[2])Federico Fellini’s (10[1])La Dolce Vita. ■END■ (10[2]0[2])

ANSWER: Marcello Mastroianni (“mah-stroh-YAHN-nee”) [or Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni; or Marcello Mastrojanni] (The scene from We All Loved Each Other So Much is set during the shooting of the Trevi fountain scene from La Dolce Vita.)
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