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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 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. This actor played a character that inspired Raul Julia’s original lead role in Maury Yeston’s musical Nine. For 10 points, name this actor whose appearance in Divorce Italian Style references his Trevi Fountain scene in Federico Fellini’s (10[1])La Dolce Vita. ■END■

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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