Terence Hill leaves ‘Don Matteo’, after filming his last scene

Terence Hill leaves ‘Don Matteo’. After more than 250 episodes, more than 20 years after the first episode was broadcast, the actor shot his last scene of one of the most successful and long-lived Rai 1 series, produced by Luca and Matilde Bernabei in collaboration with Rai Fiction. “It is on this occasion that Lux Vide and Rai Fiction simply want to say: thanks to Terence Hill for the dedication and fidelity with which he has lent his ‘myth’ to a character who has kindly entered the homes of all for 20 years. Italians, always giving a word of hope. Thank you for the humility with which he himself has always thanked everyone for the work done in these 20 years, a sign of the greatness of his person. An intelligent and humble man who has always put his teamwork and his love for Don Matteo, the most loved series by Italians. Thank you because he was like a great father who in recent years has allowed us to grow and make mistakes … because with his myth he protected us and allowed us to always have the affection of the public “. “Terence leaves us”: this is the phrase that snaked among the crew members on Saturday, in the church of Santa Eufemia in Spoleto, the set of his last scene. “It’s true, Terence is leaving us – says Luca Bernabei, producer of the series – but we want to interpret this sentence not in a negative sense but also and above all in a positive sense. We want to think of the legacy that Terence leaves us in terms of dedication, fidelity and above all of love for ‘Don Matteo’ and for all the viewers who have followed us in these 20 years. Today we must live up to the myth that does not leave us but as a father watches us from afar and watches us grow. Aware of Terence’s legacy, we have a duty to commit ourselves even more and to carry it forward with the utmost dedication and responsibility. We owe it to the millions of Italians who watch the series and to Terence. To him we want to say once again … Thank you Terence Hill ”.