The Talented Mr. Ripley (film) locations included the Piazza Navona, the Spanish Steps and Piazza di Spagna in Rome, and the Caffè Florian in the Piazza San Marco, Venice. To prepare for the role of Ripley, Damon lost 30 pounds and learned to play the piano. Jude Law gained weight and learned to play the saxophone for his character; he also broke a rib when he fell backward while filming the murder scene in the boat. Roger Ebert gave the film four-out-of-four stars, calling it "an intelligent thriller" that is "insidious in the way it leads us to identify with Tom Ripley ... He's a
Piazza Arringo Piazza Arringo The Piazza Arringo, also known as the "piazza dell'Arengo", is the oldest monumental piazza in the city of Ascoli Piceno. Rectangular in form, numerous important monuments face the piazza including: the "palazzo Fonzi", the "palazzo dell'Arengo" from the 13th century (also known as the "palatium Aringhi"), the Bishop's residence, the Cathedral of Saint Emygdius, the baptistery of Saint John, the diocesan museum, and the palazzo Panichi. The piazza's name comes from the middle ages when Ascoli became a free comune and used this site for public meetings of the parliament, also known as "arringhi", "arenghi" or "arringhe": an