Italy continues to show a great fascination with international VIPs: it knows a thing or two about it. Kim Basinger, American actress who, after visiting her English colleague Helen Mirren in Salentomatured the intention to buy a villa in a beautiful place in Puglia.
Kim Basinger in Salento: the villa in the sights of the actress
Kim Basinger was spotted in Salento where on Tuesday 25 July 2023 she spent an evening among the tables of the Balboa Pharmacy, one of the most famous places in the entire area, located in the most central Piazza Codacci Pisanelli in Tricase.
The Oscar-winning actress was with Basinger Helen Mirren who is now at home in Salento, as he bought a farmhouse in Tiggiano in Capo di Leuca. The room where they spent the evening overlooks two churches and the ancient Palazzo Gallone, which today serves as the seat of the municipality and is owned by Miller’s husband Taylor Hackford and vintner Francesco Winspear.
According to what Repubblica reported, in the evening Kim Basinger was to entrust Helen Mirren and her husband with a will. buy a villa in an area where you can relax from the busy life of Hollywood.
Tricase, a city in Puglia that boasts of having the most beautiful tree in Italy, recognized by Quercia Vallonea, has established itself as a place of great attraction for the entertainment world: over the years it has been chosen several times as a location for films and television series, and in 2023 it became backdrop for a commercial filmed by Leonardo DiCaprio for the new Fiat 600.
Born in 1953 in Athens, Georgia, Kim Basinger is one of the most iconic actresses of the 1980s and 1990s, with over forty films to her credit, including box office hits like 9 1/2 Weeks, “Tim One” Burton’s “Batman” and more critically acclaimed films such as “Los Angeles Confidentialand Dreams of Africa.
For her role in the film “LA Confidential” by Curtis Hanson, Kim Basinger was awarded the prize. Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress at a ceremony hosted in 1998, defeating colleagues Joan Cusack, Minnie Driver, Julianne Moore and Gloria Stuart in the competition.
Foreign VIPs who have invested in Italy
If he decides to officially buy a villa in Salento, Kim Basinger will join a long line of international VIPs who have decided to invest in Italy. Helen Mirren E Meryl Streep are the owners of two farms in Salento, George Clooney has been choosing Lake Como as one of his summer residences for many years, Francis Ford Coppola bought the Palazzo Margherita in Bernalda, a town in the province of Matera, and George Lucas owns the former Capuchin monastery in Passignano sul Trasimeno in Umbria.
The charm of Italy, in addition, conquered and Susan Sarandon: The American actress comes from our country thanks to her mother’s family and decided to obtain Italian citizenship. Thus, the peninsula continues to attract Hollywood stars: Kim Basinger is ready to join the actors and directors who have been conquered by the beauty of our territory.