Well, I'd be a bit annoyed if I was Sophia.

Muttley, Peace and I are getting along fine. It's one of those "flame your pal on the forum" things, that's all. It's a joke.

I read some biographical material about Sophia Loren on the Net. Interesting. She had a tough start in life, dealing with poverty, war, and privation. She seems to have been a very determined young woman, parlaying a beauty contest win into a hugely successful career in film.

If you want to see an almost interminable movie from the early part of her Hollywood career, which includes the worst miscasting in HISTORY (Frank Sinatra as a Spanish freedom fighter in early 1800's Spain, fighting the Napoleonic occupation army...ha! ha!)...watch "The Pride and the Passion" (1957).

Loren plays her part (standard passionate Latin barefoot beauty stereotype) okay, but the script gives her very little to work with. Cary Grant (who was having an affaire with Loren at the time) plays his part as if he'd rather be at the polo club watching the wallpaper fade....

The battle scenes are great. Really quite an odd movie.