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Sophia’s great rival in Italy wasGina Lollobrigida, so when he introduced himself, he called her Ms. Lolloren. He basically muddled their names as a joke. But she did n’t get it. So they had a bit of an awkward start. But they became friends and that led to a more romantic involvement. [ However ], she was [ already ] romantically involved with [ Italian film producer ] Carlo Ponti, but their situation was very, very complicated. Divorce was illegal in Italy at that time and Carlo Ponti was already married … She was very frustrated at the time. So she fell into this romance with Cary Grant.