Harvey Weinstein’s Italian Friend Is Now in the Eye of a Media Storm<br />Ms. Hofmeister, speaking for Mr. Weinstein, said the two met during the making of<br />the film "Pulp Fiction," when Mr. Lombardo was dating the actress Uma Thurman.<br />It’s false," Mr. Lombardo said in another interview in his lawyer’s office in Rome, a city<br />where he said he had done great work bringing movies and a lot of money to Miramax.<br />She recalled requesting a room at the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc for Mr. Lombardo, and being told<br />that he was barred because the owner said he "brings too many girls." "That was kind of an ‘ah-ha’ moment for me," she said, recalling thinking, "I get what Fabrizio is about now.<br />His big break came, he said, when he brought Mr. Tornatore’s project, "Malèna," to Mr. Weinstein, who<br />in 1999, despite the objections of some Miramax executives, asked Mr. Lombardo to lead Miramax Italy.<br />Earlier this year, Mr. Lombardo accompanied Mr. Weinstein to a private screening in Rome<br />of the film "Perfect Strangers," leading the Weinstein Company to buy the rights.
