Is there a way Sophia Loren could be convinced to do more creative work in trying to develop things - in whichs he herself can also star? She did mostly Italian stuff, as per the Wikipedia article, in the 1970s after becoming a mother, and Italy had already produced what are known as Spaghetti Westerns. With Ms. Loren's popularity, this might be viable.
Hmmm, it appears one of her sons is a director and the other a conductor. Perhaps we could give her a third, middle child who is interested in acting and she works with some producers to create some good material for this middle child - childrens' TV at first, perhaps a Sesame Street appearance, Sophia could do the Muppet Show (I don't think she did OTL but it was a big thing for celebrities to do it, from what I recall), and this could be a bridge to more and more Italian performers and TV shows and movies coming from Italy that - becasue of her popularity - are redubbed into English.
This is just like early Japanese stuff - I was amazed after a few years of watching "Battle of the Planets as a kid that it was originally Japanese and had been adapted to the American screen. In this scenario, Mr. Loren is responsible for such thigns, too; her middle child and perhaps even the others might do voiceovers, in fact. Which leads to another thought - what would an Italian-created version of "Battle of the Planets," "Starblzers," or "Voltron" look like?
Edit: Okay, just had this idea as I ate...
Earth was attacked by the FOrces of Evil of this enemy planet becasue their Axis of Evil knew if they could knock Earth out they could do Very Bad Thigns to others, though Earth likely couldn't be conquered. Earth responds and sends a fleet to fight the bad guys. The planet of this cartoon/anime-style thing is a side venture in a way, but also one that, if the Forces of Good represented by the heroes can tople their government, they can get them to switch sides - though there are worries the main bad guys, while they are on their last legs, could then invade and enslve the planet, so the Earth heroes have to keep this from happening, too, as they fight a bunch of space battles and sometimes rescue civilians, too.