Filming Locations Guide: Where was Trust filmed?

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The FX Networks series is a fiction based on the real kidnapping in 1973 of John Paul Getty III, heir to the Getty oil empire, by the Italian mafia.

The young boy was wrongly convinced that his family would pay a substantial ransom for his release.

Trust was filmed in England, Rome, and some of the less-visited regions of Italy, the forgotten Calabria and Basilicata areas in the south of the country.

Where is Trust filmed

The renowned director of Trainspotting and Slumdog Millionaire, Danny Boyle, tells the same story that Ridley Scott in the 2017 drama All the money in the world, although the productions have different points of view.

Donald Sutherland leads the cast as the tycoon J. Paul Getty, Harris Dickinson as his nephew, J. Paul Getty, Hilary Swank as the mother Gail Getty, and Brendan Fraser as private investigator James Fletcher.

Welcome to our spoiler-free guide to the magnificent filming locations of Trust.

Trust series house
The Getty mansion was filmed in the 17th-century Audley End House near Saffron Walden, Essex.

The stately home should be located near the fictional town of Bly, England.
Image courtesy of FX Networks - Map


Getty mansion Trust
The Great Hall plays a major role in representing the core of the English countryside manor, where J. Paul Getty lived escorted by his five lovers and a pet lion.
Image courtesy of FX


Interiors of the manor rooms
The golden-roofed Long Gallery of Hatfield House in Hertfordshire was also used to film one of the most sumptuous lodges of the mansion.

Hatfield's Marble Hall served as Getty’s dining room.

This location was also featured in the Taboo series and the 2017 superhero blockbuster Wonder Woman; but where was Wonder Woman filmed?
Image courtesy of FX and Esther Westerveld - Map


Trust drehorte
In England, additional scenes were filmed in London, including this one pictured shot in a corner of Fitzroy Square Garden.
Image courtesy of FX and Google Maps

Filming Locations in Italy

John Paul Getty flat in Rome
In Italy, a lot of action takes place in the historical heart of Rome.

Pictured, the exterior of the house where Paul's troupe was living in Via Margana, located in the Jewish Neighborhood near Piazza Venezia.
Image courtesy of FX and Google Maps


Shoot in Rome
If you've been walking around the picturesque Trastevere neighborhood, you might have seen that Paul's friend's Trattoria is located at Santa Maria square.
Image courtesy of FX - Map


Trust Luoghi di ripresa
The courtyard with huge old Roman sculptures is the Palazzo dei Conservatori in Capitoline Hill.

The lower scene was also shot at the Capitoline Hill, the gate is facing the Roman Forum.

A short sequence was filmed in the Appian Way Aqueducts Park (Parco degli Acquedotti) in the outskirts of Rome.

There is also a scene from episode 2 with Paul and Martine in front of the Colosseum, filmed in from the same terrace as the acclaimed 2013 film The Great Beauty.
Image courtesy of FX - Map


Trust series cinema
The creepy Cinema Ambasciatori does exist: It's an adult movie cinema located at 101 Via Montebello.
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Roman ruins scene
Negotiation scenes from episode 6 were filmed on location in the Roman ruins of Villa Adriana in Tivoli.
Image courtesy of Giampaolo Macorig - Map


Wo wir Trust gedreht
The temple from episode 7, where you can spy on the people talking in the central nave is the Santi Luca e Martina Church, also located in the Roman Forum.

The white bank from episode 9 is the Salone delle Fontane (the hall of the fountains) at the Eur district.
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Mafia village south of italy
In Calabria, the village of Orsomarso served to represent the scenes of the mafia town in the south of Italy.

The sequence in the train was shot at Camigliatello Silano station.
Image courtesy of Alby3 - Map


Trust série lieux de tournage
Also, the little hamlet of Civita and the gorges of the river Raganello within the Pollino National Park were featured in Trust.
Image courtesy of Don Gatley - Map


Scenery in Calabria
One section of the road to the hill of San Biagio in Maratea was filled with artificial snow to film a key scene
Image courtesy of FX - Map

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1 comments
  1. The Brendan Fraser charater's (James Fletcher Chace) digs are at 67 Grafton Way in Fitzrovia London, near the southern point of Fitzroy Sq.. There's a quick shot in the opposite direction down Conway Street showing BT Tower (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BT_Tower).

    As Chace proceeds along Grafton Way to his lodgings at No. 67 one can see one of the famous Blue Plaques on the side wall of the house at 33 Fitzroy Square behind him (https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/roger-fry/ and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omega_Workshops).

    No. 33 is the end house of a lovely terrace by Scottish architect Robert Adam (1728-92).

    Coincidentally, Brendan Fraser spent part of his childhood in Rome and, on one visit to London as a nine-year-old, saw 'Star Wars' at the Leicester Square Odeon which inspired him to want to become a film actor.

    Thank you very much for your very enjoyable site.

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