Three Great Things is Talkhouse’s series in which artists tell us about three things they absolutely love. To mark the current release in theaters, on digital and on demand of Ida Red, a taut thriller starring Josh Hartnett, William Forsythe, Frank Grillo and Melissa Leo, fan-favorite actor Grillo picked some of the things that loom largest in his life at the moment. — N.D.

Italy
I just came back from doing a picture in Italy, and while I was there I fell back in love with my motherland. I’ve recently become obsessed with living in Italy, so at the moment everything in my periphery has to be Italian. I’ve reconnected with my heritage and I’m having a good time with it. My brother and I are even talking about buying some property out there and building a couple of houses.