Complex sentence: Troisi soon gained the status of leader of the trio, inspiring for his facial mimicry and for his apparently confused speaking to famous figures in Neapolitan comedy such as Totò, Eduardo and Peppino De Filippo.
Split into simpler sentences: Troisi soon gained the status of leader of the trio. He was noted for his use of facial mimicry and of apparently confused speech--in these he drew inspiration from such famous figures of Neapolitan comedy as Totò, Eduardo and Peppino De Filippo.