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  • Jared Leto wants a prequel to ‘House of Gucci’ with Al Pacino

    By PTI

    Actor Jared Leto says he had so much fun while shooting for “House of Gucci” that he would love to collaborate with co-star Al Pacino on another film in the same universe, preferably a prequel.

    The Ridley Scott-directed film, based on real events, can have a prequel, according to the Oscar-winning actor.

    “I’d love to do a prequel to House of Gucci,” Leto said during a recent interview on SiriusXM’s The Jess Cagle Show, citing his time on set working with Al Pacino as the motivating factor.

    “Just the Two of Us, we could call it,” he added.

    Leto played the role of Paolo with Pacino starring as his father Aldo in the movie.

    The actor, who underwent a physical transformation to play Paolo, recalled how he tricked Pacino with his look.

    “On the first day of set, he didn’t know it was me, and I came up to him and said, you know, ‘hello.’ And he just kind of brushed me off. He thought I was just an Italian weirdo that was trying to talk to him or get his autograph or something,” Leto said.

    “I come up to him two or three times and someone finally whispered, ‘That’s Paolo, that’s Jared under there.’ And he was like, ‘My son, my son,’ and he fell to the floor. He was just astounded. Having that happen with one of the world’s greatest actors was a beautiful gift and gave me the faith that if Al can believe in this guy, then we all can. It was a boost of confidence early on, and I adored working with him,” he added.

    “House of Gucci” is inspired by the real-life story of Patrizia Reggiani (Lady Gaga), who married into the Gucci clan before her strained union to Maurizio Gucci (Adam Driver) ultimately led the couple to divorce, after which Patrizia hired a hitman to murder her ex-husband with the help of her close friend, Pina (Salma Hayek).

    Critics have been divided on the movie and Leto’s performance but the actor has picked up nominations for Best Supporting Actor at the Critics Choice Awards and the Screen Actors Guild Awards.

  • Lady Gaga needed psychiatric nurse on ‘House Of Gucci’ set: ‘I was always Patrizia’

    By IANS

    Singer-actress Lady Gaga, who plays Patrizia Reggiani in director Ridley Scott’s latest movie ‘House Of Gucci’, shared that she needed a psychiatric nurse on set because she pushed herself to the limit.”I had a psychiatric nurse with me towards the end of filming,” she said on the Just for Variety podcast, reports aceshowbiz.com.”I sort of felt like I had to. I felt that it was safer for me. That’s because I was always Patrizia. I always spoke in my accent. And even if I was speaking about things that weren’t related to the movie.””I wasn’t pretending that Maurizio (her husband played by Adam Driver) was waiting for me downstairs – I was still living my life. I just lived it as her,” she went on detailing.”I brought the darkness with me home because her life was dark.”But Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, isn’t proud of it.She said she spoke out about this not to “glorify” her craft, but because “I don’t think that any actor should push themselves to that limit.”She said she found it hard to comprehend it herself, “And I ask myself all the time why I do that. I’ve done some pretty extreme art pieces throughout my career – the things I’ve put my body through, my mind. It’s like a walnut of sadness in my stomach as I say this to you. I don’t know why I’m like that.”I think that the best answer I could give you is I have a sort of romantic relationship with suffering for your art that I developed as a young girl, and it just sometimes goes too far,” she claimed.”And when it does go too far, it can be hard to reel it in on your own.”Noting that “it’s not a secret that I’ll do anything for art,” the Golden Globe Award winner for her role in ‘A Star Is Born’ confided that she may change her method when she has a kid, because “it could be problematic for a child to be around.””I probably will completely change this when I have a child, but I don’t have a child yet. I want to be available and present for my children in a way that I think when you are acting in that way, it could be problematic for a child to be around.”As for her next role, Gaga would like to switch things up.”I’d love to do a romantic comedy,” she said in the podcast, adding that her longtime manager Bobby Campbell suggested a rom-com after ‘Gucci’ wrapped.

  • Watch | Lady Gaga transforms into Mrs Gucci in first trailer of ‘House of Gucci’

    By ANI
    WASHINGTON: Following months of speculation, MGM finally dropped the much-anticipated trailer of its upcoming film ‘House of Gucci’, wherein the film’s stars Adam Driver and Lady Gaga shined as Mr and Mrs Gucci. A series of character posters were also released before the trailer launch.

    The film, directed by Ridley Scott, details the assassination of Maurizio Gucci (Driver), the grandson of renowned fashion designer Guccio Gucci, and the downfall of the Gucci family fashion dynasty.

    Gaga portrays socialite Patrizia Reggiani, Maurizio’s ex-wife who was tried and convicted of orchestrating his murder after he left her for a younger woman. She served 18 years in prison, where she gained the nickname Black Widow, before being released in 2016. Salma Hayek will play Pina Auriemma, who was a clairvoyant friend of Reggiani.

    ALSO READ: Lady Gaga wraps up shooting for ‘House of Gucci’

    “It was a name that sounded so sweet, so seductive, synonymous with worth, style, power, but that name was a curse, too,” Gaga’s Reggiani says in a voiceover opening the trailer that gives a glimpse into the lives of the Italian fashion family.

    “I don’t consider myself to be a particularly ethical person. But I am fair,” Gaga adds to the tune of ‘Heart Of Glass’ by Blondie.

    The trailer of the film offered all the glitz and glamour you’d expect from the Italian fashion house in the ’90s, complete with the couple’s lavish wedding, opulent lifestyle and something more sinister, a murder. Gucci fashion shows and wild nights at the disco are also part of the drama leading up to the murder.

    The character posters, which were revealed a few hours before the trailer launch featured Gaga as Reggiani, Driver as Maurizio Gucci, Pacino as Aldo Gucci, Leto as Paolo Gucci and Irons as Rodolfo Gucci.

    ‘House of Gucci’ written by Roberto Bentivegna, is based on Sara Gay Forden’s novel ‘The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed’. The star-studded cast also includes Al Pacino, Jared Leto and Jeremy Irons. MGM, Bron Creative and Scott Free Productions have produced the film.

    “This project has long been a labor of love for both Ridley and me. The story is so epic, the stakes so high and the characters so richly drawn,” said Giannina Scott, who is producing the film alongside her husband under their Scott Free banner, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

    MGM’s film chairman Michael De Luca also expressed his excitement in a statement to have been a part of the studio bringing the project to life. “Nothing typifies bold, audacious originality more than a film by Ridley Scott.”

    Filmed in Europe, ‘House of Gucci’ marks Gaga’s first film since ‘A Star Is Born’, which earned her Oscar and Golden Globe nominations. The film is slated to be released in the US on November 24 by United Artists Releasing.

    Watch the trailer here:

  • Lady Gaga wraps up shooting for ‘House of Gucci’

    By ANI
    WASHINGTON: Hollywood singer-actor Lady Gaga on Sunday announced the wrap-up for her upcoming biographical crime drama ‘House Of Gucci’.

    The Grammy-winning star took to her Instagram handle and shared a snap from the sets of ‘House of Gucci’ that sees her pounding fists with the film’s director Ridley Scott.

    “That’s a wrap, Rid,” Gaga wrote in the caption, adding the hashtag, “#HouseOfGucci.”

    The first looks of Gaga and Adam Driver (lead hero) from the movie were unveiled on March 10, 2021, by Gaga and the makers of the film on their Instagram handles.

    As per People magazine, ‘House of Gucci’ is based on the popular book ‘The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed’ by Sara Gay Forden.

    The upcoming movie follows the story of Maurizio Gucci (Driver), the head of the Gucci fashion house, and his ex-wife Patrizia Reggiani (Gaga) and the aftermath of his death after Patrizia hired a hitman to kill him in 1995.

    Maurizio and Patrizia married in 1973 and in May 1985, the businessman left his wife for a younger woman after 12 years of marriage. Their divorce was finalised in 1991. In 1995, Maurizio was shot and killed by a hitman Patrizia hired on the steps outside his office in Milan.

    Patrizia was convicted of arranging her husband’s murder in 1998 and sentenced to 29 years in prison. Their daughters, Alessandra and Allegra, asked that her conviction be overturned, claiming her brain tumour had affected her ability to reason.The two were successful and in 2000 an appeals court in Italy reduced Patrizia’s sentence to 26 years. She was released in October 2016 after serving 18 years in prison due to good behaviour.

    The upcoming film is being helmed by Ridley Scott and also stars Al Pacino, Jared Leto, Jack Huston, Reeve Carney, and Jeremy Irons. Written by Roberto Bentivegna, the film went on floors in Rome last month. The star cast has been in Italy for a couple of weeks now, prepping and shooting ‘House of Gucci’.

    Both Gaga and Driver are Oscar-nominated actors. Gaga’s first acting endeavour after her 2018 blockbuster ‘A Star Is Born’ co-stars Bradley Cooper. On the other hand, Driver was last seen in the 2019 Netflix film ‘Marriage Story’, co-starring Scarlett Johansson.

    ‘House of Gucci’ is set to the big screens on November 24, 2021. 

  • Salma Hayek joins cast of Ridley Scott’s ‘House of Gucci’

    By PTI
    LOS ANGELES: Salma Hayek is the latest A-lister in the cast of veteran filmmaker Ridley Scott’s “House of Gucci”.

    The much-awaited movie will feature pop star Lady Gaga as Patrizia Reggiani, the ex-wife of Guccio Gucci’s grandson Maurizio Gucci (to be played by Adam Driver).

    Reggiani was abandoned after 12 years of marriage by Maurizio Gucci in 1985 for a younger woman.

    She was tried and convicted of orchestrating her ex-husband’s assassination on the steps of his office in Italy in 1995.

    She got the nickname the Black Widow during the trial and served 18 years before being released from prison in 2016.

    Hayek will essay the role of Pina Auriemma, who was a clairvoyant friend of Reggiani, reported Deadline.

    She joins the cast which also includes Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Jared Leto and Jack Huston.

    “So happy to have my good buddy Salma join our wonderful cast.

    I’ve been talking with her about this Gucci project for 20 years.

    Now it’s happening and she is a part of it.

    Rid and I are thrilled,” producer Giannina Scott said.

    The MGM film has script by writer Roberto Bentivegna.

    It will be produced by Ridley and Giannina Scott’s Scott Free Productions banner.

    Hayek most recently featured in Amazon movie “Bliss” and will next be seen in Lionsgate’s “The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard”.

    She will also star in Marvel Studios’ upcoming tentpole “The Eternals”.