Bursting
with bling, 'House of Gucci' tells of feuds
behind the fashion
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[November 19, 2021]
By Rollo Ross
LOS ANGELES
(Reuters) - Bold, beautiful to look at and
bursting with star power, "House of Gucci"
brings the remarkable story of the squabbling
family behind the Italian fashion brand to the
big screen. |
Starring Lady Gaga as the
ambitious outsider who married into the family
only to have her spouse killed off, the movie
opening next Thursday in the United States and
beyond tells a tale of decadence, betrayal and
revenge.
Gaga, whose parents are both of Italian
heritage, plays Patrizia Reggiani, who marries
heir to the fashion dynasty Maurizio Gucci (Adam
Driver) but ends up ordering a hit job on her
husband after he divorces her for another woman.
Reggiani served 18 years in jail in Italy for
the 1995 crime.
Jeremy Irons, who plays patriarch Rodolfo Gucci,
said the story was irresistible.
"It's a tremendous line. It's bold, and brazen
and blingy, Italian," he said. "And then one of
them goes and shoots the other. How does that
happen?. ... It's an extraordinary story."
Directed by Ridley Scott and also starring Al
Pacino, Jared Leto and Salma Hayek, the movie
traces the rise and fall of the Gucci brand from
the heady days of the Italian dolce vita in the
1960s to its near-demise in the 1990s.
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Gaga, in her second outing as a lead actress,
has been promoting the film with jaw-dropping
red carpet appearances in Gucci gowns and is
widely favored to get another Oscar nomination
next year.
Driver said the film was about the pitfalls of
power.
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![](http://archives.lincolndailynews.com/2021/Nov/19/images/ads/current/graue_21CAMARO_100421.png) "Gucci is like that cake you
have a little bit of, and then you want the
whole thing. How does someone like that be
seduced by the thing that he knows is bad for
him?," said Driver. "The elegance of that world
and the theatricality of it was really unique."
The Gucci label no longer has any relationship
with the Gucci family but provided the
filmmakers with a "selection of original items
and props" from its archives, the company said
in a statement. It also sanctioned the filming
of a scene at its flagship store in Rome. Gucci
family members were not involved in the making
of the movie.
Jared Leto, unrecognizable as the flamboyant but
misunderstood designer Paolo Gucci, said he went
all in for his role.
"I told him (Ridley Scott) 'I'm gonna to go nuts
here' and he goes 'great,' and he just took off
the cuffs and let us do what we thought was
best.
"It was a blast. It was a dream come true," Leto
said.
(Reporting by Rollo Ross; writing by Jill
Serjeantd; editing by Jonathan Oatis)
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