Lady Gaga’s accent in Gucci House is not the only peculiar acting choice the pop star made in preparation for Ridley Scott’s film.
The pop star was not interested in meeting the infamous “Lady Gucci” Patricia Reggiani, whom she portrays in the upcoming drama – even after the militant fashion icon, 72, made it abundantly clear that she was “rather annoyed” by the singer from -for this. conferring with her.
The film by Scott MGM, which will be released on November 24, tells the story of the 1995 murder of Maurizio Gucci (played by Adam Driver), Reggiani’s ex-husband and heir to the fashion house. The Milan socialite was convicted in 1998 of aiding Gucci’s murder several years after their scandalous divorce.
“I felt that I could truly convey this story fairly if I approached it through the eyes of a curious woman who was interested in a journalistic spirit so that I could read between the lines of what was happening in the scenes of the film,” Lady Gaga recently told British Vogue … “This means that no one was going to tell me who Patricia Gucci was. Even Patricia Gucci.
“I tried my best to play the truth,” she said at the end of a profile that unravels the tangled saga of the fashionable family Reggiani married.
Reggiani, also known as the Italian Black Widow, has since been released from prison. In March, she told the Italian telegraph service ANSA that she was annoyed that Gaga was pranking her “not having the judgment and sensitivity to come and meet me,” explaining that it was “a matter of common sense and respect.”
But the Grammy and Oscar winner didn’t think so. Instead, Gaga shared the unique ways she prepared for the role: the overall method, approaching the film as a reporter, and photography to piece the dangerously glamorous Reggiani together.
Drawing on her own Italian roots, Gaga, whose real name is Stephanie Germanotta, received the script shortly after her debut in the title role in the 2018 film A Star is Born. She worked for three years on “House of Gucci” and for a year and a half “lived” like Reggiani, nine months of which she spoke with a strong Italian accent – on and off camera.
“I’ve never broken down. I stayed with her, ”said Gaga, who also turned brunette to help shape her mindset. By the end of filming, she even lost touch with reality, disconnected from family and friends, while at the same time personifying a rich icon.
“You end up sounding and looking like them, yes, but this is not imitation, this is becoming,” she added.
Gaga spent over a year researching newspaper clippings and Reggiani’s tapes, including Reggiani’s tapes in which she violently scolded her ex. But she also did not read the original script material – Sarah Gay Forden’s 2000 book, House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamor and Greed.
“I didn’t want anyone to have an opinion that would color my thinking in any way,” the singer said.
The Born This Way singer said she didn’t want to “glorify someone who would commit murder,” but “pay tribute to women throughout history who have become experts in survival and the dire consequences of wounds. I hope women watch this and remind themselves to think twice about the fact that people hurt people. And it’s dangerous. “
When asked if she would ever meet Reggiani, Gaga replied that she was not entirely sure.
“I think it takes a certain amount of emotion to be an actor,” she said. “By the end of the game, I realized that when you kill someone else, you are really killing yourself.”
