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DirectorRidley Scottis singing his praises forLady Gaga.
While taking part in aHouse of Guccipost-screening Q&A at The Regency Bruin Theater in Los Angeles on Thursday evening, the 83-year-old filmmaker explained that the upcoming film is set to be released after years of planning all thanks to the casting of the “Born This Way” singer.
“I had to find Patrizia [Reggiani], and it was very difficult,” Scott said during the Q&A, which also featured fellow film starsAdam DriverandJared Leto, as well as screenwriter Roberto Bentivegna and producer Kevin Walsh.
Lady Gaga filmingHouse of Gucciin Italy.Marco Piraccini/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images
Reggiani, now 72, served 18 years in prison and was released in 2016, but she still contends she was wrongfully convicted. In the 2018 specialPeople Magazine Investigates: Crimes of Fashion, she said, “I am not guilty, but I am not innocent. All the things that happened were a misunderstanding.”
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Alongside Gaga, Driver and Leto, 49,House of Guccialso starsAl Pacino,Jeremy Irons,Salma Hayek,Reeve Carney, andJack Huston.
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During the post-screening Q&A, Gaga also spoke more in-depth about her role as Reggiani, where she explained, “I never had any contact with Patrizia.”
Noting that she discovered how she was able to “pick up on the nuances of when [Patrizia] was telling the truth and when she was lying,” Gaga said, “I thought, well, if I’m with her in person, she most certainly will lie.”
“And I most certainly will maybe be nervous, or not, and be unable to tell,” she added. “So I didn’t want anyone to tell me who Patrizia [Reggiani] was other than myself, as well as my cast members and my director.”
House of Guccipremieres in theaters later this month on Nov. 24.
source: people.com
