Lady Gaga gave her all for this role: Only one week left to watch this eccentric biopic on Prime Video

Released in theaters in 2021 and available on Prime Video, Ridley Scott’s House of Gucci reaffirms Lady Gaga’s investment in her acting career, a star born three years after receiving an Oscar for Best Song and a nomination for Best Actress. .

You only have one week left to (re)discover this eccentric biography before it leaves the platform’s catalog.

What is it about?

Gucci is a brand that is recognized and admired all over the world. It was created by Guccio Gucci, who opened his first luxury leather goods boutique in Florence exactly a century ago.

In the late 1970s, the Italian fashion empire was at a critical turning point in its history. Although the company now has an international reputation, it has been marred by rumors of financial misappropriation, sluggish innovation and brand devaluation.

The group is led by two sons of the founder – Aldo, a cunning and colorful character, and his brother Rodolfo, much colder and more traditional.

The cocky Aldo has no intention of handing over control of the empire to anyone – and certainly not to his son Paolo, a fanciful boy who aspires to be a fashion designer. As for Maurizio, Rodolfo’s shy and overprotective son, he’s more interested in studying law than running a global luxury group.

It is then that Maurizio falls in love with the stunning and manipulative Patricia Reggiani and decides to marry her against his father’s advice. When Aldo discovers his kinship with Patrizia, he, with the help of a young woman, manages to convince his nephew to give up his legal ambitions and join the company of which he becomes the de facto heir apparent.

Which doesn’t add to Paolo’s resentment, whose talent doesn’t match his artistic dreams…

Intensive preparation of Lady Gaga

Before you find her in a Harley Quinn costume in Joker: Folie à deux, you can rediscover Lady Gaga in the skin of Patricia Regiani, the ex-wife of Maurizio Gucci (Adam Driver), who ordered her murder in order to get the part. his inheritance before he remarries his mistress Paola Franchi (Camille Cotin).

For this role, Lady Gaga invested in soul and body, as she confided in an interview given in the British version. Vogue : “I started working on him three years ago. And I’ll be completely honest and transparent: I lived in his skin for a year and a half. I spoke with an accent for nine months. Including behind the camera. I never gave up, I stayed with him.”

The singer and actress even wrote a letter to herself when she started working on the film. “I’m telling you I don’t need you now, I’ll be back.”, he said to himself. After this mission, which she says is almost part of the therapeutic work, Lady Gaga stepped into Patrizia Regiani’s shoes.

Like the ally in A Star Is Born, Lady Gaga also physically transformed when she dyed her hair and made a reproduction of Patricia Regian. He had been working on his Italian accent for months, even if the results didn’t convince everyone.

Haunted by this real person he was playing, he also took on a different personality with his partners on set. And Camille Cotin can attest to that. at the time of his entry The Jimmy Fallon ShowThe French actress explained that Lady “He was very focused” And that he rejected it, but for good reason:

“She was a character. And I’m playing her rival. I’m stealing her husband, so obviously I don’t like her. But I really have to say that she doesn’t look like her character in real life.

So he was very focused and suddenly said to me between takes: “You are a beautiful woman, you are a great actress.” At the end of the shooting, we will become friends. But now, shut up.

Very invested in her performance, Lady Gaga did not hesitate to put herself in the scenes of Adam Driver, but also Salma Hayek, even if the sex scene was cut during editing. The singer and actor even improvised the line “Gucci father, son and house“.

The film House of Gucci leaves the Prime Video catalog on September 23.