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Lady Gaga’s upcoming role inHouse of Guccitook a toll on the star.
The singer and actress plays Patrizia Reggiani in Ridley Scott’s upcoming film, which follows the real-life figure as she hires a hitman to kill her ex-husband, Maurizio Gucci (Adam Driver). Gaga posed for the cover ofBritishVogue’s December issue, on newsstands Friday, where she spoke about diving deep into the character.
“I had some psychological difficulty at one point towards the end of filming,” Gaga said. “I was either in my hotel room, living and speaking as Reggiani, or I was on set, living and speaking as her.”
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“I remember I went out into Italy one day with a hat on to take a walk. I hadn’t taken a walk in about two months and I panicked,” she said. “I thought I was on a movie set.”
Gaga told the magazine she’d been working on her portrayal for three years.
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The movie chronicles the aftermath of Maurizio’s death after Reggiani hired a hitman to kill him in 1995.
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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On Monday, Gaga spoke toThe Wall Street Journal, where she discussed her new albumLove for Salewith legendTony Bennettand how she got into character for her cinematic follow-up to her Oscar-nominated performance inA Star Is Born.
“I knew I was about to play a murderer. I also knew how Tony feels about Italians being represented in film in terms of crime. I wanted to make a real person out of Patrizia, not a caricature,” said Gaga.
“I felt the best way to honor Maurizio and Italians was for my performance to be authentic, from the perspective of a woman. Not an Italian-American woman, but an Italian woman,” she added.
House of Guccialso starsAl Pacino,Jeremy Irons,Jared Leto,Salma Hayek,Reeve Carney, andJack Huston.
The film debuts in theaters on Nov. 24.
source: people.com
