“I am rather annoyed at the fact that Lady Gaga is playing me in the new Ridley Scott film without having had the consideration and sensibility to come and meet me,” Reggiani told Italian news agency Ansa (via The Independent). “It is not an economic question. I won’t get a cent from the film. It is a question of good sense and respect.”
Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here. Gucci and Reggiani’s love story and the subsequent fallout and murder trial is the subject of Scott’s “House of Gucci,” which is notable for being Lady Gaga’s acting follow-up to her film industry breakthrough “A Star Is Born.” Gaga was Oscar nominated for Best Actress with “A Star Is Born” and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Driver is also coming off an Oscar nomination last year in the Best Actor category for “Marriage Story.” The “House of Gucci” script, written by Roberto Bentivegna, is based on Sara Gay Forden’s book “The House of Gucci.” Filming on the project began in Rome last month. In addition to Gaga and Driver, “House of Gucci” features an ensemble cast that includes Al Pacino as Aldo Gucci, Jared Leto as Paolo Gucci, Jeremy Irons as Rodolfo Gucci, and Camille Cottin as Paola Franchi, plus Jack Huston and Reeve Carney. “House of Gucci” is scheduled for a theatrical release on November 24 via United Artists Releasing (the distribution arm of MGM).
