Jeremy Irons has joined Lady Gaga in Gucci, which Ridley Scott is directing for MGM. The fashion-focused true-crime drama, basedon the book The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed, will focus on the murder of fashion trailblazer Maurizio Gucci, withGaga playing Patrizia Reggiani, Gucci’s ex-wife who was convicted of orchestrating his death after discovering he had an affair.
Adam Driver,Jared Leto, Al Pacino, Jack Huston and Reeve Carney are in various stages of sowing up their deals for the feature.
Driver is starring as Maurizio Gucci, while Irons will play Maurizio's father, Rodolfo Gucci. Reports surfaced in August that Robert De Niro was to play the part, but they proved premature.
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