Lady Gaga Says 'House of Gucci' Scene Caused Filmmakers to Call Cut Because They Felt She Wasn't Safe
etonline.comLady Gaga's performance was so intense that it worried the filmmakers at one point.During a conversation with Jake Gyllenhaal for 's «Actors on Actors» series, the 35-year-old singer and actress revealed why the filmmakers quickly called cut during one scene of the film, in which Gaga stars as Patrizia Reggiani, an Italian woman who marries a Gucci heir and then sets up his murder after he files for divorce.«The way that I feel safe is just that I feel safe being in pain.
I feel safe in art. I almost think I feel safer with art than I do in life,» Gaga explained. «When I did the bathtub scene, when I went under, they had to yell 'Cut' because they were like, 'Get her out of there!'»«I was fine.
I can hold my breath for a long time. I’m a singer,» she continued. «I feel protected by art. I feel art has saved me my whole life.»Gaga expanded on how acting has saved her earlier in the conversation, looking back on the days when she was «so mercilessly bullied» and had «really strict» parents.«Acting for me was a way to totally escape who I was,» she said. «And I think I’ve done it my whole career with taking on the artistic persona of whatever music I’m writing and living inside my art.
And for films, it’s different, but it’s not.»In fact, Gaga said, when she's playing a character, she largely lives as that person even when the camera isn't rolling.«When I’m in character, I don’t pretend we’re not filming,» she said. «I get people who are like, 'Why did you keep your accent the whole time?' Can you imagine going in and out of that s**t all the time, and I would only get three takes?
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