As photos from the shooting scenes of "House of Gucci", Ridley Scott's next film that will deal with the murder of Maurizio Gucci, are constantly circulating on social networks, the famous family seems alarmed.
"We are really disappointed. I speak on behalf of the family, "Patrizia Gucci, one of Maurizio's second cousins, told the Associated Press.
"They are stealing the identity of a family to earn, to increase the income of the Hollywood system. Our family has an identity, privacy. We can talk about everything, but there is a limit that can not be crossed."
Patrizia Gucci told the Associated Press that she met with Ridley Scott's wife, Giannina Facio, to discuss the film, but heard nothing from her. Patrizia noted the alleged inaccuracies with the film's source material - Sara Gay Forden's book "Gucci House: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Fascination and Greed" - as one of her family's main concerns. along with the lack of actual contacts with the production company.
"My grandfather [Aldo Gucci] was a very handsome man, like all Gucci, and very tall, with blue eyes and very stylish. He is being played by Al Pacino, who is no longer very tall, and this photo shows him as fat, short, really ugly. Shame, because it does not look like it at all, "said Patrizia.
Regarding the portrayal by Jared Leto of her father, Paolo Gucci, she said, “Terrible, terrible. "I still feel offended." According to her, the family will take other steps.
In "House of Gucci", Adam Driver plays the grandson of the founder of Guccio Gucci fashion house, Maurizio, whose murder in 1995 was organized by his ex-wife Patrizia Reggiani, who will be played by Lady Gaga. Considered by the media as the "Black Widow", Reggiani spent 18 years in prison for hiring the killer.
