The House of Gucci Script Was Sent to Lady Gaga First

While Lady Gaga is sadly not in the running for an Oscar this year, we can at least relive her House of Gucci performance at home, now that the film is available digitally. (And it will soon be out on DVD on Blu-Ray on Feb. 22, if you still have the tech for it!)

Accompanying the release are new behind-the-scenes clips featuring the cast and crew, including this one, premiering on ELLE.com, about how the script from screenwriters Becky Johnson and Roberto Bentivegna came to life in the Ridley Scott-directed drama. Adapted from Sarah Gay Forden’s book, House of Gucci follows Patrizia Reggiani (Gaga), wife of Gucci heir Maurizio (Adam Driver), who was later convicted of plotting his murder. In the video, Bentivegna points out “the Shakespearean nature of the story with this tragic romance at the center.”

While the saga also traces the rise of the Italian fashion house and Gucci family drama surrounding it, Patrizia’s presence is felt all throughout. So, producer Gianina Scott says, Gaga read the script first.

“We sent the script to Gaga first because it is Patrizia’s story,” she says in the clip. “And she totally connected with it. After we had her, we knew that we could get an amazing cast to join her in this crazy journey.”

That cast went on to include Jeremy Irons as Maurizio’s father Rodolfo Gucci, Al Pacino as his brother Aldo Gucci, Jared Leto as Aldo’s son Paolo Gucci, and Salma Hayek as fortune teller Pina Auriemma.

“The hardest single thing to do is get what you want to do on paper. Cast will come flocking to a great script with a good director,” Ridley Scott says in the video.

Gaga had high praise for the director’s vision with the story. She says he “understands the emotional quotient of a script and he makes room for humanity and for humor. He gave us the space for it to be fun, with a not-so-funny subject.”

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