In another blow to mass-appealing movies at the Oscars, Academy voters decided to deplete MGM/UAR’s Ridley Scott directed House of Gucci of all but one nomination, that being for Make-Up and Hairstyling.
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Jared Leto is standing up for his portrayal of Paolo Gucci in “House of Gucci”.
The 50-year-old actor, who made a jaw-dropping transformation for his role in the film, reacted to the criticism he received, specifically about his performance.
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In a recent interview with Screendaily, Leto revealed that he gave everything he had to play Paolo and doesn’t pay attention to the critiques himself.
“I can imagine [the reaction] because it’s a big swing. I don’t look at reviews, I don’t look at critics or read comments, but I tried my very best. Paolo is the best I can do. If you don’t like the work, that’s okay,” he said.
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“I had a blast playing it, I dug in as deep as I could,” Letoadded. “It’s also that thing of if you’re not pissing people off then you’re doing something wrong. As an actor, if you want to put a dent in things you got to break things a bit, and not everyone’s going to understand that. So if that’s happening, then great.”
Earlier this month, Leto revealed on SiriusXM’s “The Jess Cagle Show”, that he has an idea for a potential “House of Gucci” prequel starring him and Al Pacino, who plays Paolo’s father, Aldo Gucci.
“‘Just The Two Of Us’ we could call it,” the actor said.
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Speaking of Pacino, Leto said he was “astounded” and “fell to the floor” after not recognizing his son when Leto first appeared as Paolo.
“Having that happen with one of the world’s greatest actors was a beautiful gift. It gave me the faith
In another blow to mass-appealing movies at the Oscars, Academy voters decided to deplete MGM/UAR’s Ridley Scott directed House of Gucci of all but one nomination, that being for Make-Up and Hairstyling.
the 2022 Oscar nominations on Tuesday morning. The announcement was a spectacular school-marm-like repudiation of the popular kids. Here’s who’s in detention.Gaga certainly assumed she’d be included in the Best Actress roster for “House of Gucci” alongside Oscars Terminator Olivia Colman (“The Lost Daughter”), Nicole Kidman (“Being the Ricardos”), Jessica Chastain (“The Eyes of Tammy Faye”) and Penelope Cruz (“Parallel Mothers”).
Zack Sharf The 2022 Oscar nominees have been revealed, but it’s one name missing from the best actress race that’s generating the most conversation online. Fans were shocked when Lady Gaga failed to earn a nomination for her performance in “House of Gucci.” The nom would’ve been Gaga’s second best actress bid, following her nominated turn in “A Star Is Born,” for which she won an Oscar for original song.
Zack Sharf Despite landing a SAG Award nomination and significant Oscar buzz for his performance in “House of Gucci,” Jared Leto is now a contender for a Razzie Award for his portrayal of Paolo Gucci in Ridley Scott’s murder drama. Nominations for the 2022 Razzie Awards have been announced, spotlighting the worst films and performances of the last year.
New Release Wall“House of Gucci” (Universal Pictures Home Entertainment) The legendary and legendarily vicious Gucci fashion empire gets the old-fashioned Big Movie treatment with Adam Driver, Jared Leto, Jeremy Irons, and Lady Gaga. Is it kind of ridiculous? Yes, but it’s also the reboot of Dynasty you never knew you wanted, one that’s best watched with a living room full of your rowdiest and most opinionated friends.
have been announced — and it’s not good news for Bruce Willis.The action hero, 66, has been given his own special category at the upcoming awards show— which will name “the worst movies” of 2021 —after he starred in eight critically-panned flicks in the space of a single year.The special category is titled “Worst Performance by Bruce Willis in a 2021 movie” and includes every single film the actor appeared in over the past 12 months.The aging star — who was once a box-office drawcard thanks to lead roles in “Die Hard” and “Pulp Fiction” — made seven direct-to-video movies last year, including “Out of Death,” which has a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.Willis also appeared in “Midnight In The Switchgrass,” which was released in cinemas but was similarly lambasted by critics.“Excruciating musicals, thrill-free thriller rip-offs, a nearly 2-hour product placement flick, and more Bruce Willis than any starving viewer could stomach,” Razzies organizers said in a press release promoting the nominations on Monday.
The 2022 Razzie Awards nominations are here.
Jared Leto is opening up about how he’s mastered the accents in his most recent films, which include House of Gucci and the upcoming WeCrashed.
Ridley Scott's true-crime film debuted in theaters, audiences can indulge in the wickedly decadent drama from the comfort of their own homes — with the thriller now available to buy and watch on a number of streaming platforms.Through its particularly luxe lens,depicts the rise of the famed Gucci empire, along with the headline-making scandals that arose out of the Italian fashion house throughout the '90s. The film was adapted from the book and explores the implications of Patrizia Reggiani's (played by Lady Gaga) marriage to the former head of Gucci, Maurizio Gucci (played by Adam Driver). Maurizio was killed in 1995 through a murder-for-hire scheme, which saw Reggiani at the center of the case.Between its box office success, awards season buzz and star-studded cast — which features Gaga, Driver, Jared Leto, Al Pacino, Salma Hayek, Jeremy Irons and Jack Huston, among others -- this high-stakes flick is a can't-miss watch for true-crime nerds and Gaga fans alike (hi, Little Monsters).
Oscar Isaac (“Dune,” “Moon Knight”) and Jared Leto (“House of Gucci,” “Morbius”) sat down for a virtual chat for Variety’s Actors on Actors, presented by Amazon Studios. For more, click here.In “House of Gucci,” Jared Leto vanishes into a larger-than-life performance as fashion world ne’er-do-well Paolo Gucci. By contrast, Oscar Isaac’s turns in Paul Schrader’s “The Card Counter” (as William Tell, a poker player with a dark past in the Iraq War) and Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” (as Duke Leto, the head of a powerful interstellar dynasty) are tightly contained.But the two actors still find many similarities to discuss, including their future as Marvel superheroes — Leto’s Morbius and Isaac’s Moon Knight — and their alternate careers as musicians starting in the 1990s.
Jared Leto is opening up about the critics of House of Gucci.
Jared Leto wears stars on his cool suit for his appearance on The Late Late Show with James Corden on Thursday night (January 27).
Jared Leto is all about a movie transformation, but would the 50-year-old Oscar winner ever consider playing the male lead in a traditional rom-com?Don't hold your breath. The star appeared on Thursday's, where Corden asked Leto if there was «any bit» of him that would be interested in doing a straightforward rom-com. «The honest answer is no,» Leto replied, smiling.«But why? Why would you not want to do that?» Corden pressed. «Just the same reason I don't want to eat a bag of Sour Patch Kids and a pizza at the same time,» Leto quipped. «I'm not saying it's not going to taste good going down.»«I gotta tell ya, bro, we're all gonna die,» Corden jokingly replied.«Maybe some of us sooner rather than later,» Leto said. He later clarified, «I'm joking.
Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk has responded to the news that Chinese streaming platform Tencent Video has amended the film’s ending.In the final scenes of the original, The Narrator (Edward Norton) kills off his imaginary alter ego Tyler (Brad Pitt) and watches on as numerous buildings explode.In the version released on the Chinese streaming platform Tencent Video, however, the original’s anarchist ending is replaced with a black slate, captioned: “The police rapidly figured out the whole plan and arrested all criminals, successfully preventing the bomb from exploding.” It also adds that Tyler was sent to a “lunatic system” for treatment.Palahniuk, who wrote the 1996 novel the film is based on, gave a sarcastic response to the altered ending in his newsletter on Substack.Have You Seen This Sh*t?This is SUPER wonderful! Everyone gets a happy ending in China! https://t.co/saVA2yro9B pic.twitter.com/20UzTi1nyI— Chuck Palahniuk (@chuckpalahniuk) January 25, 2022“Tyler and the gang were all arrested. He was tried and sentenced to a mental asylum.
House of Gucci actor, Jared Leto took to Instagram to share a set of vacation photos with friends. The group pics included our Latina Powerhouse, Eiza González as well as Georgie Flores, Sofia Boutella and others.
Lady Gaga and Salma Hayek share a deadly friendship in House of Gucci, but there was apparently a whole other side of the relationship that never made it to the film’s final cut.“There’s a whole side of this film that you did not see where Pina [played by Hayek] and I developed a sexual relationship,” Gaga, 35 said during an MGM studios House of Gucci panel Q&A with the cast of the film.“Should I? Should I go? Should I tell them?” Hayek asked Gaga.“I remember being on set with Salma and going, ‘So after Maurizio dies, maybe it gets hot?’” said Gaga, which elicited a round of laughter from the audience.“You think she’s kidding,” Hayek said with a wry smile.While no reason was given for the sex scene hitting the cutting room floor, Lady Gaga suggested the footage may one day see the light of day. “Director’s cut, who knows?” she said.Hayek told the audience the two had developed a “delicious relationship” and that audience “didn’t get to see all of the scenes” between the two.
WeCrashed, Apple TV+'s upcoming miniseries about the precipitous rise and fiery fall of co-working empire , starring as company founder Adam Neumann and his wife-collaborator, Rebekah.Already the subject of a and a podcast from Wondery (on which the series is based), the story of WeWork is somewhat familiar. Put : Adam was a dreamer who raised an incredible amount of capital to finance his vision of a millennial-friendly office space, before branching into the residential and educational sectors.