| | We understand each other really well, (25th Oct 21 at 10:54am UTC) | | There seem to be few such communication issues between Hayek and her husband. "We understand each other really well," she says. One of most powerful men in the fashion world, Pinault is the chairman and CEO of French luxury group Kering, whose brands include Gucci, Balenciaga, and Saint Laurent. How does Hayek take advantage of her direct access to some of the world's most coveted clothes? "I'm lucky, and it makes my life easier, but it was never a priority for me," she says. Hayek notes that most of her close female friends are fashion obsessed, fila dad shoes and they find it a bit unfair that she ended up with Pinault. "One friend said, 'I cannot believe that out of all of us, the one who cares the least about fashion is the one who landed that guy!' So I told my husband this. He laughed and said, 'That's why you landed me.'"
House of Gucci explores the extreme pleasures and perils of life at the highest reaches of fashion, recounting the scandalous 1995 murder of family scion Maurizio Gucci (Adam Driver) by a hit man working for his ex-wife, Patrizia Reggiani (Lady Gaga). The film is based on the nonfiction book of the same name and is not backed by the fashion label. But given the social media frenzy sparked by on-set photos of Driver and Gaga in their cable turtlenecks, fur hats, and other vintage finery, the expected November release will surely bring extra attention to the Gucci brand. Hayek first heard about the project before she met Pinault, via her close friend Giannina Facio, fila disruptor 2 yellow who's producing the film and is married to Ridley Scott. (Gucci has made its archives available to the filmmakers.) Now, Hayek says, "the entire thing is very incestuous. It's very funny for me." On set, Gaga assiduously fact-checked the script through Hayek, asking her to verify certain points with Pinault. And Hayek knows several people who remember the witchy machinations of her real-life character, Pina Auriemma. Reggiani's best friend and psychic, Auriemma orchestrated the details of Gucci's killing and ended up serving time in a Milan prison.
Though her screen time in House of Gucci is fairly limited, Hayek has a way of leaving audiences wanting more. In The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017), Sonia Kincaid was a supporting part, but strong viewer reaction led the filmmakers to make her a lead in this year's sequel, turning the project into a three-way buddy movie. "So I said, 'If we're going to have a female lead in an action film, let's bring in some of that femininity and have fun with it,'" Hayek recalls. Now Sonia's savage gunslinging alternates playfully with her ferocious determination to have a baby with Samuel L. Jackson before menopause sets in. | |
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