Lady Gaga had ‘psychological difficulty’ snapping out of the role of Patrizia Gucci after ‘living and speaking as her’

Lady Gaga found it hard to snap out of the role of Patrizia Gucci (Pictures: Steven Meisel / Backgrid)

Lady Gaga has revealed the process for filming House of Gucci was a difficult one, as she had trouble snapping out of the role. 

The singer, real name Stefani Germanotta, 35, will play Patrizia Gucci in the upcoming film by Ridley Scott, and embraced the character so much that it was hard to leave her on set at the end of the day. 

She told Vogue: ‘I had some psychological difficulty at one point towards the end of filming. I was either in my hotel room, living and speaking as Reggiani, or I was on set, living and speaking as her. 

‘I remember I went out into Italy one day with a hat on to take a walk. I hadn’t taken a walk in about two months and I panicked. I thought I was on a movie set.’

Gaga explained: ‘It is three years since I started working on it and I will be fully honest and transparent: I lived as her (Reggiani) for a year and a half. 

‘And I spoke with an accent for nine months of that. Off camera, I never broke. I stayed with her. It was nearly impossible for me to speak in the accent as a blonde. 

Lady Gaga will star in the upcoming Ridley Scott House of Gucci (Picture: Steven Meisel)

Lady Gaga is Vogue’s December cover star (Picture: Steven Meisel)

‘I instantly had to dye my hair, and I started to live in a way whereby anything that I looked at, anything that I touched, I started to take notice of where and when I could see money.’

The casting had ruffled a few feathers with the real Patrizia, who revealed she was offended that Gaga never met with her before portraying her in the film. 

Gaga claims that was so that even the woman herself would not influence her portrayal, explaining: ‘I only felt that I could truly do this story justice if I approached it with the eye of a curious woman who was interested in possessing a journalistic spirit so that I could read between the lines of what was happening in the film’s scenes. 

The real Patrizia Gucci was upset Gaga did not meet her before taking on the role (Picture: Ipa/Rex/Shutterstock)

‘Meaning that nobody was going to tell me who Patrizia Gucci was, not even Patrizia Gucci.’

House of Gucci will be released on November 26 and Gaga is already feeling the pressure of how the film will be viewed in Italy. 

She revealed: ‘It was the experience of a lifetime making this film because every minute of every day I thought of my ancestors in Italy and what they had to do so that I could have a better life. 

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‘I just wanted to make them proud, which is why I made the decision to make the performance about a real woman and not about the idea of a bad woman.’

See the full feature in the December issue of British Vogue available via digital download and on newsstands from Friday, November 5. 

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