House of Gucci puts Lady Gaga in Oscars contention as the femme fatale behind Maurizio Gucci’s assassination

"I don't consider myself a particularly ethical person, but I'm fair," avers Lady Gaga as Patrizia Gucci, nee Reggiani, in Ridley Scott's sudsy, starry dramatisation of the Gucci dynasty's decline. Out for Oscar gold after her nomination for A Star Is Born, Gaga captivates as the glamorous femme fatale at the film's centre: the real-life Reggiani is infamous for ordering the hit on ex-husband Maurizio Gucci – the last in his family to preside over the eponymous fashion house, channelled here by Adam Driver – that would see him gunned down outside his Milan office on March 27, 1995. The real House of Gucci Photo shows Maurizio Gucci, in tuxedo and pink bow tie, sits with Patrizia Reggiani, wearing a black ball gown, in front of floral wallpaper The true story behind House of Gucci is packed with drama, jealousy, money and murder. Gliding through countless palatial interiors from Milan to New York, Gaga and her co-stars – in addition to Driver, there's Jared Leto as Paolo, Al Pacino as Maurizio's uncle Aldo, and Jeremy Irons as his papa Rodolfo – express their feelings by hurling plates of carpaccio or pissing on silk scarves; they deal barbs in pungent, Italian-flavoured English. "