Angelina Jolie in talks for Scott’s Gucci

Posted on October 21, 2009
Filed Under Actors, Actresses, Directors

Some names in Hollywood catches your attention. No matter what. When Sir Ridley Scott is mentioned you know it’s something worth digging into. And when you throw in a substantial bonus like Angelina Jolie it’s kind of irresistible. Well, it is to this blogger…

Variety reports that Ridley Scott is in discussions with Angelina Jolie for a femme fatale role in “Gucci,” a drama about murder and decadence in the Gucci fashion dynasty.

The production i set to start next year and Scott is talking with Jolie to play Patrizia Reggiani, who was sentenced to 29 years in jail for plotting the murder of her ex-husband, Maurizio Gucci.

The studio is about to hire a scribe to rewrite the drama that recaptures the glamorous days of the Gucci family dynasty in the 1970s and ’80s, when the family was selling $500 million in product annually. Squabbles hobbled the clan until Maurizio, the grandson of founder Guccio Gucci, came out on top of a power struggle to run the family business. Just when he was about to reestablish the brand name by debuting a line designed by newcomer Tom Ford, Maurizio was gunned down in front of his Milan apartment in 1995.

There are moving pieces in the film, as the script is still being developed and Scott needs to lock down an actor to play Maurizio. The director has approached his “Body of Lies” star Leonardo DiCaprio, but he is not attached at this point.

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