Recently Coco Before Chanel was released on the big screens which tells the story about the legendary fashion designer Coco Chanel, soon we will see another fashion legend becoming film. Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has become known for portraying famous female fatales in her movies. According to Variety she is now set to play the role of the convicted killer Patrizia Reggiani, former wife of the legendary fashion mogul Maurizio Gucci. Reggiani later got jailed for 29 years in 1999, for killing her ex-husband back in 1995.
Angelina will be working with director Ridley Scott, who has been planning this movie since 2007. The director has approached Leonardo DiCaprio to play Gucci, but the actor is not attached to the film yet.
The film is going to capture the days of the Gucci family empire in the 60’s and 70’s when they were fighting over who would take over the business. Maurizio who was the grand-son of the founder of Guccio Gucci, won to continue running the company. When he was about to re-establish the brand and getting ready to launch a new line of bags together with Tom Ford, the fashion mogul was shot to death by a hitman in Milan in 1995 right before the fashion show. It was later discovered that the hitman was hired by Reggiano.
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