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Salma Hayek is loving having Lady Gaga as her co-star in тАЬHouse Of GucciтАЭ.
During her interview with Variety, the Oscar-nominated actress, 54, gushed about starring alongside Gaga in the upcoming crime drama film.
тАЬHouse Of GucciтАЭ is based on Sara Gay FordenтАЩs book The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed and details the turbulent marriage and divorce of Patrizia and Maurizio Gucci, the head of the Gucci fashion house, leads to murder.
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тАЬWe were talking on the phone and she was already Patrizia,тАЭ Hayek said of getting to know Gaga. тАЬHer accent was perfect.тАЭ
She added, тАЬI think we had a lot of fun reliving scenes that are not even in the movie and she is the ultimate professional, and I could not wait to get on that set. We really couldnтАЩt wait to get on the set and just do it and do it together and play off of each other.тАЭ
Hayek continued, тАЬAnd she has on top of all that, extra abilities that not every brilliant actor has, which is sheтАЩs good with the accent,тАЭ Hayek said. тАЬOf course, she has an amazing ear. She is extraordinary improvising, and not everybody has that. She really embodies the characterтАж Her level of commitment тАФ IтАЩve only seen maybe once or twice somebody commit to a character like she does. And sheтАЩs also a great team player.тАЭ
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Hayek portrays Pina Auriemma, a close confidante of Patrizia (played by Gaga). Adam Driver and Jared Leto are also in the film playing Maurizio and Paolo Gucci, respectively. Al Pacino also stars.
тАЬHouse Of GucciтАЭ is expected to hit big screens this November.
