Jared Leto will be Karl Lagerfeld in his new movie

Jared Leto returns to bet on haute couture. According to Women’s Wear Daily, the star of The House of Gucci will play Karl Lagerfeld in a biopic about the life and times of the controversial german fashion designerdeceased in 2019.

Leto will star in and produce this film

The Lagerfeld’s fashion house has already backed the project, which is apparently still in its early stages. Leto will also produce biopic beside Emma Ludbrook through his production company Paradox. Pier Paolo Righi general manager of the house karl lagerfeld since 2011; Caroline Lebar, senior vice president of image and communication karl lagerfeld; Y Sebastien Jondeau, personal assistant and Lagerfeld’s bodyguard for about 20 yearswill also act as executive producers of the movie, according to WWD. At the moment, there is no director attached to the project.

It was already known that there would be a miniseries on the life of Karl Lagerfeld, but his movie starring Jared Leto It has been a great surprise for the fans of the kaiser of fashion and the leader of 30 Seconds to Mars.

Jared Leto confirms that Karl Lagerfeld has been his great inspiration

‘karl has always been an inspiration to me,” he said. Leto in a statement, according to Deadline, ‘He was a true polymath, an artist, an innovator, a leader and, most importantly, a kind man. When we met with the team of karl lagerfeldwe immediately shared the creative vision of making a respectful ode to karl and, at the same time, expand the artistic limits of what can be a biopic. I am very grateful to Karo, Pier and Seb for allowing us to go on this journey together.’

Lagerfeld died in February 2019 at the age of 85 due to complications from cancer. of pancreas. creative director of chanell, fendi and his own namesake label, as well as other brands in his prolific career, was one of the most famous fashion designers of his time. He was also a controversial figure in the fashion industry, accused of being fatphobic, Islamophobic and critical of the #MeToo movement. In an interview with the German magazine Focus in 2009, lagerfeld said: ‘No one wants to see women with curves’, one of the many comments he made disparaging women’s bodies throughout his more than five-decade career. In 2018, lagerfeld said he was ‘fed up’ with the #MeToo movement, saying: ‘if you don’t want your pants pulled, don’t model.’

Last week, the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced that the theme of the Met Gala 2023and the corresponding special exhibition of the Costume Institute, would be ‘Karl Lagerfeld: A Beauty Line‘, which provoked some reactions from actress Jameela Jamil, among others. Vanity Fair has contacted the MET to ask for feedback.