Jared Leto

Singer and actor Jared Leto will make a biopic about Karl Lagerfeld and will play the lead himself. This has been reported by WWD.

Leto told WWD.

When Jared first met Lagerfeld, he told the designer, “You know, one day I’m going to have to play you in a movie.” “Just you, dear, only you,” Lagerfeld affirmed.

It is not yet known when shooting will begin. Land details were not disclosed. When asked if the movie will be a love story, Leto replied:

Karl Lagerfeld

The film will also be hosted by people from the legendary designer’s close circle: Pier Paolo Righi, Karl Lagerfeld’s CEO since 2011, and Caroline Lebar, Karl Lagerfeld’s Senior Vice President of Image and Communications, who has been close to Karl Lagerfeld for 35 years. Sebastien Jondeau, a designer who advises on media matters, and worked as the designer’s personal assistant and bodyguard for twenty years.

He said summer.

Although the name Leto is mostly associated with Gucci, Jared’s paths often cross with Lagerfeld. For example, in Saint-Tropez, where the designer spends several weeks every summer, and also as a guest at some Chanel fashion shows. Leto noted that Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele also told him about Lagerfeld.

said Jared.

Jared Leto

Earlier it was known that the Met Gala ball in 2023 will be dedicated to Karl Lagerfeld and his work. The designer passed away in 2019 at the age of 85.

Jared Leto is known for his radical film transformations. For example, she lost 18 kilograms for the role of a transgender woman in the movie Dallas Buyers Club, and on the contrary played the overweight and bald Paolo Gucci in the movie House of Gucci (but everything worked out here). make-up).