Be afraid. Be very afraid.
Lady Gaga chatted with W magazine in a new interview about playing Patrizia Reggiani in House of Gucci, and she recalled the bizarre moment she knew it was time to let go of the character: when she started being surrounded by swarms of flies and became convinced Reggiani sent them.
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Reggiani, who in real life was convicted of hiring a hitman to kill her ex-husband, last year said she was "annoyed" Gaga didn't meet with her before making the movie, something Gaga defended by telling Good Morning America, "I didn't wanna collude with something that I don't believe in. You know, she did have her husband murdered."
Gaga has previously revealed the intense method acting process she utilized while making the movie, including using a fake Italian accent for nine months while shooting, and she even had a psychiatric nurse on the set during the last days of the shoot. "I sort of felt like I had to," Gaga told Variety. "I felt that it was safer for me." Apparently, some fly repellent also would have been useful.
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