House of Gucci is a whole lot of movie, that's for sure.

Lady Gaga, in fur hats, Adam Driver, in huge glasses, and Jared Leto using an Italian accent

so thick it will stick right to your pasta.

It's all in service of a spin on the true story of the Gucci family.

It's got fashion, it's got tragedy, and did we mention Jared Leto's accent?

I'm Stephen Thompson.

I'm Linda Holmes, and today we're talking about House of Gucci on Pop culture happy hour

from NPR.

Also with this from his home studio is Glenn Weldon of the NPR arc desk, I Glenn.

It's a me, Jared Leto, here on the...

And also here is Aisha Harris, hey Aisha.

About the son, House of Gucci.

Oh boy, okay, so House of Gucci is based on a true story, Adam Driver plays the wealthy

Maurizio Gucci and Lady Gaga plays his wife Patricia.

We meet them when they're young and first falling in love over the objections of his father

played by Jeremy Irons, but they get married and she starts to push him to assert himself

about the famed family fashion business that leads to a battle for control of Gucci with

his uncle Aldo played pretty broadly by Al Pacino and his cousin Fowlo played for pure comedy

by Jared Leto.

Leto's Italian accent has already been compared to Mario and Luigi from the world of

Nintendo with good reason.

Salma Hayek also shows up as Patricia's psychic who ultimately gets involved in the unhappy

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