Guess which Oscar-winner was just tapped to play fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld in new biopic
WWD.Lagerfeld had a career spanning five decades. He was best known as the creative director of Chanel, alongside his signature look of sunglasses, high starched collars and white hair pulled back into a ponytail.
The German-born designer died in Paris in February 2019 at the age of 85.Related: Iconic fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld dies at age 85 in ParisLeto, 50, told WWD that when he first met Lagerfeld, he told him, “You know, one day I have to play you in a movie.”He says Lagerfeld replied, “Only you, darling, only you.”“I feel like this is a full-circle moment and Karl would be proud of what we are doing,” Leto said.There’s no title or timeline for the movie yet.
Leto would only share that the film will focus on important relationships in Lagerfeld’s life.“There are a multitude of relationships to explore.
Karl had a career that spanned 50-plus years so both personally and professionally he was close to a number of people. I can say we are going to home in on key relationships that convey different parts of his life.”Lagerfeld reportedly had an 18-year relationship with the French aristocrat, model, and socialite Jacques de Bascher.
