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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.
