Leto will also produce the film, which comes with the full support of the Karl Lagerfeld fashion house.
Still in the early stages of development and with a director not yet attached, there are few details about the film, although it does come with the backing of the Karl Lagerfeld fashion house, which toldit chronicle “key relationships in Karl Lagerfeld’s life, told through an unpredictable lens, much like the man himself.”
Added Leto: “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.” The actor has reportedly brought on board three of Lagerfeld’s close confidants, in his fashion house chief executive Pier Paolo Righi, senior vice president of image and communications Caroline Lebar, and personal assistant and bodyguard Sébastien Jondeau. All three will serve as exec producers.
“My role is to portray him on screen as honestly as possible,” Leto continued of Lagerfeld. “With celebrity, most people don’t get to see under the surface. They see one or two facets of a person as presented through a public lens. Karl was a human being. We all have beauty within us and we all have faults. We have masks and then we have moments when we reveal the mask. I’m always interested in seeing what’s behind the mask.
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