Irons will play Maurizio Gucci, one-time head of the Gucci fashion house, a role that was initially intended for Robert De Niro.
Oscar winning actor Jeremy Irons has joined the already stacked cast of director Ridley Scott’s upcoming biographical drama Gucci.
Gucci is coming courtesy of MGM and Gladiator director Ridley Scott and will be based on the book The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed by Sara Gay Forden.
Gucci does not currently have a release date, though reportedly both MGM and Ridley Scott are aiming to have the movie open in theaters sometime in November of next year.