Lady Gagais looking back at a particularly cringeworthy audition.
TheHouse of Guccistar, 35, admitted toThe Hollywood Reporterthat she didn’t always nail her auditions when she was setting out to become a young actress.
In fact, she said, “I was terrible at auditioning. I was so bad. I could never get a role. I used to just freeze.”
Gaga recalled doing a callback for a LensCrafters commercial, which she didn’t end up landing because she froze during it: “I would stand there and go, ‘Oh my God. Ah! You gotta do this perfect. I’m not making my dad proud.’ "
The “Rain on Me” singer toldTHRabout the difficult trade-off that comes with a fame and notoriety.
“I made a trade when I decided to pursue my career in the way that I have,” she said. “I didn’t know what that trade was going to be, but it happened. And in a lot of ways, I feel like I’ve lost everything.”
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For her latest role in Ridley Scott’sGucci, she plays Patrizia Reggiani, acting out the real-life trauma the wife of heir to the fashion house Maurizio Gucci went through before ultimately having him killed.
Scott toldTHRthat he wanted Gaga for the part after seeing her inA Star Is Born.
“There was only one person ever in my sights at this moment in time who could carry this pretty forthright woman. I found [Lady Gaga] to be inordinately approachable and, frankly, a lot of fun. She’s very smart and very, very perceptive. I knew after that first meeting, it was essential that she would do this part. She must. And, of course, because of her very recent success [inA Star Is Born], that made it a lot easier for us to get going and get a proper budget.”
House of Gucciis in theaters Nov. 24.
source: people.com
