OUR DREAM BALLOT

Jeremy Irons

Aldo Gucci (Al Pacino)

He’s a boulevardier. He’s very elegant, but a bit attached to the ladies. He’d have a tie and a pocket handkerchief, and he’d have a rose in his buttonhole. He’d have sunglasses. I actually had some black snakeskin fake Gucci shoes made for him, but [Pacino] wanted to wear the same pair of shoes all the way through. The funny thing was, he did come out Day 1 with a cane—not for propping himself up, but as an affectation. And he said, “I’m not wearing a hat,” in that Al Pacino voice. I said, “Oh, that’s a shame.” He said, “It’s because my hair looks so great!”

Rodolfo Gucci (Jeremy Irons)

Rodolfo obviously was ailing. We were going to keep him in a cravat, but then [a particular lunch scene] got written in, so we had to develop him more. He’s very elegant, like his son. Jeremy’s got a wonderful clotheshorse figure. He loves a scarf. There’s one scene where he’s sitting in the garden in his dressing gown and a cravat. And Ridley said, “It’s a bit chilly; let’s put a blanket on him.” Well, Jeremy swung it around his neck—that cashmere pashmina. It really did look brilliant, darling. He just wears things with such panache. Al Pacino