“Only in Paris do you get chestnuts falling from the sky.”
But Leto is known for following his own curiosity beyond the obvious, mining the most from unexpected places.
By now, you’ve heard the stories.
Jared Leto talks ‘House of Gucci’ and his past transformations.Focus Features; Fabio Lovino/MGM/Universal; Clay Enos/Warner Bros.
When Leto transforms himself for a film, the performance doesn’t always end when the camera stops rolling.
“When you make that kind of commitment, there’s something that happens.
Yet,Gucciwas enticing enough for the actor to go bold.
Jared Leto plays Paolo Gucci in Ridley Scott’s ‘House of Gucci.'.MGM Studios
“I was successful in holding them back,” he admits.
The run-up toGucciis a stark contrast to the time he prepared to murder a Beatle.
“I was in a very frail, very vulnerable place.”
Jared Leto in a ‘House of Gucci’ character poster.MGM
One Oscar win later, it’s fair to say that whatever Leto did worked.
But sometimes his tactics are more oblique.
“It was us just goofing around.”
“Subtlety is the hardest,” the actor says.
“Silence is the most important note you’ve got the option to play.
We’re all made up of those nuances.
I don’t want to give away all of my secretsI have to keep some for myself.”
And we’ll keep trying to figure it all out, wherever the next chestnut falls.
