It's couture-bin' time: Jared Leto will play Karl Lagerfeld in a new biopic
Jared Leto reportedly worked closely with Lagerfeld's estate to create a "respectful ode" to the designer and longtime Chanel creative director

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A Lady Gaga-infused taste of high-fashion method acting in House Of Gucci appears to have left Jared Leto wanting to reach for even more iconic heights. The Morbius star has signed on to star as late couturier and longtime Chanel creative director Karl Lagerfeld, who died in February 2019, in a new biopic, per Deadline. Leto will co-produce the project with Lagerfeld’s House of Karl Lagerfeld, as well as his partner Emma Ludbrook through their production banner Paradox.
“Karl has always been an inspiration to me,” says Leto in a statement. “He was a true polymath, an artist, an innovator, a leader, and, most importantly, a kind man.”