At Uncle Aldo's birthday party, Aldo says they are missing a player. The men fighting, wrestling, and throwing a soccer ball are playing "Calcio Fiorentino" (Florentine Football), one of the most violent organized team sports, in which punching and kicking are legal.
Salma Hayek is married to François-Henri Pinault, president and CEO of the French multinational Kering, which owns the Gucci brand as of 2021.
Lady Gaga explained that she took into account how her long-time friend Tony Bennett "feels about Italians being represented in film in terms of crime", and aspired to "make a real person out of Patrizia, not a caricature." To achieve that, she studied Reggiani's vocal cadence and attitude. She explained, "I felt the best way to honor Maurizio and Italians was for my performance to be authentic, from the perspective of a woman. Not an Italian-American woman, but an Italian woman." She stayed in character for 18 months, speaking with an accent for nine months during that period. She also ad libbed many of her lines, including the film's iconic quote "Father, Son and House of Gucci," which went viral after the release of the film's first trailer.
During their marriage, Patrizia and Maurizio Gucci had two daughters: Alessandra, born in 1976, and Allegra, born in 1981. Because of the decision of the filmmakers to begin Patrizia and Maurizio's relationship 8 years after it began in reality (from 1970 to 1978), Alessandra was born later than 1976 in the movie. Also, for unexplained reasons, Allegra is completely absent from the movie.
Lady Gaga said that director Sir Ridley Scott often had as many as 4 cameras running simultaneously during a take, as is his signature, time-saving shooting style.