NEWS OF THE WEEK Adam Driver defends playing Italians back to back in Ferrari and House of Gucci

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The Star Wars actor portrayed Italian businessman and Gucci fashion boss in Ridley Scott's 2021 movie House of Gucci, and was most recently seen playing Ferrari founder Enzo Ferrari in Michael Mann's 2023 movie. Driver explained on the SmartLess podcast that he chose those projects simply because he wanted to work with those filmmakers. "So many people have been like, 'How many Italians... ?' I'm like, it's just kind of worked out that way. Well, it's Ridley and it's Michael and they're in my mind some of the best filmmakers of all time...."

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