The descendants of the Gucci fashion dynasty family, have expressed dissatisfaction with their representation in the new film House of Gucci.
In a statement issued Monday, the heirs of Aldo Gucci - who ran the fashion house for 33 years until the mid-1980s - said they were irritated by the lack of consultation with filmmakers as well as their portrayal as "Thugs, ignorant and insensitive to the world around them."
Ridley Scott's film, starring Al Pacino as Aldo Gucci, Jeremy Irons as his brother Rodolfo and Adam Driver as his nephew Maurizio, who took over the firm until he was killed in 1995 by a former assassin hired by his ex-wife his, Patrizia Reggiani (played by Lady Gaga).
The statement continued: "This is extremely painful from a human point of view and an insult to the legacy on which the brand is built today."
The statement ended by calling the film an insult. "Gucci is a family that lives by honoring the work of its ancestors, whose memory does not deserve to be bothered to stage an untrue spectacle and does not do justice to its protagonists."
However, despite claiming that "members of the Gucci family reserve the right to take action to protect their name, image and the dignity of themselves and their loved ones", there is no legal action.
