Daniel Brühl IS late fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld in Disney's 'Kaiser Karl' (2024)

[quote]Daniel Brühl is set to star as late fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld in “Kaiser Karl,” the anticipated Disney+ original series. The show is currently shooting in France, Monaco and Italy.

[quote]The six-part series will chronicle the rise of Karl Lagerfeld through the world of 1970s Parisian high fashion. The series will also explore the rivalry between Lagerfeld and Yves Saint Laurent’s partner Pierre Berge, as well as his love story with Jacques de Bascher. Along with depicting the clan rivalries and ego battles of the high fashion world, the series will also portray the epic partying and decadence, tragic love affairs and friendships which marked Lagerfeld’s life.

I don't and won't have Disney +. If this turns out anything like Murphy's "Halston", it will be a badly-acted, and not-so-accurate piece of fluff, whose greatest redeeming quality is its visual appeal. If only the rest of the components of Murphy's projects could be as good the work of his design departments.

Anyway, I can't imagine it will be that interesting or accurate, given the platform.

[quote]as well as his love story with Jacques de Bascher

Damn, he was sexy. Some newbie twink will get this role, no doubt.

[quote] Matthias Schweighöfer

He looks very Hiddlestonesque at R8.

[quote] Dietrich's in the second episode.

Her corpse must be so rotted now.

He looks like a composite of every 80s teenage heart throb, a little Corey Feldman/Haim, a little Sean Astin, some River Phoenix.

I think he was made in a lab.

Five minutes into the premiere and I'm already obsessed! Had to immediately look up the director (Jérôme Salle) because the camera moves so beautifully. And it's lit for the gods, too. Can we please get that lighting Oscar already? It's crazy what the lighting masters are doing these days; a show like this would have looked so drab without their innovations even a decade ago.

Also, I had completely forgotten my darling Théodore Pellerin was in this, what a pleasant surprise. I keep rewinding the scenes to see his facial expressions again, I can already see it's going to take me forever to finish this show.

Another Pellerin fan, who immediately stood out in Franklin (though not enough for me to stick with it).

Daniel Brühl is so damn ugly, but that fits for Lagerfeld, who was no looker.

I can't judge Daniel's attractiveness objectively because I kinda look like him. But those extreme closeup shots aren't doing him any favours, what with all those moles. I swear they powdered his hands as well to make them look more pallid and more like Karl's.

Pellerin's beautiful doe eyes are hiding a fierceness behind them that is so characteristic of Québécois gays. Of all the gays in the world that are not to be fucked with, they are not to be fucked with the most. At least that's been my personal experience.

[quote]Also wondering if they left it open for a second round given how it ends.

I believe so. I was surprised how open ended it was. I guess if they get a second season it will tackle his Chanel years and the illness and death of Jacques.

Yes, I think the dub might be creating a distance between yourself and the characters. I love the music and have started randomly humming it to myself throughout the day.

Pellerin and Arnaud as YSL have crazy chemistry. It's also the first time I've seen two guys with an impacted chest in a love scene together and I loved it! That Dietrich actress (Sunnyi Melles) was also outstanding, she killed that single shot scene where she excoriated Karl.

I'm still on the third episode. I did predict it would take me forever to finish it and so here I am.