#LadyGaga 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