An actress whose art knows no bounds, Nicole Kidman has made a career out of going to the extremes. Equal parts glamazon and underdog, both fearless and innocent, she is upping the ante once again in The Paperboy, Lee Daniel's campy homage to the south.
Scene: a photo studio in downtown Manhattan. Windows overlooking the West Side Highway. Heaps of designer clothing line the racks. Loads of ’80s-inspired costume jewelry, all of it neon or metallic. If it doesn’t glow in the dark or you can’t check out the state of your teeth on it, back it went. Laptops everywhere, making sure each shot is perfect, perfect, perfect.
At the center of it all: World-class photographer Mario Testino, who is orchestrating the proceedings, and world-class movie star Nicole Kidman, with whom he is absolutely, completely, totally head over heels in lauve. “Beautiful, beautiful,” Testino is saying as Kidman purses her lips and looks intently into the camera, pretty young fashion assistants, hunky set designers, and various crew members hovering around. “You are so hot it is beyond! Look at your body! It is incredible!”
Now would be the appropriate time to tell you what the actress is wearing, but at the moment the answer is, well, almost nothing.
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Photography: Mario Testino | Text: Jacob Bernstein
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