Kate Winslet is still promoting Contagion, which comes out this weekend. So basically, she?s all up in our faces everywhere, including the latest cover of V Magazine (Issue #73), which was shot by Mario Testino. This issue of the magazine is called ?The Heroes Issue,? so Winslet is all dolled up in an homage to the iconic Elizabeth Taylor while adorned in scarves, turbans, pearls and diamonds as a tribute to one of Taylor?s own infamous photoshoots. Here are few excerpts to the accompanying interview:
On Nude Scenes: ?I hate it! Listen make no mistake, I just get on it,? she says about baring it all on film. ?I just go in and say ?Oh f&*# let?s do it.? and boom. If you complain about it or procrastinate it?s not going to go away. Its a profoundly bizarre thing to do. As actors you talk about it all the time. You can literally be tangled in sheets, and you turn to the other actor and say ?What the f&*# are we doing?? Dear Mum, at work today I had so-and-so?s left nut sack pressed against my cheek. It?s sort of unethical if you think about it in those terms.?
On Her Acting Career: ?I hope I am sh-tting myself over the characters I play for the rest of my life. Because the day I go ?Oh yeah, that?s going to be a piece of pie?, why f&*#ing bother? If you do that, you do not learn. I hope I?m always learning something. So I won an Oscar. It?s amazing. I?ve got that for the rest of my life for a performance I am proud of. It nearly killed me. I am really proud of the film. That?s it, moving on.?
[From V Magazine]
Nut sack, really? That?s an appetizing thought. As always, I appreciate Winslet?s candid way of speaking. However, I also appreciate that she?s not (at least that we know of at this point) talking about plastic surgery in this interview. Otherwise, does she pull this Liz Taylor homage off in a rightful fashion? In the photo where only her forehead and eyes are visible, she sort of does. Otherwise? Not a chance in hell.
Photos courtesy of V Magazine
Written by Bedhead
Posted in Elizabeth Taylor, Kate Winslet
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24 Responses to ?Kate Winslet?s tribute to Elizabeth Taylor in V magazine: ridiculous or gorgeous??
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goregous pictures even if they are a bit tweaked
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The photos are beautiful, but I don?t think anyone should try to be Liz.
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The photos are nice but Liz just died and Kate has way tooo much personality to do a proper tribute without her persona invading the shoot.
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They are good?but no one can top pics of Liz Taylor
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When I see these, I don?t think Elizabeth Taylor. If someone had not said it was a tribute to her, I would never have guessed.
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Regarding the headline: pointless.
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Kate will always be one of my favorites!
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Liz Taylor was a favorite of mine, so any tribute to her (that isn?t done by LiLo) is fine by me.
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I look at this sort of thing as more of an homage, to capture the spirit if not necessarily the exact look. I generally can?t stand this sort of thing though. It seems that fashion photography does the same as Hollywood - copy and remake, instead of coming up with something fresh and original. Lovely pics though.
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And I fully agree with @mln76
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Liz is an ?always, ever, only? - no one can touch her.
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Beautiful! I love her with strong brows..she really pulls them off.
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Lovely photos.
And, I bet good money Liz would be flattered by the homage. I don?t get why her death a few months ago has anything to do with this. It is a tribute, not a slam, and Liz loved a tribute!
Any woman who was literally late to her own funeral wouldn?t mind this spread, especially one done by an Academy Award winner (as someone said upthread, it isn?t Lindsay Lohan!).
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I love that she cusses up a storm in the interview.
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she looks stunning.
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I like that they covered her own natural mole, only to draw one on about 1? further to the side.
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Why not? She did Catherine Deneuve for Vanity Fair, so Elizabeth Taylor for V is the next logical step. And then Lucille Ball for Vogue, and Joan Crawford for Elle, and Ava Gardner for Bazaar ?
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Kate?s my favorite actress. Best of her generation but this proves that it takes more than the Liz Taylor brows to make it work (think Kevyn Aucoin?s coffee table books). Kate?s mouth area ruins her, especially when she?s smiling. No one seems to have it all today. Elizabeth Hurley and Joan Collins have the same malformed mouth area as well.
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I think she looks stunning. I have to agree with some of the other comments - she?s not trying to be her, or outshine her - its a tribute to her.. and a beautiful one at that?
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Jackson, I?m going to take your comment one step further. If all that is being done now with fashion and with fashion photography is to imitate Hollywood stars of yesteryear like Audrey, Marilyn and Liz, what is being produced now that is truly fresh and groundbreaking that be copied lovingly in 50 years? Lohan - nah, the K clan - nah, Juicy - nah, Avril Lavigne?s or Posh?s lines - nah.
So what will we be nostalgic for 20 years from now? What will we see as icons of the first decade of the 21st centruy? Will the starlet of 2031 be doing tributes to Kate?s tribute to Liz? This lack of imagination exists in film, televison and music too & is too depressing!
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It?s a nice tribute. Liz is a legend. Kate seems like she would be really fun to go bar hopping with. The tipsier she gets the more potty mouthed and outrageous she would become.
I like how she chose good roles and focused on quality scripts. -
she looks like rizzo from grease
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I like it. I think Kate pulled if off very well except for the photo where the towel shows her blonde hair. Seriously, Kate, TINT YOUR EYEBROWS!!
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