Kate Bosworth ditches her skinny jeans and transforms into a Sixties bombshell for cinematic Vs. Magazine shoot
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The recently-engaged Kate Bosworth, who usually favors minimalistic Calvin Klein and her simple skinny jeans, is having a mod moment.
She is playing beatnik Billie in the upcoming film adaption of Jack Kerouac's Big Sur; is in a 'groovy' relationship with the movie's director, Michael Polish, and has been seen in more than a few snow-bunny looks for its publicity circuit.
Now the actress, 30, has let out her inner Sixties bombshell for Vs. Magazine, transforming into a modern-day Jean-Luc Godard-inspired Brigette Bardot in a seductively cinematic shoot.
Two-color eyes: Kate Bosworth, 30, let out her inner Sixties bombshell for Vs. Magazine, transforming into a modern-day Jean-Luc Godard-inspired Brigette Bardot in a seductively cinematic shoot
Dressed by her long-time stylist and jewelry-design partner, Cher Coulter, Miss Bosworth plays a smudgy-eyed femme-fatal in the shoot, photographed by Guy Aroch.
Wearing an Yves Saint Laurent tuxedo dress, Prada fur, embellished Isabel Marant, and Dolce and Gabbana lingerie, she discusses her husband-to-be, and the even the possibility of following in his director footsteps with the magazine.
'When they were casting the film, I was asked to come in and meet with him for the role of Billie,' she told her Black Rock co-star and friend Lake Bell, of how she first met her 41-year-old fiance.
'Even before we were together, Michael understood me as an artist and filmed me in a different
way so that he was able to bring things out of me in a safe way. And ultimately after we wrapped, our
relationship blossomed into a love story.'
way so that he was able to bring things out of me in a safe way. And ultimately after we wrapped, our
relationship blossomed into a love story.'
Luxurious lingerie: Dressed by her long-time stylist and jewellery-design partner, Cher Coulter, Miss Bosworth plays a confidant femme-fatal in the shoot, photographed by Guy Aroch
Whimsical wardrobe: Wearing an Yves Saint Laurent tuxedo dress, Prada fur, embellished Isabel Marant, and Dolce and Gabbana lingerie
Lucky in love: The actress discusses her husband-to-be, Michael Polish, and the possibility of following in his director footsteps
Would she ever want to try directing yourself? Perhaps, one day, she admitted.
'I’m marrying someone who is a filmmaker, who’s made 12 movies. I know what directing
entails outside of just being on film sets as an actor. And I’m not ready yet, but I’m learning.
entails outside of just being on film sets as an actor. And I’m not ready yet, but I’m learning.
'Michael’s giving me lessons on a 5V. He initially taught me to shoot with a still Leica M9, which I love because it’s manual and it takes a very specific amount of focus to capture a moment and it is the greatest truth-teller I think.'
Acting out: Her new film, Big Sur, which is based on Jack Kerouac's autobiographical novel of the same name, premiered at the Sundance Film festival last week
Well researched: Miss Bosworth says she spent weeks reading 'every Kerouac piece and literature on women of the beat generation,' to prep for the roll
In character: Of her Big Sur character, Billie - Kerouac's best friend Neal Cassady¿s mistress - Miss Bosworth said she is her 'favorite'
Her new film, Big Sur, which is based on Jack Kerouac's autobiographical novel of the same name, premiered at the Sundance Film festival last week.
The actress says she spent weeks reading 'every Kerouac piece and literature on women
of the beat generation,' to prep for the roll.
of the beat generation,' to prep for the roll.
'I read On The Road in my early twenties, but when I came on board for the film I went out
of town for two weeks, turned off my phone... and just read a lot,' she said.
of town for two weeks, turned off my phone... and just read a lot,' she said.
Fashion aficionado: Miss Bosworth may have splashed onto the scene wearing a string bikini, but she has come a long way since her Blue Crush days
Ingenue: One of Hollywood's best-dressed fashion innovators, she takes the title of ingenue on and off the red carpet
Serious sparkler: The actress announced her engagement to Mr Polish on vogue.com's travel blog in August last year
'I started to get comfortable with the language, because to speak Kerouacian is almost like having to perform Shakespeare in the sense that if you’re just saying the words you’ll lose the audience because Kerouac wrote with very little to no grammar, so each actor had to find their individual beats and rhythm.
'Michael [Polish] certainly didn’t want any of the language to sound like The Flintstones,' she added.
Of her character, Billie - Kerouac's best friend Neal Cassady’s mistress - Miss Bosworth said she is her 'favorite'.
Charming the camera: Tousled Marcel waves and crimson lips transforms Miss Bosworth into a bombshell
Sweet romance: Miss Bosworth wears a cropped top and skirt by Suno
Well suited: She said of meeting Mr Polish: 'Even before we were together, Michael understood me as an artist... And ultimately after we wrapped, our relationship blossomed into a love story'
'The women of the beat generation were in this interim between the conservative square fifties and the free love and total liberation of the seventies.
Cover Kate: The full Kate Bosworth feature appears in the spring/summer issue of Vs. Magazine
'They were craving grounding, a family life in a traditional sense, but also exploring and experimenting in new ways. So she embodies a time for me as well as having her own individual hardships,' she said.
'To fall in love with an artist like Jack Kerouac is to fall in love with someone you’ll never tame.'
She also admitted to being upfront with her future finance on how, as the director, he should portray the character Billie.
'When I met with Michael, I knew that on what my decision to participate hinged was how he saw
the characters and would bring the film to light. I said, “I’m just going to be very blunt here, how are you going to maintain an audience’s interest in a man who is losing his mind in the woods for an hour and a half?”
the characters and would bring the film to light. I said, “I’m just going to be very blunt here, how are you going to maintain an audience’s interest in a man who is losing his mind in the woods for an hour and a half?”
'I feel that this is the type of film for which a director has to have an intimate connection with the story and I think Michael was at a lonely place at that time of his life. I just left knowing that he was going to make something amazing and exciting and interesting.'
The full Kate Bosworth feature appears in the spring/summer issue of Vs. Magazine. A video from the shoot will appear soon on FashionTube.
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