Scarlett Johansson isn’t the most likely person to portray Buster
Keaton. But, then, such was the point of this portrait series, captured
by Tim Walker and conceived over a boozy dinner in France last year. “We
had just shot the Moët & Chandon ad campaign together,” recalls
Johansson, “and we were sampling the product—excessively.” Somewhere
around their third bottle, they agreed it would be fun to do a story
based on cinematic icons. Photographed over 14 hours, it would
eventually include such personas as Marlene Dietrich, Sarah Bernhardt,
Giulietta Masina in Fellini’s La Strada, and the aforementioned Keaton.
Elvis, who was at the top of Johansson’s wish list, was ultimately
scrapped. “It just didn’t look appealing,” Walker explains—“appealingly
beautiful or appealingly horrific.”—Karin Nelson
Johansson as Giulietta Masina in La Strada. Vintage hat and
overcoat; Dries Van Noten’s silk jacket; Moschino’s cotton and silk top;
Escada’s wool trousers.
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Woody’s Other Woman:
A Study In Scarlett
Actress Scarlett Johansson—as you’ve never seen her before.
June 2011
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