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Kevin Spacey recently appeared on the latest cover of The Hollywood Reporter, looking cool, confident and fully clothed. Which got me wondering, why can’t women do this too?
Kevin has won two Oscars (for The Usual Suspects and American Beauty), is successful on stage, blows our minds in House of Cards AND he was Keyser Soze. ‘Nuff said.
So he’s pretty cool. We get it. And we also get why The Hollywood Reporter (read their interview with him here) went with this awesome cover. It shows a more playful, fun-loving side to Kevin that we don’t often get to see in his acting roles.
What’s even better is that he’s got all his clothes on. He’s not half naked and holding his manhood, or coyly covering his breast while gazing into the camera. Because he’s a guy. In Hollywood. And Hollywood men don’t need to get naked to be taken seriously.
And, while not ALL of our favourite female celebs are jumping on the buck naked bandwagon, quite a few stars have done it over the years and continue to do so.
There are those who get naked because they’re pregnant and want to show the world how beautiful a pregnant woman is (after they photoshop out the stretch marks and blotchy skin, of course) like Demi Moore and Cindy Crawford.
There are celebs who do it to be fun and flirty (by that we mean no actual, justifiable reason) like Elisabeth Moss from Mad Men on the cover of New York Magazine who wore nothing but a dungaree while seemingly cupping her breasts.
Then there are those, like Lake Bell, who need the publicity. Because, if she wasn’t naked how would you know that she’s making her directorial debut this month?
Or Lana Del Ray on that British GQ cover where all the men were in suits but she was, you guessed it, in her birthday suit.
Even if you’re Kate Winslet and you’ve just become the youngest woman to be nominated for an Oscar five times and Vanity Fair asks you to get naked, we suppose you have no other option than to drop those panties and smile for the camera, right?
Why? Why can Robert Pattinson on the cover of Vanity Fair, or Matt Damon on the cover of Esquire wear at least five items of clothing and still be sexy while female celebrities need to either strip down, or wear revealing clothing to get the same coverage?
Surely it’s unfair? If Beyonce Knowles and Chris Hemsworth both appeared on a mag cover in tuxedos, who would you think looks better? Which magazine would you pick up?
Seriously, do you think women can sell magazines even when they’re fully dressed, or should more men be taking their kits off so that there’s even MORE nudity in that little aisle leading up to the cashiers?
What do you think? Tell us in the box below.
Kevin has won two Oscars (for The Usual Suspects and American Beauty), is successful on stage, blows our minds in House of Cards AND he was Keyser Soze. ‘Nuff said.
So he’s pretty cool. We get it. And we also get why The Hollywood Reporter (read their interview with him here) went with this awesome cover. It shows a more playful, fun-loving side to Kevin that we don’t often get to see in his acting roles.
What’s even better is that he’s got all his clothes on. He’s not half naked and holding his manhood, or coyly covering his breast while gazing into the camera. Because he’s a guy. In Hollywood. And Hollywood men don’t need to get naked to be taken seriously.
And, while not ALL of our favourite female celebs are jumping on the buck naked bandwagon, quite a few stars have done it over the years and continue to do so.
There are those who get naked because they’re pregnant and want to show the world how beautiful a pregnant woman is (after they photoshop out the stretch marks and blotchy skin, of course) like Demi Moore and Cindy Crawford.
There are celebs who do it to be fun and flirty (by that we mean no actual, justifiable reason) like Elisabeth Moss from Mad Men on the cover of New York Magazine who wore nothing but a dungaree while seemingly cupping her breasts.
Then there are those, like Lake Bell, who need the publicity. Because, if she wasn’t naked how would you know that she’s making her directorial debut this month?
Or Lana Del Ray on that British GQ cover where all the men were in suits but she was, you guessed it, in her birthday suit.
Even if you’re Kate Winslet and you’ve just become the youngest woman to be nominated for an Oscar five times and Vanity Fair asks you to get naked, we suppose you have no other option than to drop those panties and smile for the camera, right?
Why? Why can Robert Pattinson on the cover of Vanity Fair, or Matt Damon on the cover of Esquire wear at least five items of clothing and still be sexy while female celebrities need to either strip down, or wear revealing clothing to get the same coverage?
Surely it’s unfair? If Beyonce Knowles and Chris Hemsworth both appeared on a mag cover in tuxedos, who would you think looks better? Which magazine would you pick up?
Seriously, do you think women can sell magazines even when they’re fully dressed, or should more men be taking their kits off so that there’s even MORE nudity in that little aisle leading up to the cashiers?
What do you think? Tell us in the box below.
