Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender for W
Donna Karan Spring 2011 Top [Rag & Bone Spring 2011 Pants]
W Magazine April 2011 Issue
Editorial: “Dual In The Sun”
Featuring Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender
By Lynn Hirschberg
Photographs by Jean-Baptiste Mondino
Styled by Lori Goldstein
Hair by Recine
Makeup by Aaron De Mey for Lancôme
Can we just say we love that Donna Karan top she’s wearing on the cover? That ain’t easy to make work and she’s making it look effortless. He can just stand there and give hot face. That’s all we’re really going to need from him.
Sound bites, girl version:
You’ve embodied two very famous characters: Alice, in Alice in Wonderland, and now Jane Eyre. Was it difficult to play such icons?
Alice is beloved, so that was a responsibility. I did about five auditions for Alice before I got the role.
Did you have to wear a corset as Alice?
Yes—for two scenes, and it was very painful. But now, having done Jane Eyre, I realize the Alice corsets were sissy corsets. The corsets I wore in Jane Eyre were incredibly painful. Ballet hurts, but it’s more like your feet are killing you. With a corset on, you can’t breathe properly.
But does wearing the proper costume help you get in character?
Absolutely. It’s the last piece of the puzzle. Once you get in the costume, it’s like, Okay, this is who this person is. With Jane Eyre the corset helped me understand the repression and pain of the character.
Sound bites, boy version:
You are very young to play Rochester in Jane Eyre. Did you love the book? Or were you just intrigued by the part?
I’m probably 10 years too young for Rochester, so I went for a Byronic sort of hero. I didn’t read Jane Eyre in school, but my mother and sister were always talking about it, and that was a big reason why I did it. I didn’t have a preconceived idea of Rochester—I just saw him as encapsulating so many interesting elements: a shady past, intelligent, self-destructive, destructive, passionate. And he has a terrible secret. I’m curious to see what my mother and sister think of my Rochester.
You just finished portraying a superhero, Magneto, in X-Men: First Class. What is your superpower?
I can manipulate metal. I practiced every day with a spoon in my kitchen. I did my Uri Geller.
Were you raised Catholic?
I was. I was head altar boy.
[Balenciaga Spring 2011 top] Rick Owens Spring 2011 Top
When she was in the Alice in Wonderland movie we were struck by how well she wears clothes. Some of the costumes in that movie looked like couture (someday we’ll do a post on it) and she handled them like a pro. We’re loving her in this editorial.
We have to admit, he looks completely different in every set of pictures we’ve ever seen of him. Here, he’s giving off that intense, British actor vibe, like a young, hotter Anthony Hopkins. We can’t quite believe it, but he’s pulling off a one-shoulder tank top. Sheer, no less.
Nina Ricci Spring 2011 Top [Chloé’s Tulle Skirt; Rosamosario’s Feather and Tulle Dress]
Alexander McQueen Spring 2011 Dress [Ann Demeulemeester’s Leather Pants and Boots]
Dolce & Gabbana Spring 2011 Vest and Pants
She looks gorgeous. He can handle his sword around us any time he wants.
[Photo Credit: wmagazine.com, style.com]
