A Splash of Sexy
Thursday, July 30, 2015 at 3:00PM ...Murtada here with a very important question: Is this the sexiest family vacation photo of all time?
It must be. Matthias Schoenaerts in all his manly glory, Ralph Fiennes giving us foxy intellectual older gentleman, Dakota Johnson lovely as a blond. And of course no words needed for Tilda Swinton (as they never do her justice). In their new film Tilda and Matthias are a famous married couple on vacation in Italy when Ralph and his screen daughter Dakota arrive to visit them unexpectedly. Trouble follows.
A Bigger Splash is one of our most anticipated 2015 movies, and this newly released photo is a “GIMME NOW”. No wonder it looks so much more enthralling than the usual publicity still - it was shot by Italian fashion photographer Paolo Roversi. The four pairs of blue eyes staring at us, invoke David Hockney’s same titled 1967 painting, that we assume has inspired the filmmakers.
For a change of pace let's talk about the guys and not the actresses. If you’ve seen Rust and Bone (2012) or Bullhead (2011) you know that Schoenaerts is sexy trouble on screen. However in his English language movies, he hasn’t fired up the screen quite as boldly despite an alluring duet with Carey Mulligan earlier this year in Far From the Madding Crowd. Schoenaerts also gives good quote.
"I’m also an animal. I can also be a beast. I know about sex”.
So the idea of him playing a rock star in a thriller about sexual intrigue has us captivated beyond words.
For a while Fiennes lost his sexy mojo. That glistening beauty in turmoil that made us fall in love when The English Patient (1996) came out had vanished. However with his delectable, funny and oh so sexy M. Gustave last year he got it back. And from the looks of this, he kept it.
This quartet might win awards at Venice, where A Bigger Splash is in competition, but they’ve already won our anticipation and impatience. That red carpet will be on fire.
Can you think of other cinematic quartets this sexy?
Reader Comments (20)
Wow, Dakota looks more than a bit like Grandma Tippi when golden blonde!
RALPH FIENNES. That's all.
While Fiennes is on my mind, I suggest the hot quartet, Fiennes, Scott Thomas, Binoche, and Andrews of "The English Patient".
Ledger, Gyllenhaal, Williams and Hathaway FOREVER
PLEASE do a YesNoMaybeSo about the room trailer... unless it's all YES for you, like it sis for me!!!
How has this totally been out of my sight until now?! Gimme, gimme, gimme.
The answer is YES
Close, Pfeiffer, Thurman, Malkovich.
Thank gawd Dakota Johnson plays Ralph Fiennes' daughter.
Brian -- the pic came out last night so you aren't so far behind.
Glenn -- right?
for my sexy quartet I have to go TALENTED MR RIPLEY: law, damon, paltrow, blanchett. and they're also vacationing abroad...
This is a remake of La Piscine (1969), right? Either way I'm dying to see it. I've been swooning over I Am Love ever since I saw it so I'll take whatever Guadagnino is serving up next.
Other sexy quartets:
- Johansson, Goode, Meyers, & Mortimer in Match Point.
- Roberts, Owen, Law, & Portman in Closer (though everyone here has been sexier in other movies they weren't in together).
- Diggs, Lathan, Parker, & Kodjoe in Brown Sugar.
They all look yummy. . . well, 3/4 of them, anyway. I'm struggling to get excited about Dakota Johnson but I can't wait to see this.
Elisabeth Taylor/ Rock Hudson/ James Dean/ Carrol Baker - The Giant
McConaughey/ Bomer/ Tatum/ Alex - Magic Mike
Emily Blunt/ Del Toro/ Josh Broslin/ Jon Bernthal - Sicario
Blanchett/ Swinton/ Pitt/ Tarjei - Benjamin Button
Blanchett/ Bale/ Ledger/ Gainsbourg - I'm Not There
Elba/ Hemsworth/ Portman/ Hisdleston - Thor
Cabaret: Minnelli, York, Berenson, Griem
I'm Not There: Bale, Blanchett, Williams, Gere
Ocean's Thirteen: Pitt, Clooney, Damon, Cheadle, Cassell
Barbarella: Fonda, Tognazzi, Pallenberg, Hemmings, Law
Psycho: Perkins, Leigh, Gavin, Miles
Giant: Hudson, Taylor, Dean, Mineo, Hopper, Baker
The Ten Commandments: Heston, Brynner, Derek, Baxter
Written on the Wind: Malone, Bacall, Stack, Hudson
I'm all about Vicky Cristina Barcelona : Johansson, Cruz, Hall and Bardem.
Citing I'm Not There isn't really fair, is it? You're leaving two others out!
"For a while Fiennes lost his sexy mojo. That glistening beauty in turmoil that made us fall in love when The English Patient (1996) came out had vanished." INCORRECT. It never vanished. It was just a little underutilized while he stayed away from romantic pairings. Even single onscreen, though, he is always sexy.
I'm willing to give Johnson the benefit of the doubt for the time being. She was far from bad in Fifty Shades, and Kristen Stewart has been proving that just cause you start in a crappy series doesn't mean that you can't transition wonderfully.
Oh, and The English Patient for quartets, always and forever.
Loving the mentions for TFE and Mr Ripley. Minghella really got the importance of movie star beauty.
A Single Man? Firth / Moore / Goode / Hoult
There's a new promo still of A Bigger Splash featuring Ralph Fiennes and Matthias Schoenaerts:
http://i.imgur.com/GowvBzi.jpg
And a movie still featuring Dakota Johnson:
http://i.imgur.com/XBOCm9L.jpg