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Away We Stay - Private Screening - 15 Nov 2010





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AUDI A1 launch at Battersea Power station on November 13, 2010

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David Gandy is keeping his “fingers crossed” he will be named Model of the Year at the British Fashion Awards 2010.

The 30-year-old catwalk star is up against Lara Stone and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley for the prestigious accolade at the annual ceremony and admits he would love to win it.

Speaking at the premiere of short film ‘Away We Stay’, which was commissioned by W London Hotel, he told BANG Showbiz: “I’m up for model of the year in December – I’ve got my fingers crossed for that. I’m up against the girls for it – Rosie and Lara – so it would be great to win it.”

The British Fashion Awards take place at the Savoy Theatre in London on Tuesday December 7 and will recognise the most influential people in the fashion world today as well celebrating the UK’s contribution to the industry.

David – who stars opposite Helena Christensen in the 12-minute short film – has also revealed he has got a new top secret fashion project coming up as well as several Dolce and Gabbana campaigns.

He said: “I’ve got the new Light Blue advert coming out. It’s for the Number 2 fragrance and the new video is coming out December 1. I’ve also got some Dolce campaigns coming out, and then there’s another project which I can’t really talk about. After that there are a couple of other projects with Dolce and Gabbana coming up for next May in time for the show season which should be interesting.”

‘Away We Stay’ – which can be viewed at wlondon.co.uk/awaywestay – was shot on location in London’s Leicester Square and was written and directed by Edoardo Ponti.

In the film, David and Helena play fleeting lovers who have to decide whether they want to make a new life together.

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The Event: Away We Stay film screening
The Venue: The Electric Cinema, London
The VIPs: Helena Christensen, Tom Hollander, Edoardo Ponti, Selina Blow, Olivia Inge, Camilla Rutherford, Charlotte Tilbury, Alice Temperley, Melissa Odabash, Noelle Reno, Amanda Eliasch and the SUPER-hot David Gandy!
The Gossip:
1) Away We Stay is a 13 minute fil starring supermodel Helena Christensen and the mighty fine D&G model David Gandy.The plot involves Gandy and Christensen meeting in a hotel lounge where they have a steamy encounter leading to a decision on whether or not they should run away together. How very Romeo and Juliet!
2) Gandy, who is the highest paid male model in the world, is so modest (or maybe slightly dim) as he revealed he struggled with learning his lines for the film. “At the end, all I had to say was, ‘My name’s Adam.’ But I said, ‘My name’s David.’ Oh my God! I couldn’t believe it – we had to do the entire thing over again!”
3) There is a ‘To Be Continued’ caption at the end but no sing of a part 2 coming soon… If there is, the party squad would all volunteer to star in it alongside gorgeous Gandy.

The British model smooches the Danish catwalk beauty in new 12-minute short film ‘Away We Stay’, in which his character Adam has a brief tryst with photographer Alex Worthington, who is portrayed by Helena.

Speaking at the premiere of short film ‘Away We Stay’ - which was commissioned by W London Hotel - in London last night (15.11.10), David admits if someone had told him when he was a teenager he would one day get to kiss Helena for his job he wouldn’t have been able to comprehend it.

The 30-year-old heartthrob told BANG Showbiz: “It's not a bad day job to be able to kiss Helena Christensen, she is absolutely beautiful. It wasn't bad, not bad at all.

“If someone said to me, 'You're going to shoot a film and kiss Helena Christensen,' when I was 17 or 18 I would have been pleased. It doesn't get much better really. It's all good."

David also insists it was great to work with the 41-year-old brunette on the project because neither of them had any prior acting experience which meant they were able to support each other on set.

He added: “It was easy to work with Helena, she's a great person, model and photographer, so we had a lot in common in regards to that. We got on well and we're both new to the acting business, so we worked together to help each other. That was good because it wasn't like either of us we're working with a fantastic actor straight away. So I thought we looked after each other really well.”

‘Away We Stay’ – which can be viewed at wlondon.co.uk/awaywestay -was shot on location in London’s Leicester Square and was written and directed by Edoardo Ponti.

It was inspired by 1966 classic British film ‘Blow Up’ and gives the first

the views available from the W London Hotel, which is due to open in February 2011.

The model-and-actor – who made his name as the face and body of the Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue campaign and now stars alongside Helena Christensen in new short movie ‘Away We Stay’ – admits he was asked to slim down when he first started out but refused to as he wanted to remain healthy.

He said: “Of course I was under pressure to lose weight. But I stood my ground and said, ‘I can’t be skinny’ though – it wouldn’t have been possible to do it healthily, even if I tried. I was quite chubby when I was 15 and then I shot up and was really skinny.”

David is pleased the trend for skinny male models seems to be dwindling and more ‘real men’ are now being used in campaigns.

He told Britain’s Grazia magazine: “Me, Mario Testino and Dolce & Gabbana did the ‘guy in the white pants’ Light Blue advert, which everyone loved. Then Armani did it with David Beckham. Then Calvin Klein brought out the Man fragrance. so you could probably say we started the whole thing. I’m proud that although there’s still the androgynous guys who do a lot of the shows, the bigger guys get a lot more work now, too.”

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David shares with us his W Hotel view. Close we were to talk about “Away We Stay". It is his first movie but nevertheless makes the talk in town, at now nobody can possibly have missed this glamorous piece of news.

Helena Christensen & Davis Gandy falling in love at a glance for W… Will we bump into a very handsome guy when checking in at the W Hotel on Leicester Square- London for the first time? If you were Notting Hill adepts like me, you must have changed your preferences and turned a bit more central, destination: Leicester Square.

1/ What is common to acting and modelling?
Good actors and models are very camera aware. They have to be conscious of minute movements in their facial expressions and what these convey. They should also concentrate in their body movements, how they look best, from which angles
what angles etc.

2/ Have you ever fallen in love in a hotel?
No.

3/ Were you lost in translation in front of Helena Christensen?
No we got along very well.

4/ Is a Hotel a place to pass by or to stay?
If you don’t stay in a hotel its pretty much pointless.

5/ What is your favourite room in the W hotel?
It’s not open yet. Opens in February. Hopefully I will look forward to figuring it out.

6/ What would you imagine to see there through a peephole?
A bed.

7/ Do you think hotels are meant to become nostalgic places since people come and go?
Of course. Many hotels around the world are such historic places. If you are very lucky you get to walk, talk and sleep where many famous and iconic people have been.

8/ Can a hotel feel like home?
Only if you own it I suppose

9/ Do you stay away or do you always come back?
They are certain things that you should always stay away from.

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[andrealiceagan]

funny, quoting David a few years ago...

"I have been approached by some really great people to do acting. However, I really don't want to be one of those horrid model/actors," he says.

so, now he's acting? LOL

 

[Festat]

People do change their mind.

 

[radolgc]

eventhough modeling is very close to acting, David can not be called an actor yet! It was just a small thing that can not really even be called a movie and now everybody thinks he is acting! Come on, give me a break!

 

[happycanadian]

i agree, radol! look at all the models that were in that horrific short film Karl Lagerfeld did for Chanel. i don't think they would be referred to as actors.

 

[radolgc]

is there a website where this Chanel thing can be seen? thanks!

 

[florider2000]

"w Hotel" Film With Helena & Gandy

Just caught the whole film on youtube....I will just say this : some models were never born to act and we may know 2 more now.
There are exceptions for me and Diane Kruger is one, not only she speaks fluently French but she acts with great conviction in Tout pour Elle.
Amber Valetta is very sweet too.
Then we have the 1870's/80's models who turned into successful and memorable actresses. How times have changed!

 

[Donatello89]

a long time i didn't hear about him ! but great pic with the leather coat

 

[radolgc]

I agree wih you florider2000, but maybe a bit too harsh After all it is just a very small video and maybe if the director is good or if they spend more time on set it might be a different story...but I agree that 2 more models prooved they can not really be good actors.

 

[florider2000]

I agree wih you florider2000, but maybe a bit too harsh After all it is just a very small video and maybe if the director is good or if they spend more time on set it might be a different story...but I agree that 2 more models prooved they can not really be good actors.

I know, I did sound harsh, sorry. I remember back in the 1990's when gorgeous model Werner Shreyer attempted acting (in French) and played a small role in "Elisa" with vanessa Paradis and failed miserably, it was a big disappointment for me, as Werner was like THE SEX SYMBOL in the male modelling world. But in pictures Werner was just the best.

 

[radolgc]

Werner is amazing, I am a fan,too!
But I think being perfect on pictures is good enough and there are sooooo many actors out there, I have no idea why models wanna say good-bye to the best job they have and change it for the boring, fake, funny job of an actor, I always wondered why they try to do it!

 

[andrealiceagan]

I totally agree with you Rado, better be remembered as a great top model than a pathetic/wannabe actor
OMG just came to my mind the horrible part Noah played in Sex and the City 2 :S

 

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V.S. Naipaul - Private Dinner - 23 Nov 2010

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[andrealiceagan]

love the outfit!

 

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Shooting in Milan



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First picture from the new Sergio K campaign
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