Noomi Rapace

[Alvedansen]

Noomi Rapace Can Hold Her Breath a Really Long Time

When the magazine asks actors to turn a photo shoot into a performance, they usually hit their marks with gusto. In the recent past, for example, we have gotten to see Jessica Chastain start a fire with her eyes, Gary Oldman channel a demented ventriloquist’s dummy and James Franco kiss himself in the mirror. Now the actor Noomi Rapace joins their ranks by turning in her own delicate performance for this week’s cover. All she had to do was hold her breath in 733 gallons of water.

Our goal was to create an image with an otherworldly feel, in keeping with the sci-fi spectacle “Prometheus,” which stars Rapace and opens on June 8. Our magazine’s design director, Arem Duplessis — inspired by previous underwater pictures made by our chosen photographer, Olaf Blecker — suggested shooting Rapace in a tank of water.
Rapace said yes to the idea right away, so we guessed that she likes to swim. We didn’t know till the day of the shoot, however, that she has the lung capacity of a mermaid. She was able to stay submerged for what seemed like minutes at a time, and she managed to hold her breath in such a way that her face didn’t become distorted; her eyes were open, but did not bulge; her lips were slightly parted, but expelled no bubbles. She smiled, she laughed, she looked angry, contemplative, melancholy. Frankly, it was downright eerie.

Although Rapace didn’t beat the underwater time of the magician David Blaine (17 minutes, 4 seconds, on “Oprah,” in 2008) or the Swiss free-diver Peter Colat (21 minutes, 33 seconds, a world record set in 2011), we have to ask: Is either of them this beautiful?

6thfloor.blogs.nytimes via ontd

 

[GarageGlamorous]

Breathtaking NY Times Magazine cover. Here there is another shot... Looks like a marvelously done W Magazine cover

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[Alvedansen]

Daily Telegraph Magazine - May 26, 2012

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[fincher]

whole Dazed and Confused editorial is stunning. You can just take those pics, frame them and put on the wall!

 

[LolaSvelt]

At the UK premiere of 'Prometheus', held at London's Empire Cinema and Odeon Leicester Square.

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[pixiedust1603]

God I love Noomi's look. The dress and the make up just go together so well.

 

[Alvedansen]

adds

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[tixola]

Noomi Rapace and Michael Fassbender from Prometheus movie leaving the Claridges Hotel to go to a Prometheus dinner party.
June 2, 2012

Noomi Rapace leaving the 'Prometheus' world premiere afterparty held at Aqua nightclub in London.
June 1, 2012

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[Dora]

"Prometheus" actress Noomi Rapace stuns in red as she arrives at the "Late Show With David Letterman" in New York City.

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[Alvedansen]

2012-06-05 - At the 'Late Show With David Letterman' in New York

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[Alvedansen]

celebrity-paradise (posted by The Elder)

 

[Melly5525]

not feeling this look, way too much red and it has no shape. But she looked beautiful in that black beaded gown at her premeire

 

[Mirik]

Elle Russia June 2012 jurnalik.ru

 

[ChicParisienne]

Can anyone identify the designer for this dress? Is it Alexander Wang?

Source: charlierose.com (from the Prometheus interview with Michael Fassbender)

 

[rox_yr_sox]

Does anyone have HQs of Noomi at the Dark Knight Rises London premier. So looks amazing! I love it when women wear suits.



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[LolaSvelt]

^Yes.


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[saann]

She's like a female Johnny Depp

 

[saann]

'Passion' trailer (for TIFF)

 

[LolaSvelt]

Actress Noomi Rapace attends the "Passion" Photocall during the 69th Venice Film Festival at the Palazzo del Casino on September 7, 2012 in Venice, Italy.

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[LolaSvelt]

Actress Noomi Rapace attends the "Passion" Premiere during the 69th Venice Film Festival at the Palazzo del Casino on September 7, 2012 in Venice, Italy.

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