Rie Rasmussen

[Feng Ni]

Femme Fatale

 

[min-SH]

^thanks for bumping this thread.
Rie is such a hotness.

 

[Charllotte]

love Her, love Her role in ANGEL-A, can't imagine another ACTRESS in that!

 

[papa_levante]

So, what is Rie up these days?

Any minor modelling?

 

[happycanadian]

she was one of my absolute favourites for a minute there. i wish she had've continued to do more modeling work.

 

[Teja]

I watched Angel-a last night and she looked stunning!

 

[matthaeus123]

the cc

 

[matthaeus123]

same

 

[miklaus]

same

Hot! I wonder who did these scans...

 

[Katana]

I still remember her fabulous appearings at the anniversary runway show of Dolce & Gabbana. She was so different from other ladies! She was carrying out the performance. She is so seductive and real, that I start to think she doesn’t exist! She is kind of my goddess…I think she is best who is always able to show herself in the most favourable light. Wow!

 

[happycanadian]

oh i miss her SO much!

she brought such drama to absolutely everything, whether it was a runway show or an editorial. always sooo sensual. check her out in those runway shots matthaeus posted (*p.s. THANK YOU!*) her posturing is so alluring .. and her FACE; the expression ... just brilliant. she was truly a brilliant model.

 

[min-SH]

yes she was such a presence.
i miss her.

 

[Alien Sex Friend]

POP # 4 S/S 2002

Eve

Rie Rasmussen by Mert and Marcus
styled by Kt Grand








scanned by BlackShine​

 

[matthaeus123]

thank you

 

[Katana]

Thanks aaa lot!

"Angel A" prem.
I remember watching this amazing movie several years ago at the cinema. That was a fun story. I was standing in a huge queue, cause this was the opening night in a cultural fest called "French spring". And when the queue passed to my turn that was only one ticket left. It was the most right seat on the first row...Oh, i thought that's so inconvenient... But actually it was one of the best movies I've ever seen mostly because of talanted Rie and from the first minutes I just forgot anything else.

credit: tccandler.com

 

[tortoisie]

OK, I heard this thing, I don't know if it's true or not. Basically, I was watching a documentary about Eugenia Volodina and as you all know, Eugenia was Tom Ford's "Muse", he called her a "russian amazon" and said she has the best walk. Anyway, her first big show was opening up for Gucci in Fall 2002. She said she was very nervous that she'd fall but everything went well for her. However, the girl who was coming second was so nervous she fell free times! Eugenia said that Tom Ford was so powerful that he told everyone not to book that girl again and it killed her runway career. In that show Rie was coming second, dunno if she tripped or not but evidently, she did very little shows after this. Do you think there is any truth to this? I don't see why Eugenia would lie about it.

It's probably not Rie, because that was not Rie's first show for Gucci. She was the face of the Spring/Summer 2002 campaign. If it was Rie, she would not be hired for the Spring/Summer 2003 show and obviously she was there.

[style.com]

 

[Northern Star]

That's right it wasn't Rie.......it was an English model named Michelle DeSwardt who fell at least twice I think.
There might be some truth in that rumour about Tom Ford as her career seemed to go nowhere from there......at least on runways, although if it is true it's a bit ridiculous.
Michelle is currently hosting a show in UK about fashion shows ironically.
Back to Rie..........she is just bloody fantastic. She had amazing presence on a catwalk.B)

 

[Ecstasy Lover]

It's probably not Rie...

Rie used to be Gucci exclusive. Tom likes her a lot. I think that was him who had created her outfits for Femme Fatale premiere in Cannes.

source: models.com

 

[Ecstasy Lover]

It's what modeling needs now. A sense of a moment, of movement .. of girls who can springboard past mere cat-walking and become monuments. It's what made Naomi majestic, Claudia incredible and Linda...Linda.

It's the ability, in a photograph, to conjure up a fashion emotion in the twinkle of an eye, the warmth of a smile, the stretch of the neck. It's the girls who can do that who are going to be having major booking moments in the next six months.

The little group of editors, photographers, stylists, designers who keep the ball rolling are desperate for some entertainment. They are keeping their eyes peeled for a model who can amuse, endear, seduce and engage. The day of the bored (and boring) girl radiating perfect indifference is done for now. Never mind aloof. Think presence.

Right this minute, there is no model with a greater drama quotient than current Gucci girl Rie Rasmussen. Whether on the cover of Numero or in her recent stories for Harper's Bazaar and Pop she rocks it to the hilt. From the wide scope of runways she's stalked, ranging from Victoria's Secret to Prada, one thing is consistent. Rie certainly gives you a memorable moment.
But where does that instinct come from? It's not from some silly need to be another deluded diva, but rather from a fascination with the idea of presentation and performance.

As has been wisely reported Rie is very much focused on making the leap into acting with her turn in Brian DePalma's Femme Fatale finally set to hit the screen. But this Danish stunner is no fly by night MTA (Model Turned Actress). The woman has her background, game plan and her passion. Tune in as she shares it with MDC's Wayne Sterling.

MDC: You started modeling at a young age and then took a very unusual route in the business. Could you share with our readers the story of how your career unfolded?
Rie: I was discovered when I was fifteen. I was in New York on a trip with my father and a scout approached me on Madison Avenue so I thought, "Sure. Why not?" I got a few jobs. I did some traveling but I wasn't really paying attention. I had a different energy back then because you know, I was still exploring my life, my identity. I had very little life experience, very little of my own point of view. Then when I was 16 I found some people with similar interests to mine. We wanted to make movies, explore the ideas we had. I went to California with them. We attended HFI film school, which allowed us to have a crash course in filmmaking. We worked with 35mm cameras because we thought it was really important to learn to operate a camera. To hold it in your hands and get the feeling of this camera as opposed to digital video which they didn't have at the time. We flirted with writing scripts and making little skateboard movies. That matured when I saw what people like Sean Penn and Clint Eastwood had done which was that they used their presence in front of the camera to gain the power to become directors in their own right. That idea really interested me.

MDC: And as fate would have it you end up getting the best education being directed by a legendary director along with heavy hitters like Rebecca Romijn and Antonio Banderas.
Rie: I spent two months on the set with Brian DePalma. I watched everything. Even when I didn't have any scenes I'd hang around just to be able to breathe the air. I loved acting and performing. I desired to make the most of the experience. It was amazing.

MDC: The story of your uhm...experiences... in the first class cabin of an international flight is now legendary. Do any of those escapades show up in Femme Fatale?
Rie: My character is kind of the catalyst for the entire plot and the way it unfolds. Brian got to keep a very racy scene that opens the movie. Some people felt that originally the scene was not... realistic but the episode you hint at made Brian realize women could be strong and adventurous and daring. I took a meeting with Brian and Rebecca. Our reading had great chemistry and at the end Brian said "Please come do my movie." I was honored to do it.

MDC: Your film background is more about being behind the camera than as a trained actress. How did you navigate your way around acting?
Rie: Well you see, movies are our generation's folklore. It's our pop culture, our reference point. I don't want it to sound arrogant but I felt that my passion and love for the movies gave me enough guidance as to how I would present a character by mixing elements of different actresses and performances that inspired me. It's actresses like Sigourney Weaver who was so strong and amazing in Alien and at the same time so feminine and fragile in something like The Year Of Living Dangerously. It's Faye Dunaway, who is so completely a woman in her films. Her eyes are so...she has very sorrowful eyes. The things you learn from her face in Chinatown....

MDC: Last time we spoke we expressed our mutual obsession with The Fifth Element. And the fact that Femme Fatale is photographed by the same cinematographer. His name being...
Rie: Thierry Abbergast. He also shot La Femme Nikita....The Messenger. He has the most beautiful light. It's so very sensual and beautiful. I went up to him on the Femme Fatale set to tell him how much I admired his work and he's like..."You know my name? Wow!" But you have to realize the cinematography is a very crucial part of the film. David Fincher's films, Seven, The Game ...Panic Room, even though they are shot by different cinematographers, always have the same visual tones and textures. It's him. It's his signature. That's his eye remaining consistent through all his films. But really, cinematographers have a lot of control visually. I love the rich, velvety textures of film stock. It's visual but it's tactile too. I was watching Casablanca the other day and the light on Ingrid Bergman's faces was just incredible.

MDC: I do think of you as a kind of modern day update of the leading lady ideal. Kind of raw edged post-punk screen goddess.
Rie: (lol) I love the fantasy of the elegant leading lady as much as I love the gritty , dirty, down out feeling you get from something like "Celebration" which is a film that is shot entirely hand-held.

MDC: Well there's the grand tradition of female stars who first came to public awareness through modeling. From Greta Garbo to Marisa Berenson ...
Rie: I look at someone like Rene Russo who used to shoot with the likes of Helmut Newton and then went on to have an amazing film career. I would be very happy with her choices. Uma Thurman did some modeling before she became an actress. Andie MacDowell is another great example and Michelle Pfeiffer is amazing for the way she made that transition.

MDC: I heard Femme Fatale is on the program at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival.
Rie: Yes! It screens at Cannes.. I can't wait!

MDC: Make a moment of it Rie. Drive the paparazzi nuts. Wear something really demure like a cape and then toss it off to show something really scanty and scandalous!
Rie: I already plotted with Tom. I'll be changing every three hours. (lol)

MDC: The story of how you landed the Gucci exclusive should serve as an inspiration to every aspiring model. Care to break it down?
Rie: I went to Milan because the Kevin Krier company called saying they needed a girl to do looks, which are the 57 or so outfits that comprise the actual show. The job requires being somebody inspirational, somebody they can tolerate being around for a week. And I didn't think twice. I mean it was Tom Ford. He's a legend! And we had a great time. I guess my look fit his concept for the season and then I booked the actual show and then the campaign.

MDC: The lesson being if you can make a personal connection with a client on even the humblest booking...sky's the limit.
Rie: Definitely.

MDC: You tend to attract relationships with fashion clients with a theatrical and cinematic bent. Tom Ford is very cinematic in the way he constructs his vision for each season. Mert and Marcus are very vignette oriented.
Rie: I really enjoy doing those campaigns and editorials because it's like shooting a little movie frame by frame. Some photographers give you characters to play, which I love because then as a model you become integral to the creative process of making the picture work.

MDC: And references make fashion go around
Rie: It's good as a model to be aware of your references like Guy Bourdin... Richard Avedon... David Bailey. It's important to know the references that the fashion world is built on. Photographers come to the set with an inspiration, an ideal that they're trying to achieve. The more you can understand the ideal the better the shoot.

MDC: Your agent. Scott Lipps also has that LA background that must be quite useful for you in your attempt to straddle both the fashion and film world.
Rie: Scott's great. He understands that there are other things operating in life. It's about more than just being a model on his board. It's about having someone next to you who lets you explore all your possibilities. Who gives the freedom to grow as a person and as a talent. It's about having someone you can talk to as a human being.

MDC: Well here's to you one day joining the pantheon of great actresses Rie! I must say I really enjoy the life you bring to the party.
Rie: Oh thank you so much.....I love a good party! (lol)

source: models.com

 

[Igbette]

Does anyone know if she has a heart tattoo on her right shoulderblade?

I was watching Angel-A and I thought I saw one but am not sure... any confirmation?