"Icon" Nicole Kidman flexes down for new mag cover
Nicole Kidman has caused a stir with her latest photoshoot after she appeared on the front cover of a magazine with incredibly muscled arms, a copper wig, and an outfit that’s a far cry from her previous looks.
Kidman will feature on the front cover of Perfect magazine’s third edition as the winner of the publication’s Icon award in recognition of her impact on contemporary culture.
The Nine Perfect Strangers star was styled in a tight-fitting halter-neck crop top, a textured mini skirt, and a copper wig that had bangs at the front and waist-long hair at the back, with the wig appearing in several other photos from the shoot, taken by photographer Zhong Lin.
Kidman was the inaugural winner from a list of 23 potential candidates for the Icon award, which serves to recognise those who are “shaping contemporary culture”.
Perfect launched the annual awards this year, with additional categories including Self Expression, Image, and Moment, as well as several for fragrances, designers, performers and brands, two years after the content agency turned magazine was founded by British stylised Katie Grand.
“At a time when the validity of awards ceremonies is in question, and the red carpet spectacle of presentations is dominated by the awarding bodies and the presenters, we wanted to shift the focus back on those who we think deserve to be rewarded,” Perfect said in a statement.
Kidman’s latest magazine spread comes just months after her shoot for the February issue of Vanity Fair sparked controversy, with some fans accusing the magazine of excessive use of Photoshop.
The Oscar-winning actress later addressed the accusations in a conversation with director Baz Luhrmann, published in Vogue Australia, confessing she had second thoughts after initially “begging” to wear the Miu Miu outfit featured on the cover.
“I did walk away thinking, ‘What was I thinking?! That was ridiculous! What were you doing, Nicole?!’ And then I went, ‘Eh, oh well!’” she said.
“Cause you know that part about me where I’m like, ‘I’m just going to do what I want to do, ultimately!’ And just have some fun. And just commit, like really commit when I show up, do it. But there’s got to be some fun. And sometimes it’s going to work, and sometimes it isn’t. But I love the idea of being bold and not fitting into a box.”
Aside from appearing in unusual magazine photoshoots, Kidman has been working on various projects in Hollywood, including gearing up for the upcoming Aquaman sequel and being in production for AppleTV+ animation Spellbound, Amazon series Expats, and an untitled Netflix rom-com.
Image: @ThePerfectMagazine (Instagram)