STACK #135 Jan 2016

FEATURE CINEMA

Meet the Parents

model look, but admits to feeling the pressures of aging in Hollywood. He jokes that within the fashion industry, Hansel and Derek would be considered ‘ancient relics’ but says it was vital they factored this into the film. “Being able to finally make this movie and I'm this age, I had to understand how I could feel like it made sense for the movie. In Derek and Hansel's minds, they are still models and how do models think of themselves at this age? For me, that thing of Derek and Hansel trying to figure out how they belong in this new world is something I could really connect with.” Unlike his alter ego though, Stiller is far from over the hill. In his 28-year career the native New Yorker has written, starred in, directed and/or produced over 50 films. From awkward, family comedy Meet the Parents to great tale of redemption Dodgeball: A True

Zoolander 2

CINEMA

Underdog Story , Stiller is a formidable comedic force and it looks highly likely 2oolander will be a runaway, runway success.

• Zoolander 2 is in cinemas on Feb 11 and is reviewed next issue

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

D uring 2015 Paris Fashion Week there was an incident on the catwalk that shocked both the film and fashion world. During the finale of the Valentino show, two runway superstars returned

2oolander, or "two-hundred-Lander?" as Derek says in the teaser, promises plenty of big laughs, fashion espionage and celebrity cameos, including Justin Bieber, Kim Kardashian and Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch, unrecognisable as non-gender specific supermodel ‘All’. “Benedict

after a 15-year hiatus: Derek Zoolander and Hansel, aka Hollywood heavyweights

The lead up to it was pretty wild because we were hiding for three hours backstage, the models didn't even know...

Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson, gatecrashing the fashion show to

Cumberbatch is great, he was so game and so excited. I felt really fortunate that people who were fans of the first movie wanted to come on board and be a part of it. There is definitely a few surprises in there,”

announce the long awaited Zoolander sequel. “That was really exciting and scary because it was a big surprise – you can't trip and

it was a big thing we worked on for about a year to get to that point

says Stiller. He does, however, admit to

and keep it a secret, and Anna [Wintour, US Vogue editor] was a big part of making that happen too. The lead up to it was pretty wild because we were hiding for three hours backstage, the models didn't even know...” says Stiller, who plays the hapless male model and also directed and co-wrote the film which is due out in February.

feeling frustrated at having to reveal so much before the film’s release, saying that he wishes "everything could be a surprise" – a statement now all the more poignant since Cumberbatch’s character has caused controversy among the transgender community, some of whom find his portrayal offensive. At 50, Stiller still manages to pull off the male

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