A Victoria’s Secret model starring in a Transformers movie? Check and check. Gentlemen, meet
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, the lady who’s turning your adolescent wet dreams into reality.
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley covers the June / July Issue of
Complex Magazine in an editorial called `
The Future is Rosie`, captured by
Sheryl Nields and styled by
Danielle Nachman.
In the interview with
Nate Denver, Rosie talks about starring in the new Transformers movie, living at the farm and how is life as a model.
To read more of what she had to say and for more pictures scroll down and click to enlarge.
Nate Denver: Did you watch Transformers cartoons to prepare for your role?
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley: No. I’ve seen the Transformers movies before, but I haven’t seen the cartoons or played with the toys. I grew up on a farm in the southwest of England. I think I had about two toys my whole childhood. I was in the woods, riding my bike and my horse.
ND: How’s working with Michael Bay?
RHW: Michael was great. We shot a commercial in 2009 for Victoria’s Secret, that’s where we met. Then he sent me an email last summer. He said, “I’d like to put you on tape for this role for
Transformers.” I figured it was going to be a small role, or an extra. I didn’t jump on the idea, but I believe you should always take a meeting, so I went to the casting and went on tape. A couple days later, Michael sent me a message saying, “We want you for the female lead, is that something you’d consider?” I met Shia that evening, then a week later I was doing a screen test, and two weeks after that I was doing my first scene. So it happened really, really quick.
ND: Have you ever had to run for your life?
RHW: I had to run from a bull once, on the farm back home, on Christmas actually. In the mud, in Wellington boots, and I was running fast.
ND: Do you get sad when it’s time to kill a chicken?
RHW: No, I know where my food comes from. I don’t get sad ’cause you don’t build relationships with those animals. I’m a farm girl; there’s the pigs, that’s the dog that I play with and love, but it’s the pig that’s gonna be in the freezer next month.
ND: Have you killed any of the animals?
RHW: I’ve shot a few pheasants and a few rabbits. I’m probably gonna be hated for that.
ND: Are you ready for a natural disaster?
RHW: No way. Are you ever ready?
ND: Do you know CPR?
RHW: I did learn it once, but I don’t remember. At the point that somebody needed it, I wouldn’t want to be the one who steps in and raises my hand to volunteer.
ND: All you do is press hard and deep between the nipples.
RHW: Really? And then blow, in the mouth? Or is that just a
Baywatch thing?
ND: Now they say to just do compressions.
ND: In modeling, does it take time to become comfortable with your body?
RHW: Well, it’s a day-to-day thing. I don’t feel comfortable in my body today at all. Any woman will tell you she has her good and bad days, and today I did not feel like I looked my best or felt radiant inside or outside.
ND: Did you have to learn that crazy model walk when you started your career?
RHW: Yeah. You know who taught me to walk? Two Jamaican gay guys, who I lived with for a brief time in London when I was 16. One was a model and one was a model agent. They were called Humphrey and Donin.
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