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NEWS: Hollywood Reenacts Hitchcock Scenes

Feb. 15 1:04 PM by Eater of Entrails

In the March issue of Vanity Fair, several of Hollywood's biggest actors and actresses have recreated classic scenes from some the most celebrated films from master of suspense, filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock. Keira Knightley , Charlize Theron, Scarlett Johansson, Robert Downey Jr. and other stars posed in famous moments from movies spanning most of Hitchcock's career.

A very naked Marion Cotillard gets knifed in the infamous

A very naked Marion Cotillard gets knifed in the infamous "shower scene" from Psycho.

Here are some of the highlights from the feature, naming who played what in the photo shoot, and a list of horror/suspense films the actors have played in real life:

Charlize Theron as "Margot Mary Wendice" from Dial M for Murder
Horror/Suspense Films She's Been In: Children of the Corn III, The Astronaut's Wife, The Devil's Advocate

Naomi Watts as "Marnie Edgar" from Marnie
Horror/Suspense Films She's Been In: The Ring, The Ring Two, Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering, The Shaft, The Birds (a Hitchcock remake coming in 2009), Funny Games (a horror remake coming this April)

Jennifer Jason Leigh as "Mrs. Danvers" from Rebecca
Horror/Suspense Films She's Been In: The Hitcher (the original), Eyes of a Stranger, Buried Alive, The Jacket, eXistenZ,

Gwyneth Paltrow as "Frances Stevens" from To Catch a Thief
Horror/Suspense Films She's Been In: Se7en

Robert Downey Jr. as "John Robie" from To Catch a Theif
Horror/Suspense Films He's Been In: In Dreams, Gothika

Renée Zellweger as "Madeleine Elster" from Vertigo
Horror/Suspense Films She's Been In: Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation

Jody Foster as "Melanie Daniels" from The Birds
Horror/Suspense Films She's Been In: The Silence of the Lambs

You can view high-res scans of the entire 25-page feature here.

Call me crazy, but I'd much rather erotically asphyxiate Charlize than Grace Kelly.

Call me crazy, but I'd much rather erotically asphyxiate Charlize than Grace Kelly.

Comments

Seth Rogen in North By Northwest made me loawl.

 

Marion Cotillard is SO beautiful that if she got a limb or her head hacked off, I'm not even sure I'd notice!

 

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