Fashion Forward

First, Vanity Fair, now GQ.  Are you sensing a trend?

Actually, for those who have been following Michael for a bit, he has been featured in a few fashion magazines in Europe before these big ones.

GQ did a 6-page spread on a very well-suited Michael last year.  The photos are phenomenal, photographed by Ben Watts, a magician with visual arts.

GQ met up with Michael in New York to catch a few words with him and you can read the interview on their site www.gq.com.  Titled The Best Irish Import Since Guinness which they used in their photo spread with Michael last year, he was asked about his upcoming work and his previous work in Inglourious Basterds and Fish Tank, which he was promoting.

When you're dealing with heavy topic matter, I think it's important to alleviate that by keeping it as light as possible in between shots.

 One of the best questions and answers has to be:

You know, the past like decade in America, we've gotten used to this sort of boy-ish kind of guy whose a little more soft than tough. And you ride motorcycles and drink beer damn it! How do you feel you fit into all of that? Do you feel like the shape of masculinity is changing in film?

I think men, in general, we are running scared at the moment, aren't we? [laughs] We're a dying breed! But if you look at Al Pacino and a guy like [American actor] Steve McQueen, they're different forms of masculinity. And different roles require different things of men. Maybe you have more of an artistic character who's more feminine and a lot of girls like that, too, I think. What's horrible is if it all becomes one though. You want to have all those various choices.

The article is a very quick read, so go ahead and indulge.  And don't mind revisiting Watts' photo shoot.