Ellie Bamber’s transformation into iconic supermodel Kate Moss was displayed in full in the first trailer for the Moss & Freud biopic.
The movie, which is set for release next month having first premiered at the London International Film Festival in October, explores the unlikely bond between Kate and artist Lucian Freud, who together curated Naked Portrait 2002.
Lucian is played by Derek Jacobi in the film, which features the real life Kate as an executive producer, with the trailer opening with the leads in a gallery, where Lucian is first seen to float the idea of painting Kate.
After she accepts the idea, the ethereal, moody and glitzy teaser, the extremes of their relationship were displayed, with the pair seen to argue over her dedication to their project while later enjoying blissful giggles.
Derek’s Lucian is seen saying to Kate: ‘Could you imagine anything more beautiful? I think a painting – but do you have time? I’m quite aware of what a busy life you must lead’, after which she agrees to undertake the task: ‘Lucien, I like the idea of truth.’
The distinguished artwork captured a nude, then 28-year-old Kate while she was pregnant with her daughter Lila, who she welcomed with ex Jefferson Hack.
Sexy and raw, the image, which was painted by Lucian – then 80 and at the time 52 years older than Kate – showcased the model in a way she’d never been seen before.
The lead up and process of the painting is teased in the trailer, as Lucian demands: ‘If I were to paint you I need absolute commitment’, before viewers later see him becoming enraged at Kate for missing their sessions.
Standing in front of his canvas, he roars: ‘You are late, do you treat all of this as some kind of game? Three evenings a week is all I ask and to be on time’.
Kate is quick to hit back, as she is seen jabbing images of herself in a glossy magazine, saying: ‘This, this, some of them are long-term relationships!’ in relation to her relationships with designers and photographers.
She then muses: ‘The painter must think of everything he sees as being entirely for own use and pleasure is that what I’m here for? To be used by you’.
A slow-moving clip sees the duo dancing at a recreation of Kate’s legendary 30th birthday bash, which was held at Claridge’s hotel in 2004, took on the theme of F Scott Fitzgerald’s book, The Beautiful And Damned.
The movie’s initial release in October was met with mixed reviews, however next month the film will be opened to a wider audience.
The result of Lucian’s artwork of Kate was groundbreaking, with the painting fetching a whopping £3.9million at an auction in 2005.
Lucian and Kate’s time together established a one-of-a-kind friendship, and the model would later describe him as ‘the most interesting person’ she’d ever met.
So fierce was their bond, prying eyes have long questioned whether they shared something more than just friendship.
The German-born painter – also famed for his modern and selfie-esque painting of The Queen in 2001 – passed away aged 88 over a decade ago.
Moss & Freud, aims to explore his life and art, and focuses strongly on how the 90s superstar came to be his beloved muse.
Kate’s arrival on the scene in the early 90s signified a new era of models, joining the likes of Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford and Linda Evangelista as some of the biggest names in the industry.
Meanwhile Lucian Michael Freud, born in 1922 in Berlin, Germany, was by then a renowned painter and draughtsman who specialised in figurative art; his work on human subjects such as friends, family and lovers earned him the reputation as one of the foremost 20th-century English portraitists.
