DOCTOR WHO star Karen Gillan was cast as 60s supermodel Jean Shrimpton in a new TV drama - and then found herself face-to-face with the star's former flame David Bailey.
Gillan, 24, stars as Shrimpton in the BBC4 story We'll Take Manhattan, which explores the explosive love affair between "The Shrimp" and the world-famous photographer, played by Aneurin Barnard.
The Scottish actress told the Radio Times that she had not been able to meet Shrimpton, who now runs a hotel in Penzance and avoids public appearances.
But she found herself posing for David Bailey in a Vogue magazine shoot - and says he was as formidable as his reputation.
She told the magazine: "He's a funny one, he plays mind games to provoke his subjects."
Gillan - who is about to end her run as the Time Lord's sidekick Amy Pond - explained: "He kept shouting 'Surprise me! Do something!' He seems to build up your confidence but then knock it back down again.
"He kept on saying to me 'You're pretty but pretty girls are like red buses.' He meant being pretty is not enough to make an interesting portrait, essentially."
Karen, who recently split up with photographer boyfriend Patrick Green after six years, said Shrimpton had seen the drama and "left a voicemail saying that she thought it was really accurate, so that was the best compliment I could have."
Shrimpton and Bailey were said to have met at a photoshoot for a Corn Flakes advert and he is often credited with helping to rocket her to success as one of the most famous faces in the world.
He insisted on using the unconventional model Jean Shrimpton on an important photo shoot for British Vogue and, over the course of a freezing week in Manhattan, went ...
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[Source: Coventry Telegraph - The Geek Files]
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