Vanity Fair launched its star-studded edition on Tuesday to celebrate the best of Tinseltown “that propelled storytelling with hope and humanity during a surreal year.”
The surprising 27th annual edition called “A Fantasia in Ten Acts” features Michael B. Jordan, Charlize Theron, Zendaya, Sacha Baron Cohen, Maya Rudolph doing a spill, Michaela Coel, Spike Lee, LaKeith Stanfield on top of a white horse, Awkwafina and Dan Levy.
The 2021 Hollywood portfolio “portrays a magical dream landscape, representing not only that the show must go on, but that there is joy in its continuity,” Vanity Fair said in a press release.
In the edition, which hits newsstands on March 2, the stars “speak openly about how to interpret this year’s events has become central to their work and how the transformation that the entertainment industry has undergone can present an opportunity for more lasting changes and positive ”.
Inside, a photo shows Theron wearing a Richard Quinn jacket and boxing gloves while in a boxing ring next to a bear roaring in front of a canyon in the background.
In replying to what made her most furious and what gives her hope last year, Theron replied: “It is difficult to try to quantify which of the horrible events we have had in the past year are the worst.
“They are all so fucked up,” she continued. “Dealing with a virus and the amount of human losses we have had – that sucks. The pain and suffering that I saw my black friends go through during this period … I mean, I hope it’s an awakening. “
The “Old Guard” actress also referred to the January 6 US Capitol riot as “all very sad”.
“The only thing that makes me feel like I can think of the glass as half full, instead of half empty, is that I hope that a lot of this really deep, deep, deep pain and suffering, we will come to realize that we can’t go on like this “, she said.
Artists Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari directed 10 photo shoots on four continents for the edition “using modern techniques that allowed the VF to minimize staff on set and maximize the COVID-19 protocol,” said the magazine.