It is Elizabeth Banks’ time to shine.
For Tuesday’s Aug. 13 premiere of her newest film, Skincare, the actress, 50, stepped out in New York Metropolis carrying a silver cowl neck sequin costume. Her mini costume included a wide range of sequins that elevated in dimension towards the underside and he or she topped her look off with a pair of black tights and an outsized black blazer.
Banks accessorized with a pair of black pointed-toe pumps and a silver baguette bag that seamlessly blended in along with her costume. She saved her hair in a unfastened, wavy blowout whereas her make-up introduced the drama with darkish purple lipstick and tender pink-hued eyeshadow.
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The actress was additionally seen in the identical glowing ensemble when she served as a visitor on The Tonight Present with Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday. However for that look, she saved her blazer off, directing all eyes to the shimmery costume.
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In Skincare, Banks performs a celeb aesthetician named Hope Goldman who’s on high of her recreation till she’s rocked by a scandal when her electronic mail is hacked — seemingly by a rival aesthetician who simply moved to city.
The film additionally stars Lewis Pullman, who performs Hope’s buddy Jordan, in addition to Luis Gerardo Méndez, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez and Nathan Fillion. Austin Peters directed Skincare from a script he wrote with Sam Freilich and Deering Regan.
Whereas Skincare is a fictional story, a few of it’s truly based mostly in reality. Former aesthetician-to-the-stars Daybreak DaLuise was acquitted of involvement in a murder-for-hire plot after being arrested in 2014. (DaLuise has said she is considering legal action in opposition to the movie.)
Going into the venture, Banks stated she wasn’t conscious of DaLuise’s story.
“I did not understand it in any respect. I had by no means heard about it. I used to be simply all in on Hope Goldman and this character and the form of milieu of L.A.,” she instructed Entertainment Weekly in July.
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The Starvation Video games alum stated her inspiration for the position got here from a facialist named Matty whom she used to see in actual life.
“She was very a lot this Hope Goldman character in my thoughts, in that she had her personal little place on third Road in L.A., and he or she was really useful to me by an agent — Johnny Depp’s agent — who stated, ‘Properly, Johnny went to Matty,’ and listed different purchasers who had gone to Matty.”
“So after I learn the script, that is what I used to be considering,” she continued. “I used to be like, ‘I will base it on Matty.’ ”
Skincare is in theaters Aug. 16.
