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Skinny model row hits red carpet
By This is London 20.09.06
Clive Owen at the Children of Men premiere
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The debate over skinny models transferred to the red carpet with celebrities at the Children Of Men premiere weighing in with their views on whether underweight models should be banned from the catwalk.
Stars of the film Sir Michael Caine and Clive Owen, who both arrived in London's Leicester Square with their wives, felt it was wrong to entirely blame models for the fashion industry's unhealthy image.
Owen, when asked if he had ever been pressured into changing his looks, joked: "I have had tons of plastic surgery, I can't tell you."
He added that he didn't know whether models should be any bigger or whether all the blame for the image they represent could be laid at their door.
His co-star Michael Caine said he was more worried about the obesity problem among children than he was about thin models in the fashion industry.
He said: "What are you going to do about a thin model? Shove a banana down her throat or something? We cannot do anything about it."
The veteran actor and Oscar winner said he was 6ft tall when he was 14 and was skinnier than models today, but he wasn't sick.
Both men were in London for the premiere of the film based on the PD James novel and directed by the Mexican Alfonso Cuaron.
Owen praised the director, whose previous work includes Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, saying: "I think he is a huge special original and fresh director."
New talent Clare-Hope Ashitey plays the young pregnant woman in the film which depicts a stark future for Britain in 2027 when all women but her have lost the ability to have children.
The actress said the experience was phenomenal: "It is so fantastic to work with people right at the top of their game so when you get to work with five at once it is really overwhelming."
Director Cuaron said he was very excited about the opening: "I am so excited and happy that this is the film I wanted to make. I intended it to be a British film and wanted to convey a sense of Britishness.
"It is not a bleak view of the future but an accurate view of the present."
Children Of Men opens across the UK and Ireland this Friday, September 22.
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