Helen Mirren Goes Topless

Helen Mirren turns 65 next month—but that hasn’t stopped her from posing nude. In this week’s New York magazine, Juergen Teller shoots Mirren soaking topless in the bathtub. And Mirren-as-sex-symbol doesn’t end there: The actress will portray a madam at a whorehouse in Love Ranch, a film directed by her husband, Taylor Hackford, which opens June 30. To research the part, Hackford encouraged his wife to spend a night at the notorious Mustang Ranch whorehouse. Mirren tells the magazine: “I said, ‘Read my lips: I’m not going to spend a night in a brothel.’” ... But, as she explains, she took direction from her husband instead: “It’s amazing how quickly you get into dildos everywhere and pink-feather handcuffs. Within an hour you’re completely used to it.”