Finally, a Christina Hendricks photo shoot that doesn’t have me pulling out my hair. It does have me musing about big-busted girls and the dangers of going strapless, though. I could never wear strapless gowns, because my girls would be all “HELLOOOOO!” as they popped out. As I’m afraid Christina’s girls will too. Still, I like this shoot much more than her leather-clad bow-and-arrow shoot from last week. Anyway, Christina is doing all of these magazine shoots and interviews because Mad Men comes back in just a few weeks. I have no idea why January Jones and Elisabeth Moss don’t also have magazine covers, but whatever. I’ll take Christina. Her Blackbook interview is kind of boring for non-Mad-Men-stans, though. So if you don’t care about Joan Holloway (Harris), just skip this:

She doesn’t want to talk about her boobs: ‘I’ve always been really comfortable in my skin, but I’m really just a girl who would prefer talking about my acting rather than my body,’ she says. ‘But I’m a very comfortable naked person. Not in front of other people, but at home and in front of my husband [actor Geoffrey Arend]. I feel good not wearing clothes.’

The new season of Mad Men: Filming it ‘went by in a blink,’ she says, ‘A lot happens this year. Last year was building up to what was going to happen with Don and Betty, and although there’s that, so much happens with each character this season that we were all like, ‘Whoa,’ And a lot happens to Joan.’

Joanie is confident: ‘The amazing thing about Joan is how confident she is,’ she says. ‘I was never that confident. When we shot the pilot I was like, “Who is this woman? I’m not friends with people like that.”’

Joanie talks about sex: ‘She’s living in the ’60s, but she uses sexual innuendo, which is taboo. Because of that – and a very tight green dress – she became a sexual character. She was very openly saying, I have sex, and I don’t care if you judge me. I’m not going to apologise for who I am. Those qualities resonated with people, and have given me confidence. Just as I have changed, and as significant things have happened in my life, like getting married and moving into a new home, Joan has gotten married and gotten pregnant,’ says Christina, in reference to Joan’s surprising, news at the end of last season.

Life after Mad Men: ‘The idea that we have two seasons left is a bit daunting,’ says Christina. ‘It’s been nice to have security. A lot of us have been around for a while. We know how cyclical this stuff is and how fleeting it can be, so the idea that the show will end is certainly bubbling inside of me, but I’ve never had a plan.’

[From The Mail]

Um, “I’m really just a girl who would prefer talking about my acting rather than my body.” In what world? I never thought I’d say this to one of my girls, but “Bitch, please.” Christina loves talking about her body. She gives interview after interview about her body. To be fair, she gets LOTS of questions about her figure, for good reason – she’s held up as a positive role model for curvy women. But let’s not pretend that this conversation has been forced upon her. Christina loves the attention.

Photos courtesy of Blackbook.