Yay! Elisabeth Moss (Peggy from Mad Men) is doing press to promote Mad Men and her Sundance miniseries Top of the Lake. Considering the timing, I think this GQ shoot is more for Mad Men, but really, it’s both. First of all, are we disappointed in Moss for “tarting it up” for GQ in this photo shoot? I have mixed feelings. First of all, Moss usually doesn’t tart it up at all. She barely has any fashion sense, her hair is usually in some kind of “hot mess” state, and I think she views herself as a “proper actress” not a celebrity. So on that side, I think it’s cute that she got out of her comfort zone, took off her pants and allowed herself to be photographed looking like she just rolled out of bed, and she does look adorable and sexy in these photos. On the other side… yeah, it sucks that even “proper actresses” get sexualized to this degree.
You can see the full GQ slideshow here. The interview is barely there – they basically just asked her two questions, because I guess they didn’t care what she had to say. But her answer to one of the questions was hilarious – she was asked “F—k, Marry, Kill” for Roger Sterling, Don Draper and Pete Campbell, and this was her answer: “Oh brother. I don’t want to marry any of them! Impossible! I guess I’d marry…Sterling? F–k Don. And I guess I’d have to kill Pete? But let me say for the record that none of these things I’d ever want to do.” Is it weird that I would probably do the same? I would marry Roger in a heartbeat. He’s old, he’s funny, he’s rich, he’s sassy and he’ll be dead by the 1970s. SCORE. And I would want to bang Don Draper, because of course (and I wouldn’t want to marry that mess either). And then you’d just have to kill Pete by default, because no one wants to bang him or marry him.
As for Lizzie’s side-project – the Sundance miniseries Top of the Lake – it looks good, but I bet it’s incredibly slow. The preview reminded of Wallander, which is basically a show that could easily be a brisk 40-minute police procedural but they spread it out with angst, grumpiness and “mood” so by the end of the hour and half, you no longer give a crap about the crime. Here’s the preview:
Photos courtesy: Steven Pan / GQ.
totally agree with her!
I wouldn’t marry any of them. But I’d like to have Roger as a friend with benefit, but most as a friend. A good one.
Don as a lover. I will cheat my boyfriend/husband with Don, but I will never ever be engaged with him.
She is really pretty.
I love that first shot of her.
I agree with her choices too. Except the choice to pose in her underwear. At least she has that sweater on, but still.
I just started watching Top of the Lake, it’s odd but interesting so far.
Can’t wait for Mad Men to return.
Lol! I agreed with Kaiser for the exact same reasons!
Every time I see her I cannot get past that she’s a Scientologist. It just makes me dislike her, but I still love Mad Men!
I just finished reading “Going Clear”, all about the Co$…I recommended it to anyone interested in this ‘religion’. She was born into Co$, so I can’t outright dislike her… She’s been brainwashed since birth, and it is so, so incredible difficult to leave such an organisation when you know the punishment for apostasy would be being labelled an SP.
she looks incredibly cute in those shoots.
I like Top of the Lake… it might seem slow; but it only has seven episodes and needs to show it’s characters so I feel like it’s pace is quite good.
She looks great in those pics. She got it right marry Roger, affair with Don (yay) and please kill Pete he is the worst! I cannot wait til the premire! Finished all 5 seasons in a couple of weeks, now I see why everyone cannot stand Megan damn she is annoying! Lol !
oh, come on, Wallander and his grumpy moods is great. besides, the books are full of loneliness and it’s great that series enjoy it in a strange way. it would be rather boring to have another procedural.
She is so lovely. I always try not to think about the fact she’s a Scientologist because it makes me sad that such a beautiful and smart woman would believe such nonsense.
On her fk marry kill, I completely agree about Roger: I would totally marry him, he’d be so much fun. Definitely kill Pete. Fk Don? Meh, I’m not sure about that, Jon Hamm does nothing for me.
Can’t wait for the return of Mad Men on Sunday!
She has great breasts.
F*ck – John Slattery, kind of regardless of what character he plays… or if he is even in character.
Kill – The Pete guy. I have only seen about 5 episodes of the entire 5 seasons but I am fine with killing that guy. I don’t play this game much – do I get to pick the method?
Marry – Draper. First of all I love his apartment. Secondly, I get access to the Draper Dong and thirdly, my name would live on in the press for years because you all would always say “And don’t get me started on that Jane Eyre-Draper mess. Man, I never thought ANYONE would make me miss Megan.”
Omg I love your analysis–“Marry – Draper. First of all I love his apartment.”-had me cracking up for 5 minutes xD.
she is so good-looking. Loved her but read a piece about her in the NYT where they revealed she was raised and still is in CO$ and she totally lost her lustre for me.
I love Top of the Lake, and it is not slow, it’s got great acting and atmosphere, I wait every Monday night for the new episode. I don’t watch Mad Men and that’s good cause she’s good on this series. And I don’t give a F*** who she Marries or Kills, that’s a stupid question to begin with. I guess she has to do some cheesecake for who knows who?
If this was about the actors (not the characters they play), I’d marry young quirky Vincent, f* the silver fox and kill the Hamm.
But really, I don’t want to kill anyone and just want to marry and f* Vincent (so excited for him and Alexis).
love her
she looks amazing! I would love to have that hairstyle but i think it might be the wrong length for me. Maybe try it and if it looks like hell i can cut it shorter. but maybe alittle too dark for someone who is naturally blonde?