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OCTOBER 2014
82
HEAVEN ON
HELL WHEELS
We go behind the
scenes of the
Rainforest Challenge’s
first Indian outing.
Truly, it is extreme
off-roading like we’ve
never seen.
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THE 50TH
ANNIVERSARY OF
GOLDFINGER
The iconic James Bond
007 film set an idiom
for the franchise.
98
ICON: SHYAM
BENEGAL
The acclaimed
filmmaker talks
muses, mainstream
cinema and his legacy.
102
SARAI GIVATI
Features The Israeli beauty and
74
Expendables 3 bad girl
on Stallone and guns.
Malaika 108
LET’S BE MOVIE STARS
Arora Comic geniuses Jake
124
FESTIVE FORMALS
Combine the best
weaves and cuts of the
season to evolve your
own ethnicwear idea.
136
ROHIT SHARMA
The cricketer hits an
afterlife boundary.
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FESTIVE FORMALS Arena Agenda
Evolve your own style
language this season. 14 46
pg. 124 ULTIMATE SUPERCAR DESTINATION DUBAI
The diabolically fast A decadent getaway
LaFerrari is a premier full of gorgeous
Italian supercar. women and nightlife.
18 50
DRINK LIKE MADBOY/MINK
HEMINGWAY The musicians want to
Learn how to make a add spark to the scene.
legendary daiquiri.
52
20 THE SEX GURU
WINTER ALES Madhuri Banerjee
Deliciously complex deconstructs foreplay.
beers will rule.
54
22 PULP FICTION
VEGGIE DELIGHT Our pick of the best
Protein and flavour crime thrillers ever.
await your mealtime.
56
24 TV FANTASTIC
ELON MUSK The best new shows
Crunching the you’ll love.
numbers on the
real-life Tony Stark. 58
EXTREME SKILLS
26 You’ll never need to
A DRINK WITH swallow a sword...
NIDA MAHMOOD so here’s how to do it.
We catch up with the
cute designer. 60
UNREAL RIDES
28 Get revved up with
MIND THE APP pop culture’s most
Our sexting writer badass motorcycles.
traverses dating apps.
30 Emporium
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Maxim’s vintage stuff 62
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MODEL MANIA appliances. Amazing.
Following the hottest
stars of Instagram. 66
HIGH LIFE OBJECT OF DESIRE
Cavalli Club is Meet the world’s most
just one place to Modus expensive turntable.
party in Dubai.
pg. 46 36 68
BATTLE FASHION SUDS FOR STUDS
Stay alive with a suave Great growlers to keep
bulletproof suit. your beer carbonated.
40 70
THE BLACK LIST GO DEEP
Noir fragrances will The only underwater
rule the night. cams you’ll ever need.
42 72
WORKOUT CUSTOM-READY
Power up your core. The superb BMW
DIRT KICKERS Motorrad R nineT is
Get into extreme 44 one malleable bike.
4x4 action with the
Rainforest Challenge. THE KING OF COOL
pg. 82 Track Steve McQueen’s
iconic style.
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A MAN’S WORLD
THE
WILDEST
STALLION
The awe-inspiring performance
of the 949-hp LaFerrari is
matched only by its visual force.
by LAWRENCE ULRICH
Ernest Hemingway
set a record by
drinking 16 daiquiris
in one afternoon at
Havana’s El Floridita.
Drink Mix It Up
Like Ingredients
60 ml gold or white rum
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Brown ales first
appeared in
17th-century
England but didn’t
gain popularity till
the ’80s. DOWNTOWN
BROWN
Lost Coast
Brewery
This lightly
hopped ale has a
mellow, chocolaty
flavour influenced
by roasted malts. No
bitterness here; instead
you’ll find hints of coffee
and earthy grains.
PAIR WITH: Densely
marbled steaks, chops
ELLIE’S
WINTER’S
BROWN ALE
Avery
Brewing Co.
BREW
goes down like a
pilsner but is aggressive
enough to satisfy IPA
devotees. It smells of dark
No beer complements the coming chocolate, but take a sip
chill better than a brown ale. and you’ll be surprised by
vanilla-tinged tones and a
by STEPHEN EDWARDS mildly bitter finish.
PAIR WITH: Almost all
spicy meats
OLD BROWN
DOG
Smuttynose
Brewing Co.
Heavy in alcohol
(6.7 percent ABV)
but light on
bitterness, this ale
smells like toffee and tastes
like caramel. It’s creamy,
with little aftertaste—an
ideal choice for those who
like simple beers.
PAIR WITH: BBQ ribs
LO C AT I O N : H I L L A N D D A L E B A R , N E W YO R K C I T Y
INDIAN
BROWN ALE
Dogfish
Head Craft
Brewery
Put down that played-out pumpkin stout— complex, whiskey-like notes that conjure up
October belongs to the brown ale. everything from nuts to caramel. So, whether Its dark
Far superior to the usual boring seasonal you’re grilling sausages for an Oktoberfest- complexion and
offerings, the brown family of beer’s low worthy cookout or enjoying a white-cloth red thick head suggest
carbonation and sweet-and-bitter meat dinner, there’s a brown ale that’ll elevate a medium-bodied
sweetness. But this brew is
characteristics are ideal for the coming winter your experience.
exceptionally bitter and
months’ cooler temperatures and the heartier boasts hints of molasses.
meals that accompany them. What’s more, PAIR WITH: Smoky meats,
they’re sophisticated and masculine, with grilled vegetables
INTRODUCING
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The Veggie
Might
Stock up on protein without
compromising on taste, with this
masterful burger.
by DR. NANDITA IYER
IF YOU’RE VEGETARIAN BY CHOICE (WE’RE HAPPY Got all this together? Time to get this bad boy on the
for you!), you know that flavour and fun are no road. Pressure-cook the chickpeas with 2 cups water
strangers. This chickpea and basil burger is the perfect for 8 minutes or so. After 3 whistles, lower the flame
combo of nutrition and real guy comfort food. It’s and keep this on simmer for 7 to 8 minutes. Drain
damn easy to make, can stay unspoilt in the fridge for and mash with a fork or a potato-masher. In a large
at least a couple of days and goes great with a rum bowl, mix the mashed chickpeas, mashed potatoes,
and cola or a cold beer. Convert it into slyders—or chopped basil (or your chosen herb), pepper, salt and
mini burgers—for a get-together, or just make the red chilli powder. Sprinkle some gram flour or bread
patty and complement it with grilled vegetables. crumbs if the mixture is too wet. Divide this into six
balls, flatten into thick patties and place on a lightly
To make it, get ½ to ¾ cup of dried chickpeas that greased nonstick skillet (or tawa) on medium flame.
have been soaked in water overnight. To this, add ½ Grill each side of every patty for 5-7 minutes until it’s
cup of mashed potatoes, a fistful of chopped basil golden brown, using a little oil. Remove and keep the
leaves (or you can use any other herbs that you have patties aside to cool slightly.
on hand), 1 tsp of ground pepper, 1 tsp of salt, ½ tsp
of red chilli powder, 1 tbsp of roasted gram flour Get some lettuce, chopped tomatoes, onions and
(besan) to bind these together, and 2 tbsp of olive oil slices of cheese together, and put them between
or vegetable oil. It makes sense to use a mise en place toasted white bread buns. Add the patty and you’re
system, where you lay all these ingredients out in one done. For a great cocktail, add some cola to rum, a
place to add them easily. squeeze of lime and a dash of almond liqueur.
22 MAXIM October
October 2014
2014
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THE REAL-LIFE TONY STARK
Dissecting the data on PayPal, SpaceX, and Tesla Motors mega-mogul Elon Musk.
$9.2 BILLION
3
AGE ELON MUSK WAS DEADLINE MUSK HAS HOW FAR THE ZERO-EMISSIONS ELECTRIC TESLA ROADSTER
394
WHEN HE SOLD HIS SET FOR HIS COMMERCIAL CAN DRIVE AFTER A SINGLE CHARGE, IN KILOMETRES
FIRST COMPUTER GAME, MUSK’S NET WORTH, WHICH MOSTLY COMES FROM SPACE TRAVEL COMPANY,
12
BLASTAR, FOR $500. HIS PORTFOLIO OF HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES LIKE SPACEX, TO SEND HUMAN
ELECTRIC CARS, SPACE TRAVEL, AND SOLAR POWER. PASSENGERS TO MARS
$1.1 BILLION
(A DECADE SOONER THAN
NASA ESTIMATES THEY’LL BE
ABLE TO DO THE SAME).
WHAT MUSK MADE IN ONE DAY
LAST FEBRUARY WHEN SHARES OF TESLA
2 26
JUMPED NEARLY 14 PERCENT.
COUNTRIES MUSK IS
CURRENTLY A CITIZEN OF.
U. S . A .
3
S. AFR
DA
NA
IC
CA A TIME IT TAKES THE ROADSTER TO
ACCELERATE FROM 0 TO 100 KMPH.
YEAR MUSK’S WIFE, SHARE MUSK RECEIVED FROM THE $307 MILLION PAYOUT
3.7
3.
ACTRESS TALULAH RILEY, OF HIS FIRST WEB SOFTWARE COMPANY, ZIP2,
FIRST APPEARED IN MAXIM. WHICH WAS ACQUIRED IN 1999. HE WAS 28 YEARS OLD. KMPH
$22M
2011
SECONDS
$1
35 BILLI
WHAT NASA PAID SPACEX TIME IT WOULD TAKE COMMUTERS TO MAKE THE 563-KM GLOBAL BOX-OFFICE GROSS OF THE IRON MAN FRANCHISE.
IN 2008. MUSK’S COMPANY TRIP FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO LOS ANGELES IN MUSK’S WHEN ROBERT DOWNEY JR. WAS ASKED BY THE FIRST
IS ONE OF SEVERAL VYING PROPOSED SUBSONIC TRAVEL POD SYSTEM, THE “HYPERLOOP.” TWO FILMS’ DIRECTOR, JON FAVREAU, HOW THEY’D MAKE THE
TO REPLACE THE RETIRING
N
CHARACTER OF TONY STARK BELIEVABLE, DOWNEY
SPACE SHUTTLE. RESPONDED, “WE NEED TO SIT DOWN WITH ELON MUSK.”
BILLION
S.F.
PLUS
1
L.A. MINUTES
STRATEGIC VISION’S MOST MUSK’S 2013 SALARY AS CEO OF TESLA. (OTHER $1-A-YEAR CEOS INCLUDE FACEBOOK’S MARK
RECENT RANKING OF TESLA’S ZUCKERBERG, GOOGLE’S LARRY PAGE, AND WHOLE FOODS’ JOHN MACKEY.)
MODEL S ELECTRIC SEDAN
NO.
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SHOCK
THE FUNNYMAN
Sapan Verma
HEY GIRLS, CLICKING THAT PICTURE IN A
dressing-room mirror is a great way of
telling people, “Look at me in this dress
that I can’t afford.”
45
bathroom mirror?
60% 43%
Salman Khan dressed as a pilot for the new
Bigg Boss season launch. Birds, beware.
AUTOPORN
Marque-tastic!
ASK MAXIM
THE
ensured that they’d never have to work
again. (Facebook bought it for a billion
dollars less than two years after its birth.)
SUPERMODELS OF
For new parents, it was yet another online
way to remind you that… they’re new parents.
And for an account named Trotterpup, it’s,
INSTAGRAM
well, an excuse to show pics of a French
bulldog wearing wigs. But the noun-turned-
verb (as in “I just Instagrammed a baby
porcupine”) was made for these queens of the
Who knew showing some skin and fun on a social catwalk, who push the site to levels of over-
network could get you so many followers? sharing. Herein lie the sexy supermodel
These 15 femmes fatale, that’s who. accounts we can’t stop “liking.”
INSIDE
BATTLEFIELD DAPPER
THE BEST FRAGRANCES
FAST TRACK TO FITNESS
THE KING OF COOL
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THE FABRIC CAN
STOP 9 MM
AND .45 CALIBRE
ROUNDS,
WEIGHS HALF
AS MUCH AS
KEVLAR, AND
CAN BE SEWN
INTO NEARLY
ANY FABRIC.
THE NEW
WHILE MOST BUSINESSMEN CLOSE DEALS IN successfully sold casual ballistics wear for
conference rooms and on golf courses, years. Rumour has it even US President
SUIT OF
Maxwell Morgan often finds himself inking Obama wears protective suiting on occasion.
contracts in such areas as Serbia and Sierra But the Garrison Bespoke suit’s nanotech
Leone. Although he’s never stared down the lining and custom-tailored style set it apart.
ARMOUR
barrel of a gun, the Canadian financier, who “The suit allows me to look comfortable and
frequently deals with those he cryptically collected while still having a coat of armour,”
refers to as “merchants in the global payment says Morgan. And he’s not the only guy in the
space,” sought serious personal protection. market for a bullet-deflecting blazer. So far,
A clothier is making bulletproof But travelling with a gun-toting bodyguard or nearly 20 buyers have shelled out $20,000
suits that look sharp—and wearing a flak jacket wouldn’t exactly inspire for the risky-business attire.
save your life. the same confidence in clients as his The armour’s few chinks? It seems only
by MATT BERICAL signature power suit and pocket square. the jacket is protective—tough luck if you’re
Then he discovered Garrison Bespoke’s shot in the leg—and wearers are discouraged
Bulletproof Suit. The natty ensemble features from washing or dry-cleaning it, which could
a jacket made with a superstrong, ultralight affect its bullet-stopping tech. So you’ll need
lining that shields wearers from bullets and to use detergent sticks to erase stains
blades. Garrison Bespoke has always used a (O-negative or otherwise). But hey—if you’re
very hands-on tailoring approach. Explains in the market for one, that should be the
David Tran, head of special projects, “It’s least of your worries.
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Grooming
Gu ide
PART 1: PREPPING YOUR FACE
Before you step out or step out after dragging yourself back in, follow these steps
to make your face shine more than ever!
DON’T RUSH USE A GOOD FACEWASH SHAVE LAST DO IT MORE THAN ONCE
Take your time by rinsing your A facewash is meant for two Using a facewash before you If you live and work in the city,
face a couple of times with things: To clean out your shave is a very good idea you know that your face has to
cold water before you use a pores and to ensure your because your skin is hydrated brave everything from pollution
facewash, or work the shaving skin remains hydrated. (If it and smoother than before, to fatigue. These are the main
cream or gel into the skin. This can do more, like the Pond’s which helps soften facial reasons the skin on your face
does two things: It calms your Men Energy Charge facewash, hair and prevent razor burn. ages faster, and the only way
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have faced from the dust and extracts to recharge your skin, gel into the skin well. Apply process of aging is to wash
grime of the city; and, most all the better). Gently work the with a shaving brush, which your face more than once a
important, it has a therapeutic facewash well into your skin, so can help penetrate even day, not just in the morning.
effect by lowering your face that you cover all corners. The better. Remember that a good Carry a facewash in your bag,
temperature, destressing you. best way is to use a circular facewash is the first step to a so you can refresh your face
Once you’ve done this, you’re motion, which allows you to good shave and clear skin will with a quick scrub right after
ready to use the best goods repeat the action without make the task of shaving that work. Fortunately, Pond’s Men
on your face. Remember: the any harsh application. Rinse much easier. Now that you’re Energy Charge facewash also
skin on your face is more thoroughly, and then dab your ready, moisturise your skin with comes in a very portable pack.
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extra care. best results. town with your fresh look. your skin at the same time.
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everything Tom representation of
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LESS ISN’T MORE. MORE IS MORE.” — ILIAS ERMENIDIS, THE MASTER PERFUMER
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Power
Trio
HARD CORE
Start with some general yoga poses
to open up the hips, which allows the
glutes and hamstrings to function
fully. Keeping the core stable and
flexible prevents injury and keeps a
player on the field. For you, it’ll mean
more stamina, less aches and pains.
BE A BALLER
Once you have good core stability,
start working with a medicine ball.
Do overhead throws, chest throws,
and side and rotational moves that
incorporate sport-specific motions
like hitting the ball, blocking or quick
acceleration to beat a defender.
LIKE A
of India’s fittest athletes that will help make you
and one of the sport’s fitter and ridiculously
CHAMP
most talented players. active. These simple drills
Maxim enlisted physical will not only transform SQUAT MUSTS
Corner-taking power emanates from
conditioning coaches and your weekend cricket
the lower body. Sardar does squats,
These core strengthening drills fitness trainers to get the readiness, they’ll equip
but you should make the weight
will power up your daily life. lowdown on the most you to deal with long 50 percent of your one-rep max.
rewarding moves that work-days, exhausting The idea is to go down in a controlled
by ABHILASHA SIHAG
will give you a solid core. drives around town and, motion and then explode up. Try to do
The idea? To break down well, no real exercise. seven sets of three or four reps.
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M CQUEEN
BEHIND THE
WHEEL OF
HIS BELOVED
1956 JAGUAR
XKSS, A.K.A.
THE GREEN RAT.
KING OF
larger than ever. He dressed to please only film, Le Mans, down to the King’s custom
himself and never wore anything that got in shade of slate-gray paint. And we wouldn’t be
the way of winning a fight, a race, or a surprised if the stylish Brit eyed an even
COOL
woman. His favourite items—stylish, fitted, bigger prize: McQueen’s 1967 Ferrari 275
functional—are now icons the world over. Hey, GTB/4 (pictured at left), which he ordered
they didn’t call him the King of Cool for while filming The Thomas Crown Affair and
nothing. Case in point: Soccer superstar David had delivered to the set of Bullitt. The famous
Why Steve McQueen is still
Beckham is one of the biggest followers of Chianti-red roadster was recently at an auction
the world’s most stylish man. McQueen on the planet, and among all the where it fetched an extravagant figure. Driving
byy JARED PAUL STERN brands vying for his favour, he chose Belstaff, McQueen’s favourite Ferrari is just a dream,
the British maker of high-end motorcycle gear, but there are plenty of elements of McQueen’s
for his most recent collaboration. Why? style you ought to sport. Here’s hoping some
Because, as Beckham explained to the London of that high-octane cool rubs off on you.
Telegraph, “Steve McQueen was one of the
first people to [popularise] Belstaff, and I am
a huge fan of his.” Last year, Becks bought
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DUBAI
DOSSIER
Prime Time
October to April. Avoid the
summer, when temperatures
D U BA I soar into brain-frying digits.
On The Fly
Emirates and most local
airlines have daily flights to
U n i t e d A ra b E m i ra t e s Dubai from Mumbai, Delhi
and other cities.
Rupees To Dirhams
The U.A.E. dirham varies
between ` 15 and ` 20.
Midas-touch decor—there are flashes of gold PLAY bustling on weekends, filled with gorgeous
leaf wherever you turn in the 590-foot-tall The main alternative to strolling Dubai’s women who embody the city’s obsession with
atrium, decorated with dancing fountains and luxury malls is soaking up the sun—and the looking good and flaunting it. Take the
a massive seawater aquarium—can be too much sights—on pristine beaches and looking at the beachside BARASTI BAR , which is a popular
of a good thing. But if you’re seeking brilliant landscaped wonders. You can also go choice for sundowners and filled with expats
amenities like a chauffeur-driven Rolls-Royce on a desert safari, complete with a few hours on weekends. Clubs such as PEOPLE BY
or private helicopter, next-level laundry of “dune bashing” (attacking large, almost CRYSTAL and 360˚ (both of which offer jaw-
service, and the privilege of bypassing Customs vertical mounds of sand in a 4x4, at dropping views, in terms of both landscape
at the airport, you’ve come to the right place. adrenaline-pumping speeds), before an and eye candy), MAHIKI , and ARMANI/PRIVÉ,
For a slightly more understated vibe, try authentic Arabian meal complete with belly plus celeb-watching hot spots VIP ROOM and
the nearby MADINAT JUMEIRAH —where dancers and a glorious sunset. CAVALLI CLUB, prove that Dubai’s got bling to
serene canals flow past waterfront villas, each Unlike the rest of the Middle East, most burn and the pull to attract superstar DJs from
attended by a dedicated butler. There are Dubai hotels have bars and nightclubs where across the world. Or head to rooftop bar
boutique options, too, like the old-school you can indulge in booze, babes, and bumping LEVEL 43 to revel in the awe-inspiring
Arabian accommodations—situated around beats till sunrise without fear of being branded skyscraper orgy that lines the city’s main
three courtyards—at the 13-room XVA ART an infidel. In fact, you could say that Dubai is thoroughfare. Like Dubai itself, it’s a spectacle
HOTEL, in the heart of the old city. all about decadence, and most clubs are that says “too much is never enough.”
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influenced by stuff that is all different but tied
Some thoughts on the music scene in together by our trademark style.
India at the moment?
MINK
It’s definitely in a good place and getting Who are some artistes that have helped
better. The fact that independent and original chisel your style of music?
music is getting a legitimate space within the Prince, The Andrews Sisters, Robert Johnson,
listening community is definitely making the Django Reinhardt, Jack White, Giorgio
The Saba Azad-Imaad Shah cultural climate more diverse, step by step. Moroder, Nazia Hasan, Justice, all of New
combine talks inspiration and The growth spurts are more evident every York post-Punk disco. Just to name a few!
application. year and, soon, good taste will be everything.
by SHREYA KALRA There are a bunch of really interesting acts How do you guys go about composing a
that are breaking genre and culture barriers. song? What’s the thought process?
Songs are born at the darndest places for us.
Your sound is quite different and perhaps Sometimes it is just a mood, sometimes a film
it’s the disco infusion in indie beats. we have watched, sometimes a lazy groove or
What’s the attraction to this sound? guitar lick, or just plain lyrics too. It is the
Our philosophy is to single-mindedly and most haphazard process, to put it mildly, and
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Unlock
Be soft: You’ll need delicate fingertips and fingers, stroke your woman’s arms.
have to be gentle. Remember, counting is important here.
Her
Work on your timing: If you move to an While you run your three or four fingers
erogenous zone too fast, you’ve lost your alternatively down her arms, it should take
woman. She’ll be thinking of her work and you about 10 to 15 seconds per each length.
Desire
immediately say she has a headache. Place them gently on her arm from her
Men don’t need too much foreplay... you shoulder to her fingertips, as if you’re a slow
would love a blow-job, maybe a little ear energy that is drumming against her and
tickle, and presence of a woman. And not pulling away at her fingers.
Foreplay needn’t be about banging necessarily in that order. But women always She’ll now be comfortable enough to
on the wrong door or, worse, not need foreplay. Otherwise, they’ll agree to remove her clothes. Once she’s naked,
being able to use her keys. have sex with you once or twice, but you swivel her around slowly and use the tips of
Use these moves to turn her on. can rest assured that it won’t be fantastic, your fingers to make patterns on her back.
by MADHURI BANERJEE she may lie there like a corpse and/or if she Not your entire palm, just your fingers.
is married she will figure out how to get it Raise your fingers and place them gently
elsewhere. The key to great foreplay is to go back again, giving her a bit of suspense
slow and to remember to spend at least four where she will be touched next. Pretend to
to five minutes on each erogenous zone. make waves with your fingertips across her
There are nine most important back. Finish one pattern of a wave down her
erogenous zones to great foreplay. The first back before you begin making concentric
is the mouth. You must be able to kiss her circles, or making waves along the length of
without your hands roaming all over her her sides, moving timidly near her breasts.
FOREPLAY IS A WORD, A PHENOMENON, body. Hold her close. Stroke her hair. Kiss Here’s a secret zone. Under the knee is
an enigma that eludes the comprehension of her lips, the corners of her mouth, and one of the most erogenous zones for a
every male in the world. Yes, there are a few gently use your tongue to arouse her woman but is rarely explored. Put your
who will say they can last “45 minutes.” Or further. Don’t be too vigorous with your fingers together—not in a fist, as if you’re
even declare they “can give a woman the tongue—you don’t always need to prove making a flower bud—hold it under her knee
best orgasm.” But don’t kid yourself when you’re super-passionate. Prove you are and release the fingertips as if the flower is
you say you’re good at foreplay. No matter gentle and she’ll respect you more. blossoming. Do this very gently for about
how many educational degrees you have, or Then, move to her neck. Nibble at her nine or 10 seconds till your fingers are fully
diploma courses you’ve taken, note that ears, behind her neck, down the length of open, or the “flower” is in bloom. Do this a
foreplay is the degree, the idea, the intent her neck and shoulders. Slowly blow air as few times, even if it is on one knee. You
that you need to master to hold your you kiss her neck and simultaneously across don’t need to do it on both sides. One knee
woman—any woman—to your call. her neck and shoulders. Cross to the other is enough to arouse her.
Now, before we get into what foreplay is, side and repeat the action. Linger there for a Many women love getting their toes
try to change three things: few minutes. sucked. Gently run your fingers across her
Be patient: You will need this trait if you By now, she should be sighing. It’s the pedicured feet and take one toe in your
want to master this phenomenon. turn of her arms. With the tips of your mouth at a time. You don’t need to spend
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SKILL
YOU MAY
NEVER
NEED
There are life-saving
ideas, and then there are
ideas that are just crazy.
Swallowing a sword is one
of them. But, as per the
wise, never say “never.”
Who hasn’t dreamt of above), who sometimes throat is naturally myself out of needing to if you’ve had a couple of
running away and performs with variety sensitive, but if you keep sneeze or yawn. By now drinks, right? It’s
joining a circus? Well, entertainment act The sticking things back there if I need to puke, I can probably safer to sit on
us. We’ve been too Pretty Things Peepshow. it will lose its sensitivity.” just use my throat your couch and watch
happy hiding our She also teaches people muscles,” says Heather. TV. Not so safe? Picking
pornography and to do this, and gives you STEP 2 The big picture? Learn to an argument with your
getting our clothes beginner tips on sliding Make Mouth Lube control your reactions already-pissed girl.
washed to ever leave steel down your throat. “I hate comparing it to and don’t be too twitchy,
home. But, if you Why? Better you than us. sex, but that is the best which is actually good STEP 5
have, you know that A word of caution: Never way to explain it: If you advice for sword- Sharpen Your Wit
you need a skill that’ll slide things down your try to stick something swallowing and public “I wish someone would
make you feel at home throat that don’t belong into a dry area, it’s going transport-riding alike. come up to me and not
with the clowns and there. (It sounds dirty, to be harder to fit,” says say, ‘I’ve got something
the trapeze artistes. but is clean, wholesome Heather. “Chewing and STEP 4 for you to swallow.’ I’m
We picked a skill— advice.) We’re only telling eating get your saliva Respect The Blade like, ‘I’ve graduated from
swallowing a sword—that you how it can be done, going, so I always snack “Accidents happen when four-inch pocketknives.’
will make you seem not encouraging you to beforehand to help the performers get cocky. A Comebacks are easy,”
tough, and maybe even actually do it. sword slide in easier.” lot of people have a scar says Heather. If you’re
has real-world This is good advice, but under their Adam’s apple going to be doing
application. (Hey, a man STEP 1 swallowing a litre of oil from forcing swords past something this extreme,
who can put steel in his Desensitise won’t help as much as the second gag reflex it makes sense to have a
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anything, right?) To help Heather, who’s from performing drunk,” Now, you know how to
us out, we got famous performed hundreds of STEP 3 says Heather. Sure, it swallow a sword.
sideshow star Heather times and hasn’t really Master Your Insides makes sense to not Question is: Would you
Holliday (pictured injured herself. “Your “I’ve learned to psych swallow cold, hard steel really want to?
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FEED YOUR
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WHAT IS IT?
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WHAT IS IT? An intelligent thermostat
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anywhere. It’s smart that not only lets you raise or lower
enough to dole out temperature via your phone from
just the right amount anywhere but also automatically adjusts
of kibble for Tommy. settings based on your heating and
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WHAT IS IT?
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Through an app,
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back again. Who
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WHAT IS IT? A glossy box that communicates with your phone, the window as
transforming it into a responsive, well-organised universal remote capable a makeshift
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Bow down to the eargasm-inducing
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Face it: Your copy of “Let It Bleed” sounds pretty good on your current setup, but have you listened
to it on a record player that costs as much as an SUV? After you hear this beauty, you’ll want to treat
your table as if you were Keef destroying a St. Tropez hotel room in ’72. The German-made
Sperling Heavyweight takes vinyl to crazy-cool extremes: This 45-kg steel behemoth retails for
about `21,70,000 and emits heavenly highs and sublime lows. With two tonearms that allow
audiophiles to switch between stereo and mono and set them in virtually any imaginable position,
the Heavyweight
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q of aural sex. The dual arms can be equipped
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Coltrane. Just make sure your amp and speakers can match its balls-out brilliance.
Delhi’s hip crowd was present at the Maxim premiere of the blockbuster
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other guests., which continued the action and enjoyment with drinks
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Let’s
Get Wet
Top tech for underwater
photography, plus tips from
the master of the genre.
by MICHAEL FRANK
No other camera in this price range goes this You already have a GoPro? You don’t have Waterproof to 49 feet, this is like a budget
deep (82 feet) without a waterproof case. It can this GoPro, which: (1) Has a 33 percent version of the Nauticam-case-protected DSLR.
also withstand a drop from 6.5 feet. We love sharper lens mated to low-light detection. “Real” camera chops include 1080p video at
the 28 mm wide-angle-to-5x-zoom range, the (2) Lets you shoot up to 4k resolution—just like 60 fps, a screaming 1/16,000-second shutter,
macro focusing, the mode that corrects for Shark Week’s Casagrande (see sidebar). RAW mode, and continuous tracking while you
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Casagrande IV is overpowering blue.
famous for capturing Most underwater
spectacular footage cams have a mode
of 1.8-tonne great that corrects it, too.
white sharks. Being
in the water with GET CLOSE,
“the most awesome REALLY CLOSE
creature on the This prevents
planet” isn’t what nutrients in the water
scares him, though. from distorting the
What he really fears image. “Tell your
is that his subjects girlfriend in the bikini
face extinction due to the shot won’t work
“finning,” losing their otherwise,” says
lives to poachers to Casagrande.
become ingredients
in soup. Sharks, he RESPECT
says, breed slowly THE GEAR
and are disappearing Treat a GoPro like a
faster than they can DSLR and you’ll be
reproduce. Ever rewarded with great
positive, Casagrande shots. Casagrande
believes we should advises placing a
all learn underwater desiccant inside any
photography “so external housing to
you know what’s kill lens fog.
down there, how
special it is.” No, he’s LOOK TO
not recommending THE LIGHT
risking your limbs, but New shooters often
he does proffer the fail to notice the
following five tips for shadows from the sun
nailing tight shots of at their back—until it’s
the life aquatic. too late.
GO TO THE
BAHAMAS
The sharks at Stuart
THE DSLR THE SEA-SCOOTER
Cove’s in Nassau are
Nauticam NA-70D Housing TUSA SAV-7 EVO
so used to people,
they’re almost
If you’re aiming for pro-level photography, Need to fight a killer current to get a shot? respectful, says
you need a no-compromises case. The NA-70D Put this prop-powered vehicle between your Casagrande. “Even
(for the Canon 70D, `66,000) costs three times legs (seriously) and you’ll be able to cruise when there’s chum,
more than the camera, but bonus features underwater with your hands free to operate they won’t bite your
include dual grips; a magnified, tiltable your gear. (You’ll still need to use your arms hand.” We’ll just have
viewfinder; and a sensor system that alerts you to steer.) Its battery provides 80 minutes of to take his word for it.
if the housing springs a leak. power, and a tow arm lets you drag pals, too.
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I’M ON TOP
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There are just two words to describe the being aware and yet not aware. It has nothing
seriously sexy Malaika Arora Khan (apart from to do with the length of your dress or the
the two we just used): Wonder Woman. There plunging neckline. It’s about being comfortable
is virtually nothing this model, dancer, VJ, in your skin and being confident.”
actor, producer, wife and doting mother can’t We couldn’t agree more. For this woman
do... with a high success rate. She’ll probably who’s ruled the charts with her iconic dance
be saving the world in 2025. moves since 1998, confidence is intrinsic. We
What keeps her going through all the still remember how boys everywhere wanted
multitasking craziness? “Each role keeps me to get up on train roofs and do the ‘Chaiya
going. With time, different roles have come Chaiya’ with her—because we were among
into my life and they have kept me happy. them. Since then, she has only maintained
They keep me on my toes… I’m on top of my that position, and has become more powerful
game,” says Malaika. She does admit that it is in her performances. Not surprisingly, her
difficult to maintain a balance between your thoughts on women-centric cinema are strong-
professional and personal life, but it’s not willed and positive. “Madhuri and Sridevi have
impossible. And she seems to be able to. ruled the roost even earlier. It’s true that
“It’s important that a husband or boyfriend women actors don’t get paid as well as male
encourages his partner. He needs to be actors, and movies are still mostly male actor-
supportive of his girl’s dreams and work. Not driven. But things are changing. Women are
just from the guy, but the family needs to be kicking ass!” she says.
supportive as well. I’ve been very fortunate At the risk of getting our asses kicked, we
that way because both my husband and my asked the extremely fit Malaika what guys
parents have been extremely supportive,” could do to keep their partners motivated in
Malaika adds, noting that the environment the fitness department. (It’s really just an
around you needs to be conducive. excuse to keep us motivated, too, but nothing
“Having said that, I am pretty much will make us get rid of the beer gut. Or will it?)
self-made. I am not a person who can sit back “It’s great to have a partner who motivates
and be dictated to. I am very liberal in my and encourages his wife or girlfriend. But a
thinking,” she adds. And we’re glad for it! woman has got to do it for herself. It may be a
Malaika has made her Maxim comeback selfish approach, but that is how it’s got to be.
after seven years, so we really wanted to know Also, a man has to be tactful about how he
how she feels about being one of the sexiest says these things. As for the woman, she
women in the country and starring in this needs to understand that her man only wants
photo story. “It’s always fun to shoot with what’s best for her and almost always will say
Maxim. The last time, I was slightly out of my something without a ‘bad’ intention.”
comfort zone, and this time it was slightly So now, gents, show this article to your girl
risky, too. But it was fun,” she says with a and motivate her. She’ll return the favour.
smile. We wouldn’t let her dodge the question After all, this advice comes from a permanent
about being super hot. “Being sexy means member of Maxim’s Hot 100.
“IT’S GREAT TO
HAVE A PARTNER
WHO MOTIVATES
HIS WOMAN.
BUT A WOMAN
HAS GOT TO DO
IT FOR HERSELF .”
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DERBY WAS
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HELL WHEELS
October 2014 MAXIM 83
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Imagine a 4x4 terrain-buster, equipped with a winch
that can pull over 8,000 tonnes of dead weight,
a 15-kg ground anchor, a high-lift jack, assorted
cables, ladders, shackles and fat off-road tyres.
THE LASHING RAIN UNLOADED BY THE LOW- The driver engages the winch from inside
hanging dark clouds has turned the entire the cabin, using a remote unit. The cable
area into a giant slush pit. The sticky mud is tightens to the whine of the motor as he feeds
snapping at the soles of your gumboots like a the engine through the throttle to ensure
pesky terrier, threatening to yank them off enough power is delivered—via a secondary
your feet at every step as you squelch through alternator and battery under the bonnet. The
the calf-deep morass of red clay. The rolling jeep inches forward agonisingly, as the whine
hills of the Western Ghats—shrouded by a of the winch becomes shriller. But there is
thick canopy of glistening deciduous forest something amiss. The nostrils catch the whiff
nourished by the monsoon rains, stretching as of metal burn and, in a flash, the cable snaps.
far as the eye can see—paint a serene picture The hapless driver in the helpless jeep starts
of the lay of the land. But the situation on the to slither back down the slope. There is
ground is hardly serene. This is the inaugural nothing he can do. Then, the wheels catch a
Force Gurkha Rainforest Challenge India, and knee-deep rut and the jeep topples on its side,
in the span of a few days, it has managed to much to the consternation of the crowd that
establish itself as the mother of all extreme has assembled to watch the lunacy. The
off-road events in the country. driver, unhurt, clambers out of the vehicle.
Amidst such a setting, imagine a 70-degree He shakes his head, but he knows he will have
slope covered with slippery undergrowth and another go at another challenge later in the
lined with trees. Then, imagine a 4x4 terrain- day. It’s par for the course in the Rainforest
buster, equipped with an industrial-strength Challenge. This is off-roading at its extreme,
winch that can pull over 8,000 tonnes of dead even as the scenic outback of the state of Goa
weight, a 15-kg ground anchor, a high-lift jack, provided the perfect setting for the gruelling
assorted cables, sand ladders, shovels, six-day event.
shackles, tree-trunk protectors and fat off-road
tyres, just sitting at the base of one such slope THE RAINFOREST CHALLENGE was conceived
with the highly-tuned engine gurgling as the by Malaysian national Luis J.A. Wee way back
driver and his navigator crane their necks, in 1997. In the past 17 years, this unique
studying the incline for the best line up the motorsports derby has spread its footprint to
hill. Their task for the moment? To scale and eight countries, with India joining the fold this
then descend from this hill face in 15 minutes year. In the process, it has acquired the
with minimum penalty points, using the tools notoriety of being among the 10 toughest
at their disposal. motorsports events in the world. The Indian
As the modified 4x4 starts crawling up the franchise has been acquired for an initial
near-vertical path, the chunky off-road tyres period of three years by Delhi-based Cougar
fight to draw traction from the slippery Motorsport, which was founded in 2009 by
surface. About one-third of the way up, it can merchant banker-turned-rally driver Ashish
no longer propel under its own power. The Gupta. Since the event was announced in
navigator jumps out and starts to unspool the early February, it was a frantic race for the
winch cable; then clambers up the incline, participants, and Gupta and his team, to plan
struggling for firm footing, lugging the heavy every detail and preempt every dynamic.
tree-trunk protector on his shoulders. The Locating a suitable place that offered a
clock is ticking... he must quickly find a stout host of natural obstacles, finding sponsors and
tree to serve as the anchor point for the tying up the logistics turned into a gigantic
winch hook. Some 40 feet on, the navigator project for Cougar. When Pune-based Force
loops the trunk protector around the base of Motors decided to come on board with a
a tree and attaches the winch hook to the sponsorship of `70,00,000, the wheels of the
shackles. It’s like a long metal sinew. event started gathering pace. “As makers of
the Gurkha, which is an extreme off-roading drivers claimed third, fourth and fifth places
vehicle, the Rainforest Challenge was a perfect to emerge ahead of the Indian pack.
platform for us. We didn’t just want to be In comparison, an automobile company
sponsors of the event, so we decided to enter team like Force Motors enjoys a comparative
a factory team with the purpose of learning in advantage. The company entered three
a competitive environment,” explains Prasan Gurkhas with highly experienced Malaysian
Firodia, Managing Director, Force Motors. drivers Mervyn Lim (co-driver Hamizan
At the other end of the spectrum, Hamid) and Tang Eng Joo (co-driver Tan
preparing the vehicles to survive the thrashing Choon Hong) helming the lead cars—both have
of the monstrous natural obstacle courses won the 12-day mother event multiple times—
became the raison d’etre of the participants. and Indian driver Sanjiv Singh (co-driver Jay
The mud-pluggers spent a good part of the Shridhar) in the third vehicle. The advantage?
past six months in garages, sourcing Free access to the parts bin and other
specialised off-road components, beating components, R&D expertise and a trained
metal into shape, fixing nuts and bolts, and service crew drawn from the factory’s
OVER ROCK tuning engines. “Since the event was workforce gave the works operation that little
AND WATER, THE announced, I have been to my office barely extra edge over the competition. “After the
4X4s TOOK three or four times,” says Kabir Waraich, a first prototype was built in mid-July, we tested
JUST ABOUT brick kiln owner from Chandigarh, who it extensively, pushing it to breaking point. It
EVERYTHING finished third overall. Part of the four-car was a priceless learning experience for the
THE TERRAIN team representing Gerrari Offroaders, Waraich entire team,” says Adil Jal Darukhanawala, a
THREW AT THEM. (co-driver Gagan Sachdeva) has gained entry veteran automotive journalist who was closely
to the grand finale in Malaysia for being the associated with the company’s Rainforest
top finisher among the Indian participants. Challenge project.
Taking part in a competition of this Despite all the money, time and effort,
magnitude costs time and money, and loads of nothing could have prepared the participants
it at that. For instance, Waraich—who bought for the sheer monstrosity of challenges that
his Mahindra CJ for a mere `1,00,000 from an Rainforest Challenge India threw at them as
army disposal expressly for the purpose of the event began to unfold over four phases—
off-roading, spent approximately `9,00,000 in Prologue, Predator, Terminator and Twilight—
prepping the vehicle to make it competition- comprising 24 special stages. If the Prologue,
worthy. The modifications included installing consisting of 12 stages, was meant to ease the
a more powerful 2.6-litre direct-injection turbo participants into the thick of action and give
diesel engine derived from the first-generation the spectators a chance to acclimatise to the
Scorpio in place of the stock power unit. The madness, the Predator and Terminator phases
Warn winch, which is the most important were meant to throw the off-roaders into the
accessory for off-roading, alone costs deep end. And those who managed to survive
`2,00,000, while the special off-road tyres set these had to then proceed to the Twilight
him back by another `1,50,000, and the high- Zone, which intended to test their jungle
lift suspension kit another couple of lakhs. His survival skills without any service backup.
Gerrari Offroaders teammate, Karan Bali,
spent even more on his 4x4. The Chandigarh- THE PROLOGUE STAGES, which were
based off-roading club spent as much as conducted at Dona Paula in North Goa,
`50,00,000 to be a part of this adventure. In turned out to be a chastening experience for
the end, it was money well spent as their quite a few. Bali had two spectacular flips,
Singh broke the axle on his Gurkha a few like freestyle rock climbing on a treacherous with 1,876 points. Waraich staked his claim to
times and Hydross Niaz’s Willys and SUVs day, except that the machine is an extension the podium with an admirable and hard-
suffered terminal damage. But as the circus of you. Or, it should be. So, naturally, it was a fought 1,740 points.
moved to the Predator and Terminator phases steep learning curve for the Indians. “On a For the off-roading community, there were
in the boondocks of Goa, Australian course- scale of 10, we were at three or four, but the quite a few takeaways from the first
setter David Metcalfe and his team, Rainforest Challenge took us to level seven or instalment of the Rainforest Challenge. The
comprising bike rallyists Yogesh Lakhani and eight. We learnt a lot by just watching the biggest one is that it has changed what has
Dejay Sahi, ratcheted up the game. Malaysians in action,” admits Waraich. been essentially a friendly weekend activity
The terrain didn’t fail to deliver daunting Right from the start, it became evident into a competitive sport. Wee, a trained
tests either... the pouring rain had rendered that Malaysians Joo and Lim and their economist, however, looks at this on a much
the steep inclines more slippery than an eel, co-drivers, driving for Team Force Gurkha, bigger canvas. “India is a vast country with
tracts turned into deep ruts that could gobble were leagues ahead in terms of experience varied terrain and it’s also prone to natural
up an entire truck, streams gushed with a and technique. For instance, Joo’s 29-year-old disasters like landslides in the mountains or
renewed vigour, sticky slush was everywhere. navigator, Hong, used crampons—a standard floods. A strong off-road community can step
It was time for vehicles and spectators alike to piece of mountaineering equipment—to get in to provide relief in times of disasters as
scramble over huge boulders and rocks. better purchase from the slippery hill face and they have the skills to take their vehicles to
Survival instincts had come into play. save crucial seconds. The Indian navigators, places where others might find it difficult,”
Off-roading at this level is not about wearing normal boots, struggled to climb up. says Wee.
outright speed that motorheads usually It, therefore, came as little surprise that the Above all, this intense, exciting and hard-
associate with automotive sport. It’s more Malaysians opened up a sizeable lead from as-hell derby gives regular people a chance to
about strategy and planning to carve out the Day One. In the spirit of competition, as the test the limits of human endurance. Like
best line through the minefield of natural contest progressed, the two Malaysian drivers 59-year-old driver Ramessh Belaram Ahuja—
obstacles, locating anchor points to winch out went at each other hammer and tongs. In the who proved that he had as young a heart as
a stricken vehicle, and skill and technique in final count, Joo won the overall title by a mere his navigator, half his age—by finishing the
driving, stabilisation and recovery. It’s almost point with a tally of 1,877, while Lim finished event against all odds.
The Maxim premiere of Hercules at DT Cinemas, DLF Promenade, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi,
was a hit among movie buffs. Starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Maxim Covergirl, Irina
Shayk, the movie amazed viewers. The movie continued being discussed for hours afterwards.
The fun was followed by an after-party at Raasta, one of Hauz Khas Village’s hottest destinations.
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MAXIM GOES
UNDERCOVER
WITH THE
JAMES BOND
CLASSIC THAT
INSPIRED
FIVE DECADES
OF 007.
by NICK LEFTLEY
themes that the franchise would just over four minutes of breathtaking action.
This became a staple of the series, with some
embrace for the next half-century. of Bond’s most famous moments taking place
before the film really even started. Absolute
The first time Bond ordered his classics include the Soviet chemical-weapons-
plant bungee jump (GoldenEye), the Union
martini “shaken, not stirred,” the Jack parachute-employing ski chase (The Spy
Who Loved Me), and Daniel Craig’s black-and-
first appearance of an Aston Martin, white bathroom beatdown (Casino Royale).
How does it feel to be husband of the queen, and Your favourite memories
known as one of the most the headline above it was of shooting the film?
famous Bond girls ever? Prince and the Pussy that they When I was first introduced
Let’s face it, Pussy Galore was agreed to distribute it. Which to Gert Fröbe [Auric
an interesting and powerful is pretty idiotic. People took Goldfinger], Guy Hamilton,
part, different from a lot of it so seriously, and a lot of the the director, told us where to
Bond girls. Although I hate Bond stuff is really tongue- sit and said, “Action!” Gert
the expression "Bond girl." To in-cheek. was the first person to speak,
call me a Bond girl puts me and he said some foreign
in that bracket of not being a What does it feel gibberish and I thought, "My
working actress. And there like to still be talking gosh, what is he saying?" Gert
are so many Bond girls who about Goldfinger had done the famous acting
were just bimbos who fell 50 years later? ploy of getting a few lines in
on their backs the moment Well, everything’s changed English together when he
they saw Sean—I don’t find it now. It’s not Bond anymore, auditioned. His agent said he
particularly flattering. and it’s not Ian Fleming could speak English, and of
anymore. We’re not allowed course he couldn’t.
Speaking of titles, the to be politically incorrect
name “Pussy Galore” and have somebody who What do you remember
created quite a stir. will sleep with a woman and most about Sean
I learned only last year that then put a bullet in her head Connery?
CAT POWER when the movie came to
the States, it was banned.
as she leaves and have a
martini, shaken not stirred.
He took filming and his job
very seriously, but he’s got a
They wouldn’t distribute it That was the character that wicked sense of humour. We
HONOR BLACKMAN, who played
because of my character’s Ian Fleming wrote, but we’ve had fun working together.
the fierce feline known as name! It wasn’t until they grown out of it. Now James I have to say, it was very
Pussy Galore, bares her claws at saw a picture on the front Bond has to fall in love with pleasurable. Without a doubt,
the Bond-girl title and dishes page of a newspaper of me people and be gentle and he's the most handsome and
on Goldfinger and Sean Connery. talking to Prince Philip, the tender, just like a normal man. sexiest man I’ve ever met.
GOLDEN GIRL
SHIRLEY EATON may have been
on-screen for only five minutes as Jill
Masterson in Goldfinger, but 50
years later her legacy still glitters.
with Bond is the car. Ditching the briefly seen nude scene in films on the map.
film history. I’m not playing
Bentley from the previous film, Goldfinger
Yes, absolutely. favourites, but I think
hooked 007 up with a gunmetal Aston Martin
[Director] Guy he’s the ultimate:
DB5, armed to the teeth with machine guns, Hamilton was very “Bond… James
smoke screens, oil slicks, bulletproof glass, clever. I had cones Bond.”
revolving international licence plates, tyre on my breasts, and
slashers in the hubcaps, and, best of all, a I had on what we Did you have
passenger ejector seat. While the brand called G-strings feelings for him
loyalties would change from time to time then, and the way off-screen like so
(BMW signed Pierce Brosnan’s Bond to a Guy photographed many other Bond
three-picture deal, starting with GoldenEye),
that first shot, I actresses?
look totally naked No, I don’t think so.
the gimmicks came as standard, arguably
because he had the As a person, I didn’t.
peaking with the franchise’s second-most- edge of a cushion in As a professional,
famous ride, The Spy Who Loved Me’s Lotus FROM TOP: Connery’s Bond with his Aston the foreground, and I did.
Esprit S1, which turned into a submarine. But Martin DB5 in Goldfinger; Jaws puts the it covers the little
there isn’t a man alive who doesn’t wish he squeeze on Roger Moore’s 007 in The Spy string at the side of Was there any
owned that Aston. Just ask the gentleman who Who Loved Me; Q test-fires a wheelchair my panties. sense of how
rocket from a fake plaster cast in GoldenEye. big the movie
bought the above ride at auction in 2010 for a
cool $4.6 million. What was it like would be?
filming such a Oh, no; it’s like
classic scene? a famous song,
THE NOVELTY HENCHMAN
I was only on set a famous play, a
One of the most spoofed aspects of the Bond
for a week, and the famous book—you
franchise is the bad guy’s choice of chief THE GADGETS gold scene took don’t know about
henchman. Whereas earlier villains had Goldfinger debuted what would become a day. They did it it when it happens.
generic thugs, Goldfinger introduced Oddjob, a much-anticipated staple: Q’s madcap quickly because That all comes later,
an incredibly strong manservant who laboratory. Here we see a gas-spewing the paint was hot, if you’re lucky.
famously hurls a lethal, razor-edged bowler parking meter, a bulletproof trenchcoat, and it was terribly
hat. (He is still best spoofed in Austin Powers: and the tracking device in the swivelling uncomfortable. Well,
International Man of Mystery as the character shoe heel that was so brilliantly it wasn’t paint—it was
Random Task.) Subsequent films pounced on honoured in Trainspotting. From this
this cosmetic gold
with millions of gold
Oddjob’s popularity, giving us such point on, all bets were off when it came
particles in it. Get more in Eaton’s
memorable baddies as metal-mouthed Jaws to 007 gadgetry. Fans were treated to
new book, Shirley
(The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker), rocket-shooting cigarettes (You Only Live How about Eaton: Bond’s Golden
mechanical-armed Tee Hee (Live And Let Die), Twice), laser-firing watches (GoldenEye), working with Girl: Her Reflections.
and the unforgettable gay-assassin couple of and, yes, even bagpipe flamethrowers
Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd (Diamonds Are Forever). (The World Is Not Enough).
TO
Evans is schooling me Three years
on what makes a Bond after Evans left her
girl and why the role is small-town Southern
so coveted. “She can upbringing to move
go from being a flight to Los Angeles, the
O P P O S I T E PA G E : B R A BY V I C TO R I A’ S S E C R E T; TO P BY R E F O R M AT I O N ; PA N T S BY R A L P H L A U R E N B L U E L A B E L . O P E N I N G PA G E : T H O N G BY S U S A N H O L M E S S W I M W E A R .
Drax gets shot with a poisoned dart, then forgotten as this model- on Two and a Half Men
ejected into space (Moonraker); Jonathan CHANNELLING turned-actress helps us
pay homage to two of
and in two videos from
Beyoncé’s landmark
Pryce’s Elliot Carver is impaled on a giant drill
GOLDFINGER’S the best-known Bond secret album, wrapped
S T Y L I S T: ZO E G L A S S N E R F O R C E L E S T I N E A G E N C Y; H A I R BY E N ZO A N G I L E R I F O R C LO U T I E R R E M I X ; M A K E - U P : F R A N C E S C A TO LOT F O R C LO U T I E R R E M I X ;
(Tomorrow Never Dies); and Yaphet Kotto’s
Dr. Kananga is forcibly inflated to the point of DUELLING girls to grace the silver
screen: Pussy Galore,
her first feature film,
and—most notably—sent
explosion (Live And Let Die).
BOND BABES. one of Bond’s founding in an audition tape for
femmes fatale, and Jill a role in the next Bond
THE SONG Masterson, the woman film. When Evans isn’t
From Russia with Love’s title sequence—in by JULIAN STERN in gold and the de facto training with her acting
which the credits are projected onto a mascot of the Bond coach, taking meetings,
woman’s writhing body—marked a big leap franchise. or going on auditions,
forward from Dr. No’s terrible calypso version “The gold was rubbing this hustler is visualising
off on everything. Even her dream role, Bond
of “Three Blind Mice,” but Welsh powerhouse
when I was getting or not. “It might not be
Shirley Bassey’s booming rendition of John
painted, I was resting my the easiest, but I want
Barry’s title song told the Goldfinger audience hands on the wall and my breakout role to be
that they were really in for something when I took my hands not the hot girl. Think
special. Fifty years on, the Goldfinger theme
M A N I C U R E : T R A C E Y S U T T E R F O R C LO U T I E R R E M I X ; S E T D E S I G N E R : WA LT E R B A R N E T T AT O P U S B E A U T Y.
down, there were gold of Rooney Mara in The
can still raise goose bumps (and more—it’s handprints. I stupidly Girl With The Dragon
claimed that Bassey was able to hold that high tried to wipe it off and Tattoo. I wanna be the
note at the end only by taking off her bra ended up just wiping it crazy, deranged killer.”
before recording). Astonishingly, coproducer around.” The nuisance Hollywood guys, are
Harry Saltzman hated the song so much, it was a small price to pay you listening?
for the chance to relive
was nearly removed from the film—and it
cinematic history. “Who
made the final cut solely due to looming on Earth would say
release deadlines. no? To any opportunity
involving James Bond,
THE DOOMED LOVE INTEREST let alone re-creating the
Audiences were in for several surprises with most iconic shots from
Goldfinger, perhaps none bigger than the fate the entire franchise!”
of Shirley Eaton’s Jill Masterson, whom Bond Besides, showing
utterly fails to save from a terrible death (skin the world that you
suffocation after a liberal dousing with gold
paint). In many films to follow, viewers could
be sure that whichever lady Bond charmed
first was bound for a grisly end, whether it
was Gloria Hendry’s Rosie Carver (shot by a VIXEN REDUX
remote-controlled scarecrow gun turret, Live Shirley Eaton’s golden
And Let Die), Corinne Cléry’s Corinne Dufour corpse (right) after being
(savaged by dogs, Moonraker), or Akiko
killed by the villainous
henchman, Oddjob.
Wakabayashi’s Aki (poisoned in her sleep, You
Elle Evans (opposite
Only Live Twice). Only the underrated, George page) re-creates Honor
Lazenby-starring On Her Majesty’s Secret Blackman’s famous
Service would have the guts to kill off its true “roll in the hay” scene
leading lady, Diana Rigg’s Teresa di Vicenzo. from Goldfinger (far right).
SHYAM
IN 1974, HE STORMED
INTO INDIA’S PARALLEL
CINEMA MOVEMENT
WITH THE RELEASE OF
HIS DEBUT FILM, ANKUR.
BENEGAL
ITS CRITICAL AND
COMMERCIAL SUCCESS
FORESHADOWED A
BRILLIANT 40-YEAR
CAREER IN FILMS AND
TELEVISION. THE
DADASAHEB PHALKE
AWARD-WINNING
DIRECTOR SPEAKS
EXCLUSIVELY TO MAXIM
ABOUT HIS FILMS, FREE
SPEECH AND WHY HE
WON’T CALL SHABANA
AZMI AND SMITA PATIL
HIS “DISCOVERIES.”
by ANNA M.M. VETTICAD
done it, after the public has seen it, there are because you have moved on, the world
lessons to be learnt, but not on the same film. has moved on, would it be a completely
Lessons for the future. different film?
Absolutely. No question, it won’t be the same
Of your films Ankur, Manthan, Kalyug and film. Circumstances change but the
Junoon, which one would you say has Mahabharat stands the test of time. For just
transcended time, and is most relevant to about any experience that you go through in
today’s political and social reality? life, you can find a quotation in the
One or two films may have done it but, by and Mahabharat. That quality is what makes it
large, I don’t think most of them have. I’m always possible to use ideas from the
naturally subjectively connected to my films, Mahabharat in any work. Kalyug dealt with
I’m either over-critical or partial, so I won’t Indian industry at a particular time that’s now
name them. The problem with films is that long gone. Corporates today function
they are more time-bound than any other art differently from the way they did 35 years ago.
form, if I may call cinema art. When you make
Once you’ve released a film, do you tend a film, you’re relating to the environment in Everyone is talking about the coexistence
to re-watch it, and each time think of ways which you are, and the way you think about of offbeat and hard-core commercial Hindi
you could have done it better? things at that time. Whether it is in the way films now. Yet Zanjeer, starring Amitabh
No, because it’s no use at all. There’s a time people clothe themselves, the way people Bachchan, released in 1973, a year before
and place for everything. When you make a speak, the idiom they speak in, all these things your film Ankur. Bachchan simultaneously
film, you are making it in certain given are very much a part of that particular film, so did Abhimaan, which wasn’t in the same
circumstances of time, location and so on. it remains a creature of that time. commercial mould. So, didn’t all kinds of
Whatever you do, you try to rise above that cinema coexist then, too?
time by doing it. You want what you’ve The Mahabharat is filled with archetypal No, it was very difficult in those days. General
created to transcend that time. After you have situations. If you were to remake Kalyug, audiences were not accustomed to seeing
SHYAM BENEGAL
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EXCLUSIVELY
FOR MAXIM AT
DAVID SASSOON
LIBRARY, MUMBAI.
anything other than what was considered our Is that all there was to playing it safe with were both extraordinarily talented, and if I
mainstream cinema. This meant films made in Doniger’s book? was not there to take them in my films,
a song-and-dance format with the basic staple It was unnecessary for the publisher to somebody else would have. In that sense, I
being melodrama, in which you had doses of function as a self-censor because Doniger’s was lucky. My taking them didn’t make them
comedy, farce, justice, the works. When most The Hindus was unlikely to sell millions of suddenly very talented. That, they already
people defined cinema in those terms, it was copies. It was a scholarly book. were. I was there to offer that opportunity for
obviously a challenge if you were making them to flower.
something different that was hard to define. Yet there were people who went to court
against the text. I’ve heard directors and producers
The freedom of expression of Indian But those things are bound to happen. You describing certain stars as “my
artistes is increasingly being hampered by can’t blame one or the other. It’s a discovery.” Would you describe Shabana
groups that threaten violence. We’ve got combination of factors. and Smita as your discoveries?
to a stage when even before getting a That’s pretentious, isn’t it?
court ruling, the publishers of Wendy Is it fair to apportion blame equally?
Doniger’s The Hindus agreed to pulp the Anybody who sort of attacks established Some artistes have spoken of how a
book. Are you worried as an artiste? beliefs must expect a reaction. That these lifetime achievement award is almost like
The publishers of Doniger’s book functioned things happen is well-known. You shouldn’t the world saying: “Okay, time to retire
as censors. Isn’t it a shame? There was no expect the establishment to automatically now.” It may be meant as a joke or as an
reason to do that. And if you have concerns of support you. expression of the pressure such an award
safety, you can always appeal to the comes with. How did your Dadasaheb
government for protection. Is it not their job to do so? Phalke Award in 2005 affect you?
No, no. It could be only if you have such a It was marvellous getting it, but it wasn’t like
Hasn’t there been an unwillingness or Constitutional right. Do you have a saying, how wonderful, nice knowing you, see
inability to protect artistes in the past? Constitutional right to offend or denigrate you, goodbye. It wasn’t that for me. I just
It’s a complex question. You can either be somebody’s religion? cannot stop working. Unless nature steps in
pragmatic, opportunistic or principled. Most and does something drastically terrible, I
people are a mixture of all three. In this case, How would you define “offending”? intend to work as long as I can. It’s important
the fact is that the publishers were worried There are no simple answers to any of this. to me because work keeps me alive, mentally
because they are in a commercial business, and physically. It keeps me open to the
and they want to remain in the marketplace. Okay then, Shabana Azmi and Smita Patil experiences that life can offer me. If I say I’ve
They don’t want controversies which will not debuted in your films. Do you feel proud retired, that’s the end of all that. It doesn’t
help them. So there’s a bit of pragmatism as to have discovered them? make any sense for me to do that. Why should
well there, no? I’m proud of my association with them. They I live, then?
EYE
THE STUNNING
ISRAELI ACTRESS,
SARAI GIVATY,
RETREATED FROM
L.A., ONLY TO
FIND HERSELF
ON
APPEARING OPPOSITE
MEL GIBSON IN
THE EXPENDABLES 3.
WE’RE GUESSING
SHE DIDN’T
ESCAPE YOUR
NOTICE, EITHER.
SARAI b y A DA M L I N E H A N
WITH ROLES IN THE BLOCKBUSTER THE I love Monaco. I’m also a big fan of yachts and wanted people who can actually fight. That’s
Legend of Hercules and the ubiquitous crime the beach, so I’m always surfing, windsurfing, why they ended up casting Ronda Rousey.
drama NCIS, Sarai Givaty is kind of a big deal paddleboarding—all that stuff. Everyone on the cast can really kick ass. It’s not
in movies and TV. But she’s not in Hollywood like those superheroes who are superskinny.
taking power lunches—not even close. “I was Did you always pursue acting and music? When they told me that they wanted to offer me
in L.A. for a few years,” she says, her voice I always wanted to act, but there were times I a role with Mel Gibson, I was like, “Of course!” I
soft and a little raspy, “but I missed my family felt like I should try something else. Music have a lot of respect for him, and it was great to
so much, and I felt like I was missing out on balances it out well, because with acting you work with him in a movie like that.
my new nieces and nephews, so now I’m don’t own your schedule. With music, you
based in Tel Aviv.” Don’t question her own your time and you’re your own manager You mentioned that you always have a
professional dedication, though. Givaty, who and creator. When I write songs, I feel like it’s gun on camera. Do you actually know how
was born in Israel and also happens to be a my movie. With music, you’re looking for your to shoot?
talented musician, works hard whether she’s centre and figuring out who you are, as I was getting these roles that required me to
acting or singing: “I give 200 percent. I get the opposed to who your character is. carry guns, so I said, “I should know what I’m
most pleasure when other people are that doing.” I’ve gone range shooting, but I like
way, too.” Perhaps that’s why more and more Last year, you played at the SXSW music skeet shooting because it takes focus and you
directors are seeking her out. (It helps that festival in Austin. How was that? can really have a nice day doing it.
she’s heartbreakingly beautiful.) You would It was great! Very different from L.A. and New
have caught her in The Expendables 3 as York. I don’t think I’ve ever worked so hard to The film is loaded with legendary actors
Camilia, Mel Gibson’s gun-toting girlfriend. We set up and play a show, and then go like Sly Stallone, Harrison Ford, and
recently caught up with the 32-year-old in somewhere else and set up again and play Wesley Snipes. What were they like?
Monaco to talk Sly Stallone, beach life, and another one. I had to learn how to play a I was very happy to see how passionate they
shooting clay pigeons. bunch of things at the same time—I was are. There’s the director, Patrick Hughes,
playing percussion in one hand and using a who’s great; there’s Sly, who nobody is going
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It was way more classy than I imagined it harmony. So, yeah, it was interesting and a was Antonio Banderas, who had just finished a
would be! great challenge. small independent film. You have this guy
who has done so much, and the way he talks
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you enjoy yourself? one of the fighters. For some reason, I always people who are tired of doing what they do,
That beach, oh, my God, it was unbelievable! have a gun when I’m on camera. But they but that wasn’t the case.
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“LET IT RIDE!” shouts Jake Johnson, leaning over way back toward the blackjack tables for
a blackjack table at Hollywood Park Casino in another go-round.
Inglewood, on the south side of Los Angeles. That’s all likely to change very soon.
He flashes an impish what-the-hell look at his Having already won over viewers on TV,
colleague and close friend, Damon Wayans Jr. their new action-comedy caper, Let’s Be Cops,
and nudges a towering stack of blue and yellow a raw, rollicking romp that recalls ’80s hits
chips forward while a crowd of onlookers like Beverly Hills Cop and Lethal Weapon, is
clamours its approval. Generally, Hollywood out now. Johnson and Wayans play a pair
Park’s musty casino floor is where hope goes to of old friends who’ve rounded the bend
take an extended nap, but Johnson and into their early 30s without making a dent
Wayans are on a hot streak, and their energy in their chosen careers: Johnson is a former
has sparked the room from its slumber. college quarterback derailed by injury, while
Johnson downs the rest of his drink and swivels Wayans, who dreams of becoming a video
around to slap hands with a couple of casino game designer, is held down by self-doubt
regulars. “Come on,” he cries. “Let’s do this!” and a soul-crushing boss. The two men are
The dealer flips cards around the table. close to throwing in the towel on big-city life
Wayans has 15, Johnson has 16, and the dealer and retreating to their Ohio hometown. On a
shows a 2, with her hole card a mystery. lark, they hit a costume party dressed as cops,
A young guy to Johnson’s right takes an and after being mistaken for real cops, soon
ill-advised hit and goes bust. Wayans looks to get drunk on the power of wearing badges
Johnson for advice and Johnson shakes his and uniforms. When they get mixed up with a
head slightly, telling him to hold, and then gang of gun runners and drug smugglers, they
holds tight himself. “That’s right,” murmurs must put their skills as fake cops to the test.
one of the regulars, perched close behind. Johnson and Wayans also anchor a cast of
Here’s the moment of truth—if the dealer comedy all-stars, including Rob Riggle (SNL,
turns up a couple of face cards, everyone The Daily Show), Keegan-Michael Key (Key
wins; if not, Johnson and Wayans have flushed and Peele), and smart, sexy Natasha Leggero.
a few hundred bucks down the drain. A hush Like the Jump Street reboots (which share a
falls over the crowd as the dealer reaches for hard-R rating), Let’s Be Cops weaves action set
her hole card and turns up a red queen. Now pieces deftly with authentic, character-based
at 12, she’s forced to hit, and slowly turns up humour, while offering a fresh twist: A buddy
the next card—another red queen—el busto! cop flick about guys who aren’t really cops.
The room erupts in wild whoops of joyous Dressing up as LAPD felt “badass,”
celebration. Wayans trades high fives with the Johnson says. He mentions Nick Miller, his
other winners at the table, while Johnson character on New Girl, who can be painfully
fist-bumps the guy behind him and turns back indecisive. “I’m actually an act-first, think-
to sweep up his winnings. second kind of person, so it was nice to finally
Wayans elbows his friend, grinning. “Good play a character who gets in trouble for his
call, dude.” actions rather than his lack of action.”
Johnson nods. “Life is good.” “To me,” Wayans says, “the message of the
film is that you should never write yourself
REMARKABLY, as Johnson, 36, and Wayans, 31, off. You should never tell yourself, ‘Oh, I
wind their way through the casino—the poker didn’t make it by now—I should just give up.’ ”
tables, the sportsbook, the bar, the all-night Johnson adds: “It doesn’t matter if you get
diner—they’re bothered by almost no one. It a late start. You just need to get started.”
may be that a casino, full of tourists and hard-
nosed locals, is not a hotbed for fans of New JOHNSON SPEAKS FROM experience—he was a bit
Girl, the hit show featuring Zooey Deschanel of a late starter himself. The Chicago native
that helped establish Johnson and Wayans as dropped out of school in 10th grade (“mostly to
stars. But there’s also something about the vibe smoke cheeba,” he says), and worked full-time
they radiate—not Hollywood types preening for for an uncle making neon signs. After a year of
the camera, but just a couple of buddies out on “being a loser,” he returned to high school and
the town, chopping it up, trying to make each went on to study theatre at the University of
other laugh—that deflects attention. If they Iowa and NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. By
stand out, it’s because they’re dressed like age 26, though, he was back in Chicago, trying
members of the Rat Pack, amid a sea of to figure out his next move.
sweatpants and fanny packs. Still, they hardly That’s when a friend in L.A. promised him
draw a second glance as they steer their a job—working at the Hollywood Park Casino.
ON JOHNSON:
Suit by The Kooples;
shirt by Sandro; tie by
Paul Smith; shoes
by Mr. B.’s; socks by
Calvin Klein; belt
by Ferragamo; tie clip
by The Tie Bar;
sunglasses by Ray-Ban.
ON WAYANS:
Suit by Theory; shirt by
Sandro; tie by YSL;
shoes by The Left Shoe;
socks and belt by Hugo
Boss; sunglasses
by Leisure Society.
(It’s no accident that Johnson has requested me 45 minutes to tell that story,” Johnson through time in Safety Not Guaranteed, which
this location for the day’s shenanigans.) “I had confesses with a smile. His wobbly storytelling became an unexpected hit.
this old lime green Hyundai Accent that I’d became the inspiration for a Web series called Johnson and Wayans had hit it off on the
bought from a friend of my dad’s,” Johnson Drunk History, which featured cameos from set of New Girl, and when they were offered
recalls. “I put on a tape of Elton John’s Greatest laugh titans Jack Black and Will Ferrell, among the chance to costar in Let’s Be Cops, they
Hits and headed west.” others, and eventually blossomed into a called each other to discuss it. “I told him,
But in California, Johnson found himself popular Comedy Central show. ‘I’m in if you’re in,’ ” Wayans remembers.
living in a Hollywood dump, working a Johnson nabbed blink-and-you’ll-miss-me Johnson couldn’t wait to team up. “Some
graveyard shift at the casino, and partying roles in an Ashton Kutcher rom-com and actors seem cool,” he says, “but when you
way too much. He wanted to work his way Russell Brand’s Get Him To The Greek. Then really get to know them, you realise you’re
into film and TV, but after a year the only one day he was called in to audition for a new not on the same page. They just want to
role he’d landed was in a commercial. Then show about a bunch of guy roommates and a be stars, and working with them can be
he met Erin, the girl who would eventually girl who moves in with them, which someone unbearable. Damon and I, we’re not worried
become his wife. “She kicked my ass and got had described as kind of an updated version about being the biggest stars; we just want the
my head in the game,” Johnson explains. “She of Friends. Johnson laughs: “I had no idea project to work. If we make something great,
pointed out that I was an actor without a head what I was getting into.” we know we’ll both end up looking good.”
shot, just hanging out in bars.” Soon, bigger movie roles came his way. He While Let’s Be Cops is Johnson’s first
Erin hooked him up with a catering job, starred in Drinking Buddies, a thoughtful indie headlining role in a studio film, he says there’s
which was a step up; at least he was no set in a Chicago brewery, where he played no pressure. “It’s got a big-budget feel but was
longer working nights and could make it to the love interest of both Anna Kendrick and made for not that much. I mean, look, they
auditions. Soon, little breaks came, partly Olivia Wilde (poor guy); director Joe Swanberg hired me and Damon instead of big movie
through partying with friends. One night, encouraged Johnson and his costars to guzzle stars, so they saved themselves some money
boozing hard with pal Derek Waters, Johnson real beers on set. Next, Johnson played a right there. This isn’t X-Men. It’s more like The
tried to explain the crazy story of soul singer magazine writer investigating an oddball Little Engine That Could.”
Otis Redding’s death. “I was so drunk, it took (Mark Duplass) who claims he can travel If Johnson and Wayans felt pressure
surrounding the film, it was during I didn’t want to seem cocky. So I was like, ‘I tryst he’s having with Wayans’ dad (“You’d
production. On set, they estimate, as much as don’t know… eight and a half?’ He just shook be surprised how much he loves chocolate-
90 percent of the dialogue was improvised. his head and said, ‘Seven,’ and walked off.” covered strawberries!”); Wayans burns him a
Each night, together in one of their hotel Even as the son found success in likable look, but he can’t help laughing.
rooms, they pored over the script, riffing off TV roles—Brad Williams on Happy Endings There’s one idea that’s funnier to them
each other and challenging each other to and Coach on New Girl—he never earned his than any of the others: The thought of sharing
conjure up new and improved material. dad’s raves. “He’d toss me a compliment here a dramatic scene where both of them are
Johnson learned to rely on his costar’s and there, but he’d never really give it up,” asked to genuinely cry. “We’ve got to put it
humour barometer to measure the success of Wayans says. “He’d just be like, ‘That’s pretty in our next contract!” Johnson says gleefully.
his jokes. “If everyone around us is laughing good, man.’ Super low-key. I figured that was “One unabashed, nonironic crying scene!”
but Damon says, ‘It was just all right,’ then I the most I’d ever get out of him.” For both, the hope is that Let’s Be Cops
get pissed off because I know he’s right and A few months ago, though, Wayans Sr. leads to more movies together. With their
we’ve got to do it again. If no one’s laughing, joined Junior and Johnson in San Francisco engaging personalities, heartfelt performances
but I hear Damon laughing, I know I’m onto for a few advance screenings. “The lights (even in a comedy), and superb chemistry on
something. We’re a team, and I trust his voice came up, and something in him had shifted,” and off the screen, it’s easy to imagine the film
above anyone’s.” Wayans says. “After all these years, he finally dealing their careers a royal flush. Perhaps a
For Wayans, the shoot’s most harrowing started saying all these nice things. He was movie about fake cops will turn Johnson and
moment came during a scene in which he like, ‘That shit’s really funny!’ Of course, Wayans into real movie stars.
has to tackle a naked sumo wrestler who’s he’s still my same old dad, so he had to tell “I don’t want to be one of those actors
burglarising a hardware store. “I had junk me about a couple corny parts, too, but at who go from one project to the next,” says
in my face!” Wayans cries, spooked by the the end of the night, we were all back at the Johnson. “I’d like to do big movies here
memory. “I mean, I was looking right up his hotel drinking bubbly, and he said, ‘You know and there, a couple smaller indies, and also
butt—I could see out his mouth!” what? You did good work.’ ” take time off to enjoy life.” With his friend
Johnson finds this absolutely hilarious. Joe Swanberg, Johnson just cowrote and
“In the movie, those are his real balls, right?” BACK AT THE blackjack table, Johnson starts starred in an upcoming indie called Digging
Wayans explains that an early cut of the chatting with one of the casino regulars who’d For Fire, based on a real-life experience:
film actually included them, but they had to cheered him on earlier, a guy from the Digging a garden in their backyard a couple
be enhanced later with CGI. “Thank God for neighbourhood named Ivory Nims, a former years back, Johnson and his wife discovered
small balls,” he says, laughing and shaking his gangbanger with the Inglewood Crips. Despite human bones and a gun. The movie imagines
head. “They would’ve been rolling around all his criminal past, Nims seems like a pretty nice what might have taken place. “Working with
over my forehead. Can you imagine? Scarred dude, and at 31, he’s not so different, friends is what it’s all about,” Johnson says.
for life!” ultimately, from the characters Johnson and “Damon and I, we’re pretty much the same
Wayans play in Let’s Be Cops: He has dreams of guy. We’ll never be those serious actors with
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his uncle’s neon workshop, dreaming of Uber driver but doesn’t quite have the know- Central Park. We just want to keep doing fun
Hollywood, Wayans was already immersed in how, initiative, or scratch to pull it off. Johnson stuff that we believe in.”
showbiz; as a kid, he would hang out with his and Wayans chop it up with Nims, taking Wayans nods in agreement. “One thing
dad, Damon Wayans Sr., on the set of the pleasure for a while in getting to know a I learned from watching my dad was the
pioneering sketch comedy show In Living stranger who’s not a superfan and has no importance of putting in hard work,” he says.
Color, created by uncle Keenen Ivory Wayans, agenda. Soon the pals are moving on from the “Every day I try to learn something and
and featuring family members Kim, Shawn, table, but as they continue to test their luck improve my craft.” With his downtime
and Marlon Wayans, plus their friends Jim with the cards, Nims’ girl slips away with a between acting and performing gigs, Wayans
Carrey, Jamie Foxx and Jennifer Lopez. scrum of photographers. also likes to practise martial arts—Muay Thai
Surrounded by some of the funniest people in “Damn,” says Nims. “The camera leaves, and taekwondo. “I also want to get better at
the industry, Junior—no big surprise— and my girl disappears.” cards,” he says. “But this was definitely my
developed an itch to be onstage, with plenty Johnson claps him on the back: “Welcome best visit ever to a casino. Usually I play five
of talent to burn. to Hollywood.” hands, lose ’em all, and go broke.”
But the one guy he could never impress Soon, the buddies are in a booth drinking For his part, Johnson is leaving his old
was his dad. “He was like a hard-ass soccer beers and doing their best to crack each stomping grounds a few hundred bucks
coach,” Wayans explains. “Total ball buster.” other up, which seems to be their constant ahead. “I think I’ll buy a gift for my wife,” he
At 23, Junior started doing stand-up M.O. Eyeing an ancient shoeshine man in the says, trading his chips in for cash. The lime
comedy, and a couple of years later joined casino, they dive into a lengthy riff, imagining green Hyundai he used to drive when he first
his dad on tour. “There was one Def Comedy that his presence here has preceded the landed in L.A. and worked at the casino is
Jam where I really killed and got a standing casino’s construction, that it was actually built long gone. His ride now: A shiny black Lexus
ovation,” Wayans says. “I came offstage and around him. They imagine the conversation SUV. He hops in and heads for the gate.
was feeling great.” His dad asked him, How do that might be taking place at a neighbouring Wayans gives him a wave. “Drive safe,
you think you did, son? “Knowing him, and table, filled with elderly Japanese tourists. man,” he calls. “And if you get pulled over,
his level of expectation, I toned it down— Johnson even goes into a bit about a secret just tell ’em you’re a cop.”
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