Look closely and you could no doubt spot a few superfluous gents at last night's premiere of The Extra Man, a new film about a bookish young Manhattanite (Paul Dano) and the eccentric playwright (Kevin Kline) who schools him in the fine art of walking—that is, accompanying rich widows to dinner parties. They joined the likes of Doutzen Kroes (who brought her new baby bump), Cynthia Rowley (who brought her mother), and cast member Katie Holmes (who came without family) at the Village East Cinema, with most of the crowd heading over to the new double-decker Italian restaurant Vapiano for dinner afterward.
Even if Holmes (who plays Dano's character's half-hearted love interest) doesn't have a whole lot to do in the film, she's plenty busy up in Toronto these days, where she's filming The Kennedys, a miniseries for the History Channel. Selected somewhat controversially for the role of Jackie Onassis, Holmes (who wore a striped Celine dress and Roger Vivier shoes to last night's premiere) has been playing quite a bit of dress-up. "I wear a lot of wigs for Jackie," she said. Seamstresses have been re-creating much of the iconic First Lady's wardrobe for her, and Holmes told us that Armani even contributed two looks. "It's really fun to wear these pieces from this time period that were so feminine," she said. "You stand a little straighter. And you feel very much like a lady."
Incidentally, the main twist of The Extra Man is that Dano's young squire has a thing for cross-dressing. But last night, the actor insisted it hadn't really rubbed off. "I still feel like a dude," he said.
— Darrell Hartman
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