Kate Moss is reportedly fully supporting the new film 'Moss & Freud', which chronicles her party girl youth filled with drugs and sex clubs. The 52-year-old supermodel serves as an executive producer on the movie, which stars Ellie Bamber as Moss, exploring the unlikely bond between her and artist Lucian Freud.
Film Depicts Wild Past
The film shows Moss's doppelgänger snorting drugs and leading her half-dressed chauffeur into a raunchy London sex club before being involved in a near-fatal car accident. Moss was famously dubbed 'Cocaine Kate' after being photographed snorting cocaine in 2005, but she has since adopted a clean-living lifestyle.
Source Claims Closest to Confession
Sources claim that Moss's unwavering support for the film is the closest she has ever come to confessing her wild past. 'She has supported the creation of the movie from day one and continued to have input and assist the team behind it,' a source said. 'Which means that Kate has seen the contents and not only given the nod to them remaining, but continues to back the producers. It's the closest she has got to confessing to some of the racier parts of her life.'
The source added, 'Though, of course, she can argue that the drama is only based on a true story, and not necessarily the whole truth.' The Daily Mail has contacted Kate Moss's representatives for comment.
Plot and Trailer Highlights
Lucian Freud is played by Derek Jacobi in the film. The trailer opens with the leads in a gallery, where Lucian first suggests painting Kate. After she agrees, the ethereal, moody, and glitzy teaser displays the extremes of their relationship, with the pair arguing over her dedication to their project while later enjoying blissful giggles.
Derek's Lucian is seen saying to Kate: 'Could you imagine anything more beautiful? I think a painting - but do you have time? I'm quite aware of what a busy life you must lead,' after which she agrees: 'Lucien, I like the idea of truth.'
The Famous Painting
The distinguished artwork captured a nude, then-28-year-old Kate while she was pregnant with her daughter Lila, whom she had with ex Jefferson Hack. The image, painted by Lucian when he was 80 and 52 years older than Kate, showcased the model in a way she had never been seen before. The lead-up and process of the painting are teased in the trailer, as Lucian demands: 'If I were to paint you I need absolute commitment,' before viewers later see him becoming enraged at Kate for missing their sessions.
Standing in front of his canvas, he roars: 'You are late, do you treat all of this as some kind of game? Three evenings a week is all I ask and to be on time.' Kate hits back, jabbing images of herself in a glossy magazine, saying: 'This, this, some of them are long-term relationships!' in relation to her relationships with designers and photographers. She then muses: 'The painter must think of everything he sees as being entirely for own use and pleasure is that what I'm here for? To be used by you.'
Party Scene and Release
A slow-moving clip shows the duo dancing at a recreation of Kate's legendary 30th birthday bash, held at Claridge's hotel in 2004, with a theme from F. Scott Fitzgerald's book, 'The Beautiful and Damned'. The movie's initial release in October received mixed reviews, but it will open to a wider audience next month.
Legacy of the Painting
The result of Lucian's artwork of Kate was groundbreaking, with the painting fetching £3.9 million at auction in 2005. Lucian and Kate's time together established a unique friendship, with Kate later describing him as 'the most interesting person' she had ever met. Their bond was so fierce that many questioned whether they shared more than friendship. The German-born painter, also known for his modern portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in 2001, died at age 88 over a decade ago.
'Moss & Freud' aims to explore his life and art, focusing on how the 90s superstar became his beloved muse. Kate's arrival in the early 90s signified a new era of models, joining Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, and Linda Evangelista as some of the biggest names in the industry. Lucian Michael Freud, born in 1922 in Berlin, Germany, was a renowned painter and draughtsman specializing in figurative art, earning a reputation as one of the foremost 20th-century English portraitists.
