Pirelli calendar star Helen Mirren admits she despairs at being called a sex symbol

She was lately photographed with no make-up on for the most recent Pirelli calendar and now Helen Mirren is hoping extra girls will embrace the pure look and ditch cosmetics altogether.

The 71-year-old Oscar winner, who joined the likes of Nicole Kidman, Uma Thurman and Penelope Cruz for the 2017 Pirelli calendar shoot, advised the BBC: 'I feel it will be great if it grew to become a style.

'Issues are all the time cyclical, so I believe we'd've reached saturation with the entire selfie factor and perhaps we're shifting in one other path. 

Helen is likely one of the faces of L'Oreal Paris and has posed in glamorous picture shoots for the model with full make-up

Helen starred within the Pirelli calendar sporting no make-up which she needs to change into a style pattern

'It will be nice if we're, with out being puritanical, as a result of I like make-up, dressing up, so I don't need to be "Oh we've all bought to go with out make-up".'

The actress additionally spoke with BBC Radio 4 Entrance Row the place she stated she despairs at being known as a intercourse image, insisting she would somewhat be known as one thing else.

'Intercourse is about having sexual activity isn't it. There must be one other phrase, I feel "rattling positive" is somewhat good. 

'Attractive I don't like as a result of I'm over that.' 

The outspoken actress was simply one of many well-known faces that took half within the Pirelli calendar alongside Nicole Kidman and Uma Thurman

Photographer Peter Lindberg, actresses Nicole Kidman, Uma Thurman and Helen Mirren attend the 'Pirelli calendar 2017 by Peter Lindberg' launch at Resort Salomon de Rothschild

Regardless of her feedback, Dame Helen has by no means shied away from make-up and wonder merchandise throughout her profession.

In 2014, she was signed as one of many faces of L'Oreal Paris and has posed in glamorous picture shoots for the model with full make-up, in addition to endorsing a variety of merchandise.

Talking final yr, she stated: 'In my job I work with nice make-up artists and I get to put on Victoria Beckham attire, however in my different life I get on the tube and bus and go to the grocery store with out make-up on.'

Pirelli CEO Marco Tronchetti Provera, British actress Helen Mirren, Italian mannequin Afef Jnifen, Australian actress Nicole Kidman and German photographer Peter Lindbergh attend the photocall for the 2017 Pirelli Calendar in Paris

The Pirelli calendar for 2017 was shot by German photographer Peter Lindbergh, who selected a choice of actresses of various ages and physique sorts for a sequence of pictures he dubs 'a counter message to [the industry's] faux magnificence very best'.

As a substitute of a slew of younger fashions, the ladies that includes within the 2017 version vary in age from Alicia Vikander's 27 to Dame Helen's 71 and have posed for the digital camera sporting no make-up.

Talking in regards to the calendar shoot earlier this yr, Miss Kidman stated: 'I do know from my very own private life that my husband completely prefers me with no make-up on.

'I'm positive there's an infinite quantity of males on this room that may say, "I like girls with no make-up, when they're at their most pure."'

The 2016 Pirelli calendar took step one away from overtly sexual photographs by that includes portraits of completed writers, filmmakers and artists.

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