Freida graces another magazine this month in L’Uomo Vogue, to accompany the Venice Film Festival, in which Miral will premiere at tonight! The shot is one of the most astonishing I have seen of Freida yet, i have to say she looks stunning yet so different than we usually see her! Hopefully we will get scans, and outtakes from the shoot soon! Below you can read a summary of the article and click the image above for a larger look at the spread.

The actress reveals how she attained her most challenging role yet, in Miral

For Miral, Schnabel was looking for a Palestinian protagonist. “The casting had already started, but Danny Boyle was good enough to personally direct my video for the audition. The script moved me in an inexpressible way: to a certain degree the story narrated is very similar to what happened when India and Pakistan were divided up. I wanted the role at all costs. I don’t know why Schnabel chose me; I can only say that when I did the audition I so identified with the role that I put all of myself into it.

At a certain point I had to say how much I loved my father: at the end Julian commented: “You really must love your father”. I think my total support for the character convinced him. And I have the feeling that looking a little like Rula Jebreal helped matters too”.

This is exciting news! Freida has been offered the role as an Arabian princess in Jean-Jacques Annaud’s movie Black Thirst.

The film is set in the 1930s Arab states at the dawn of the oil boom, the story centers on a young Arab prince torn between allegiance to his conservative father and modern, liberal father-in-law.

Producer Tarak Ben Ammar told the Daily Mail: “This is the story of an Arab prince in 1929. He’s well-educated and he’s married to a beautiful princess. He’s confronted with the problem of what the discovery of oil will bring to the Bedouins. The Americans want the oil, but what will be the real cost?”

The 1957 book South Of The Heart: A Novel Of Modern Arabia by Hans R Ruesch is being used as the basis for the film.

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Some new outtakes from Freida’s T: The New York Times Style Magazine Women’s Fashion issue have appeared online! Freida looks great in these arty shots, wearing Marc Jacobs and Balmain. I hope to get the magazine scans soon, but meanwhile you can view the interesting article below – its a must read, and an online interview with the New York Times here.

Out On a Limb

Freida Pinto is not one to shy away from a grand gesture. “As my friends and family are quick to remind me, I have always been a big drama queen,” Pinto, 26, recalls over breakfast in a Midtown hotel suite. “As a child, I would stand in front of the mirror and pretend I was this or that person from television. All I needed to do was realize it and recognize what I wanted to do.”

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Freida is gracing the pages of Instyle’s September issue, which has Hilary Swank on the cover! Freida looks absolutely stunning in these pictures, wearing designs from Dolce and Gabbana, Oscar de la Renta and Valentino. The magazine hits newstands today, and hopefully we will have high quality scans soon! You can view a video of Freida on the set of the photoshoot, as well as read the article below!

The more stamps in Freida Pinto’s passport, the better. In the two years since Slumdog Millionaire brought the 25-year-old Indian actress to the stage of the Academy Awards she has worked in Dubai, Los Angeles and Montreal. Along the way, she has built up what she calls her “girlie girl” wardrobe with stops at London’s Topshop, Bombay’s dressmaking studios and New York’s countless shoe stroes. (“I have big feet!” she says “It was hard to find shoes that fit size 12 in India, but here they have everything”)

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A first look at the cover of the latest T: The New York Times Style Magazine Women’s Fashion issue was unveiled today, with Freida being the star and the coverline reading “Wonder Woman”. Freida looks absolutely stunning on the cover and I can’t wait to see more pictures from the shoot. The story is currently under wraps but hopefully we will have scans and information about the article very soon! Meanwhile, view the cover below!