The new biopic revealing the secrets of enigmatic supermodel Kate Moss

“I pondered what two cultural titans may have talked about,” he explains of what drew him to the premise,”and what they found so intriguing and recognisable in each other”. He adds that the setting of ’00s London, which is evoked in montages of fashion shows, backstage parties and paparazzi pictures from the time, also attracted him to this chapter in Moss’s life: “At the time of the painting, London was a place fizzling with creativity, hedonism and a sense of togetherness.” The timeline also jumps forward to 2004, to allow the film to include scenes of Moss’s legendary “The Beautiful and the Damned” 30th birthday party, inspired by F Scott Fitzgerald’s Jazz Age novel – a bash that British Vogue called “a lesson in fashion debauchery”.