Threesome
"Shamelessness is a feature of contemporary life; it visibly afflicts the celebrity and the wannabe celebrity, but it also informs and liberates the artist. For the [Charlotte] Rampling shoot, which was done in a Paris hotel suite, [Juergen] Teller thought it made sense for him to be in the [Marc Jacobs] ads, since he and the actress were friends and she didn't want to endorse a product. And because he vaguely had in mind a fantasy, he also packed on 15 extra pounds. 'I thought I should be this Louis XV big figure,' he said.The only trouble with that plan was he couldn't fit into the clothes Mr. Jacobs sent. 'I thought, "What the hell am I going to do now?" he said. 'There were these silver underpants, these sport pants.' Mr. Teller laughed and continued: 'The next day Charlotte arrived, and I was totally starting to sweat. She said, "Now what are we going to do?" I said, "I'm going to show you what I'm going to wear." So I went into the bedroom, and I came out in these silver underpants. And she said, "What the hell is that?"'
At this point, as Ms. Rampling howled, Mr. Teller said, he was having grave doubts about the rest of his plan. 'I was smoking my cigarette, breaking out in a sweat. I said, 'Well, I was just thinking I could kiss you and fondle your breasts.'
'She sat down and got herself a cigarillo. She didn't say anything. The whole room was quiet for what seemed like months. I was, like, Oh my God, that is the most stupid thing I've ever said, how stupid was that? She just dragged on the cigarillo and crossed her legs, and she said: "O.K., let's go. I'll tell you when to stop." I thought, Oh my God, genius. I can't believe I'm getting away with it.'
Mr. Teller paused. 'So that was the ad.'"
