Marcel Winatschek

Behind the Face

Cara Delevingne was on the Vogue UK cover at twenty-one, shot by Alasdair McLellan for something called The Face. In the interview with Violet Henderson, she said she wanted to act. Even then you could see it.

She had something most models didn’t. The eyebrows, sure, but more than that—this swagger, this refusal to be blank. You could actually see the person inside, which isn’t something that usually happens in magazines.

The acting made sense. There was never going to be a time when that was enough for her.