1. Juno Temple is on
the porch of her house
in Los Angeles talking
about Vinyl, HBO’s new
workplace drama/rock
’n’ roll dreamscape/ode
to cocaine and private-jet
misbehavior. Empire
meets Boardwalk Empire,
basically, plus about seven
other shows, and that’s
just in the pilot. Temple
plays a young assistant
trying to elbow aside
the dim men above her—
the show’s Peggy Olson.
At just 26, Temple has
already made a career
of playing badass (and
often naked) women in
films like Killer Joe
and Kaboom. Because
of this, she’s earned a
deserved reputation
for being fearless, but also
an annoying reputation
for taking her clothes off
on-screen—as if the latter
weren’t just a manifestation
of the former. Like her
character on Vinyl, she’s
used to ignoring those
who underestimate her:
“Like, ‘Oh, my God,
Juno hasthree movies
at Sundance, and she’s
got her tits out in two
of them!’ ” From her
porch, she takes a weary
breath. “Who gives a
flying fuck, dude?”
Z A C H B A R O N
B E A U G R E A LY
HBO’s new show about the music biz in the 1970s is brought
to you by some of the biggest names on the planet:
Martin Scorsese and Mick Jagger. But it’s someone you’ve probably
never heard of before—Juno Temple—who steals it
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