Juno Temple plays a young assistant on HBO's new show Vinyl who is trying to advance her career in the male-dominated 1970s music industry. At age 26, Temple already has a reputation for playing bold, unconventional female roles in films where she often appears nude. While this has earned her praise for being fearless as an actress, she is frustrated by the undue attention on her willingness to appear nude rather than her talent. For Vinyl and in her career, Temple is used to ignoring those who underestimate her abilities.

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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