STELLA MAGAZINE – Gemma Arterton is explaining the little-known art of ‘pistol-whipping’. ‘Sounds pretty mad, doesn’t it?’ says the 34-year-old star of Quantum of Solace, Clash of the Titans and Tamara Drewe with a peel of laughter. ‘Like a euphemism, or like you’re going to be slapping someone around the face with a pistol.’ And the term has been used in that way more recently, but in Matthew Vaughn’s action-packed prequel to the Kingsman spy sagas – set during the First World War – ‘it’s not that,’ she assures me. ‘It’s more flipping it up and around in the same way you see gunslinging being done in westerns.’

Not enough of Gemma’s pistol-whipping made it into the final cut of The King’s Man – which is ‘typical’, says the Kent-born actor. Having spent months being taught how to do something that cool by ‘a lovely ex-marine named Tony’, and having ‘practised it incessantly, it’ll inevitably end up being one second in the film. And there you are desperately asking everyone: “Wait – did you see that amazing pistol-whip thing that I did?”’

Gemma needn’t worry. If ‘pistol-whipping’ were a euphemism, then her character, Nanny Polly, pistol-whips her way through and around every character in the drama – from Ralph Fiennes’ Duke of Oxford to his son Conrad (played by star-in-the-making Harris Dickinson), to a toddler hanging on her apron strings. (The cast also includes Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Matthew Goode and Stanley Tucci.) Simply put: Polly’s a pistol-whipping, Yorkshire-accented Mary Poppins. ‘And not just a nanny,’ Gemma explains, ‘but a matriarch who runs everything. She’s the emotional anchor; everybody’s rock.’

Check in our gallery the beautiful photoshoot Gemma did for the magazine, together with scans from the issue! Enjoy :)

Hi there, it’s been a while! Of course, with everything that is happening, there isn’t much to update….but we have some news on Gemma’s new movie Summerland. Brand new production stills, posters and behind the scenes have been added to the gallery and the trailer for the movie can be watched below! Too bad there wont’ be a promotional tour for this movie….but at least you can enjoy the new additions!

On Wednesday night (March 11) Gemma attended the ‘On Blueberry Hill’ Press Night After Party held at the Trafalgar Studios in London.

Several photos from the evening have now been added to the gallery, thanks to my friend Emily for some of them! Enjoy :)

Back on Sunday (March 08) Gemma attended the UK Premiere of Radioactive, held at Curzon Mayfair in London.

Several photos from the premiere have now been added to the gallery, thanks to my friend Emily. Enjoy!

Yesterday (February 20) Gemma attended the Prada show during Milan Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2020/2021 in Milan (Italy).

She looked really gorgeous! Few photos from the event have now been added to the gallery. Enjoy!

Back on Sunday (February 02) Gemma attended the British Vogue And Tiffany & Co. Fashion And Film Party held at Annabel’s in London.

Several photos from the evening have now been added to the gallery, enjoy!

Back on Saturday (February 01) Gemma attended the Charles Finch & CHANEL Pre-BAFTA Party held at at 5 Hertford Street in London.

For the occasion she wore a Chanel Spring 2020 figure-hugging buttoned corset top and culottes in a matching charcoal check pattern with a multi-strand pearl necklace that shimmered over her shoulders.

Several photos from the evening have now been added to the gallery, enjoy!