New Esquire Quiz & Photoshoot

You know Kate Beckinsale from films such as Van Helsing and The Aviator, and yet you don't really know her at all. Not by Hollywood's hyperintimate, "so that's what a C-section scar looks like" standards, anyway. The thirty-four-year-old British actress keeps her nose so darn clean -- she hasn't even had the decency to strike a paparazzo with her car -- that it's hard to feel close to her. A beautiful actress known only for her acting ability? What year is this? Ace this quiz and you can feel a little less guilty about ogling the photos above.

1. With which two actors did Beckinsale film a ménage à trois scene in Laurel Canyon?

a) Christian Bale and Emma Thompson

b) Guy Pearce and Holly Hunter

c) Alessandro Nivola and Frances McDormand

d) Denise Richards and Neve Campbell

2. If characters Beckinsale has played in different movies were to meet, which is the likeliest scenario?

a) Vampire hunter Anna Valerious (Van Helsing) would kill vampire Selene (Underworld and Underworld: Evolution).

b) Vampire hunter Anna Valerious (Van Helsing) would use her hunting prowess to assist U. S. marshal Carrie Stetko in tracking a murderer (the upcoming Whiteout).

c) Nurse Lieutenant Evelyn Johnson (Pearl Harbor) would ask Ava Gardner (The Aviator) for her autograph.

d) Donna Newman (Click) would let Amy Fox (Vacancy) borrow her time-altering remote so she wouldn't have to spend an hour and a half with Luke Wilson.

3. Beckinsale's new movie, Snow Angels:

a) Is a tragedy of Sophoclean proportions, complete with infidelity, accidental death, and murder.

b) Is reminiscent of Snow Dogs but is not as funny as Snow Day.

c) Requires a willful suspension of disbelief that someone as hot as Beckinsale could work at a Chinese restaurant.

d) Both a and c.

4. Beckinsale studied:

a) modern dance at Cambridge.

b) French and Russian literature at Oxford.

c) organic chemistry at Harvard.

d) agricultural sciences at Texas A&M.


5. Kate Beckinsale is to Len Wiseman as:

a) Kate Capshaw is to Steven Spielberg.

b) Sofia Coppola is to Francis Ford Coppola.

c) Rose McGowan is to Robert Rodriguez.

d) Hoagies are to Michael Moore.

6. Which character has Kate Beckinsale not portrayed?

a) A pregnant woman who falls in love with a dwarf.

b) A reporter who goes to jail to protect a source.

c) A competitive surfer in Hawaii.

d) The fated love interest of John Cusack.

The rest of the quiz can be found HERE courtesy of Esquire.com


Major props to my reader Dan Murray for pointing these photographs out!

I almost blew an artery when I saw these shots. They're undoubtedly the most seductive and erotic shots of Kate that we've ever had the pleasuring of seeing. Can't wait to get a copy of the magazine myself!