That Wasn't Jack Nicholson at Paris Fashion Week—It Was A Drag Queen

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When it comes to Jack Nicholson impersonations, Alexis Stone’s is arsenic bully arsenic it gets. 

After all, the resistance queen stepped retired astatine Balenciaga’s Paris Fashion Week amusement Sept. 30 successful a full-on recreation of The Shining actor’s physique. 

Stone—who has besides precocious impersonated Meryl Streep’s The Devil Wears Prada character Miranda Priestly and Shrek—appeared extracurricular the Balenciaga amusement successful a robe by the brand, arsenic good arsenic with immoderate of Jack’s signature accessories: gin and a cigar.

The show creator sat down astatine the amusement alongside a database of existent celebrities including Nicole Kidman, Katy Perry, Salma Hayek and Lindsay Lohan. Stone’s transformation—which included prosthetics that covered his full look and cervix and customized fake teeth—took implicit six hours to implicit and signified Jack successful his premier 1990s and aboriginal 2000s aesthetic.  

Stone’s translation was truthful circumstantial that helium adjacent sourced a fragrance that resembled what helium imagined the 87-year-old to odor like. As helium told The New York Times, “He smelled similar a bedewed ashtray.”

Working with the marque since dressing up arsenic Robin Williams’ Mrs. Doubtfire successful 2022, Stone (real name Elliot Joseph Rentz) has continued to daze manner week attendees—while consulting Balenciaga’s originative manager Demna and his husband, BFRND connected who to impersonate. 

“I don’t see myself to beryllium a troll oregon a prankster,” Stone told the New York Times. “But determination is thing entertaining astir attending a amusement wherever astir radical are truthful consumed with looking their precise champion portion presenting arsenic idiosyncratic else.”

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As for however Jack felt astir the homage? Other than attending Los Angeles Lakers games, the Something’s Gotta Give star is seldom seen retired successful public—and his past show astatine each was successful 2010. Naturally, Stone assured helium wasn’t holding his enactment to perceive the Oscar winner’s reaction. 

“I americium not expecting Jack to telephone me,” the 30-year-old told The New York Times. “I conscionable deliberation Jack’s a truly badass ocular quality to do.”

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