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Christina Ricci Covers BlackBook Magazine, Opens Up About Overcoming Anorexia

by Mark Marino (Subscribe to Mark Marino's posts)
Posted Sep 30th 2010 at 7:05PM  
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Christina Ricci BlackBook magazine cover

Christina Ricci on the cover of BlackBook's October issue. Photo: Yu Tsai, courtesy of BlackBook magazine

Enveloped in black and shooting a tough-girl glare, Christina Ricci is the very picture of confidence on the cover of October's BlackBook magazine. But as the accompanying interview proves, appearances can be deceiving.

Ricci, who was photographed by Yu Tsai, strikes a series of sexy poses inside the Obsessions Issue, grabbing her chest and hiking up the hem of her crocheted, off-the-shoulder dress, and gazing longingly in a strapless number with a flirty, ruffled trim.

But despite the steamy photos, Ricci doesn't think of herself as a bombshell, says "Black Snake Moan" co-star Samuel L. Jackson.



"Some people don't see Christina as a classic beauty, and nobody saw [her character] Rae as a classic beauty," he tells the magazine. "She internalizes that when people talk about other actresses like Scarlett Johansson. But I find Christina's beauty classic in a Raphaelic way, and when she gets dressed up, she's as pretty as any girl in Hollywood - I just don't think she sees herself that way."

In fact, Ricci confesses, she struggled with an eating disorder as a teen. "I had been really anorexic until I was like 16," she tells BlackBook. "They were going to hospitalize me, and I was worried about people force-feeding me through a tube. I didn't want that, so I fought the disease."

Christina Ricci BlackBook magazine october 2010 black crochet sweater strapless dress

On the dark side: Ricci brings on the drama for her BlackBook shoot. Photography: Yu Tsai | Styling: Christopher Campbell | Images courtesy of BlackBook Magazine

Having successfully battled it, 30-year-old Ricci says she has no intention of going back there again. "I remember the overwhelming feeling of hopelessness when I was in the middle of it. My brain had basically become my biggest tormentor," she says. "I'd become afraid of myself."

Ricci's healthy, svelte body is on full display in one BlackBook photo in which she stands defiantly with her hands on her hips while wearing a leopard-print swimsuit. It's certainly not the first time she's gotten attention for wearing animal attire: In 2006, she enraged PETA after posing for W magazine in reindeer fur.

"I'm sorry, but I was being shot by Mert & Marcus," says Ricci, currently making her Broadway debut in "Time Stands Still." "I wore what they told me to wear, and guess what? So would you. But I didn't realize I was wearing reindeer. Of all the things I could have worn, I wore Rudolph."

In related news, check out Naomi Campbell on the current cover of Interview magazine.
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Jewel26, 9-30-2010, 9:49PM

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Jewel26

Christina is a beauty, always has been in my opinion. She looks fantastic in these pictures.

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BTDT, 9-30-2010, 11:43PM

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BTDT

Wednsday's looking good.

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John Dawkins, 9-30-2010, 9:37PM

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John Dawkins

Freaking hot

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Snowflake, 10-25-2010, 5:09PM

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Snowflake

Ricci is lovely, not only because of her looks, but because she is not vain as the majority of women in film. Here, she looks strikingly alike Michele Pfifer 20 years ago...very beautiful and at peace with herself.

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santino tanzini, 10-06-2010, 7:44AM

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santino tanzini

she's got great legs

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martbild, 9-30-2010, 10:33PM

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martbild

She was way hotter before she cut her breasts off and turned anorexic.

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Gary, 9-30-2010, 10:38PM

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Gary

Oh, good Goddess!When will the We-Know-What's-Best-For-Everyone-On-The-Planet-Earth (except for the mirage that stares back at them in a MIRROR)Panic-Button-Crowd off their hypocritical, self-delusional High Horses and face fact: The Good Lady Ricci looks smokin'red HOT. Why do I get the feeling that those who scream "ANOREXIA!"at the sight of a FIT woman are those who think 20-30bs. overweight is "just fine" and "to be expected." Have they ever seen TRUE anorexia up close? Cadaver is the word that comes to mind, not toned and ripped and flat-bellied.

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ken, 9-30-2010, 10:48PM

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weird lookin face on her, give her a 4

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fox26781, 9-30-2010, 11:16PM

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fox26781

I remember when she was very thin and anorexic. I was anorexic at 17, but I never got really, really underweight. I was hospitalized though, and like her, I ate the food just to get out of there (psych ward). At 17, that'l scare the food back in you.

Ricci has always been a dark horse, an unexpected rebel, an elusive beauty with large, deep eyes. She is very tiny (petite frame), and looks great where she is now. These photos are excellent. Photographer and stylists need praise. I especially like the cover. She usually wears her hair black, here she has lightened it.

I've always thought of her beauty as something she does not wear for the sake of vanity, but for her own awareness of herself. Being anorexic, you become obsessed with control of who you are and who you want to become, ultimately becoming a physical sacrifice. This disease is not about food at all. It is the war against ourselves when pain becomes uncontrolable. I felt the same way. I was afraid of what I had become.
I admire her honesty and her pictures are beautiful.

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kaysings, 9-30-2010, 11:47PM

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kaysings

These photos make her look like a high-fashion Vogue model. She may be that lean, but I don't think she's that tall. Intriguing shoot...

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Lisa, 10-01-2010, 3:09AM

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She is about the same height as maybe Natalie Portman, give or take a few inches. Somewhere around 4'11'-5'2". She is thin, but she looks healthier than she used too.

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RIcci's Bowling Ball Head, 10-01-2010, 12:21AM

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RIcci's Bowling Ball Head

She still has that big azzed bowling ball head on her teeny tiny shoulders. Freaky.

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Gina, 10-01-2010, 1:03AM

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Gina

She's always been cute and a really good actress but these pics are outstanding! She looks pretty in the black and white photos but the first one that's in color looks quite a bit like a young Pat Bennetar! lol

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Lisa, 10-01-2010, 2:47AM

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Lisa

She does resemble Pat Benatar in the cover photo. Cool. =}

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JEB BUCKINGHAM, 10-01-2010, 1:40AM

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JEB BUCKINGHAM

Remember her in "Black Snake Moan"? Rrrrrr, she was totally HOT!

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tiffanie, 10-01-2010, 2:24AM

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tiffanie

It's even hotter that she's attractive in a really unconventional way. I love how blunt and unapologetic she is, not throwing out phony quotes to appease everyone.

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crabby, 10-01-2010, 4:30AM

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crabby

I have always thought she is a gorgeous sexy female AND a great actress.She is not "cookie cutter" variety beauty she is unique exotic and that is why I love her looks.

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