Julia Roberts, 50, climbs a cliff in a pink ballgown in daredevil new shoot
The star looked glamorous as she scaled the sheer rock and dangled to show off her huge train
JULIA Roberts looks stunning in a bright pink gown as she climbs a sheer cliff face in a photo-shoot for Harper’s Bazaar.
The Pretty Woman actress, 50, has been interviewed by broadcasting legend Oprah Winfrey for the publication.
turning 50, ageing in the spotlight, social media during the chat.
For the photo-shoot, Julia wore some of the season’s moth breath-taking couture as she wore a hot pink gown with a huge train.
In another she channelled Sandy from Grease in a black outfit while her blonde hair rested on her naked shoulders.
Talking about having the pictures taken, she said: “I am afraid of heights… Of course they're not going to put me in incredible peril.
“We did things that were just high enough and just scary enough where I could still smile and throw my gown up into the air.”
Oprah asked her to open up about herself further by questioning what the most frightening thing she had done was other than hang off a cliff, to which she replied: “Probably believing in myself…
“It’s sort of my job, really, to be vulnerable almost at all times when I’m working. Really, the hard part is to be able to go into a place of exposing your feelings—showing what you think is the truth of what you’re trying to perform—and setting aside the risk of failure.”
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Julia said that she is looking forward to getting older as the year has already started well.
She said: “Before my birthday last year, Danny goes, ‘What should we do for your 50th?’ And I said, ‘How about this? We have five days away with zero contact with the outside world.’
“That was 50, and it was so beautiful and wonderful. It was just the two of us, and there was a point where I thought, ‘Gosh, this is kind of weird.’ Not being all together with the kids, the five of us...
“On the day of my birthday, we drove to a city we’ve been before. I was like, ‘This is a great town. We’ll do some shopping. We’ll eat some good food. This is going to be great.’
“We went into this surf shop, and I go to the bathroom in the back of the store, and I come out and Danny’s standing there holding a surfboard, and he goes, ‘What do you think of this one?’ I said, ‘That’s a big board. What is that for?’
“ He moves it, and all three kids are standing behind it. I could burst into tears thinking about it.”
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