Kate Beckinsale looked out of this world on Saturday night as she reincarnated one of American cinema’s most alluring sci-fi characters.
The actress reprized Barbarella, the buxom astronaut made famous by Jane Fonda in the 1968 cult film of the same name directed by Roger Vadim.
Kate, 50, dressed in the character’s famous black see-through jumpsuit and carrying her own ray gun, made sure to turn heads as she attended Vas J. Morgan and Michael Braun’s star-studded Halloween party in Los visited Angeles.
In keeping with Barbarella’s crash landing on a distant planet, the actress embellished her outfit with major rips and spotting before her appearance at the event.
She completed the look with a pair of metallic silver platform boots that evoked images of David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust, while heavy makeup and a tousled blonde wig topped it off.
This sounds familiar: Kate Beckinsale looked out of this world Saturday night as she reincarnated one of American cinema’s most alluring sci-fi characters
Nothing like the original: The actress revived Barbarella, the buxom space traveler made famous by Jane Fonda in the 1968 cult film of the same name directed by Roger Vadim
Kate’s latest public appearance comes after she furiously hit back at “t**tty men” for trolling her on social media.
The British star pointed out the “constant abuse and harassment” she receives in a seething post shared with her followers in October.
She noted that while she finds it difficult to deal with hate on Instagram, she still believes in the “possibility that it could be such a loving and positive force.”
Kate – the daughter of late actor Richard Beckinsale – gave an example when she shared a short clip from an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
She told how the mother of an autistic seven-year-old said his first word after the show in which she told a story about her fake sneezing.
The actress wrote: “So – those of you who have been following my stories over the last few days have definitely gotten a little insight into the pretty constant abuse and bullying that I can receive on this app on a fairly regular basis.”
“The first thing I want to say is that I’m overwhelmed by the amount of supportive and incredible messages I’ve received from kind strangers who outnumber the assholes by two million percent.”
“The second reason is this and the reason why I feel like social media can have such a loving and positive power – a few years ago I went on @fallontonight and told this story about my fake sneezing.”
Not happy: Kate’s latest public appearance comes after she angrily hit back at “t**tty men” for trolling her on social media
Speaking up: The British star pointed out the “constant abuse and bullying” she receives in a seething post shared with her followers in October
“About a week later, I received a DM (which unfortunately got lost) from a woman who said her autistic 7-year-old son had always been completely non-verbal, and then she became obsessed with this sneezing clip and kept requesting it on. and then suddenly he said the first word he had ever said in his life, and that word was “Achoo.”
She added: “May I thank you all and especially the lady who I wished would message me again so I could properly thank her.”
“You and you are the reason I stay here and why I feel like people are ultimately good and the chance to connect with strangers can be such an incredible gift.”
“Unless you’re a cheeky man who thinks women should stay in the kitchen, or some other nuisance. In this case it is a gift in the sense of a turd wrapped in sweating cling film. ‘I love you, you the good ones, you the struggling ones.’