Actor and model Jack Guinness is taking his place behind the decks on DJ duty this evening, as we celebrate the launch of Murdock London at Harvey Nichols with a Movember party.
The event is taking place in the Menswear Department at Harvey Nichols Knightbridge, and you still have time to RSVP to events.rsvp@harveynichols.com
In anticipation of the event, we took a few moments to speak to the handsomely bearded chap as he prepares to fuel the night with the perfect mix of tracks.
Hello Jack, you've got a great, full bodied beard, how proud of it are you? Would you be most likely to shave it off for love, money or to change your identity whilst on an international espionage trail? (Or for another reason?)
I suppose I'm quite proud of it?! I can only be grateful to puberty! I suppose it's strange to be proud of something I have nothing to do with. I just let nature take its course. Would I shave it off? I am rather attached to it. People get horrified (and I mean HORRIFIED) at the idea of me shaving it which always makes me laugh. It'll just grow back. I think it's my Irish genes that make it grow so fast- I get a five ‘o’clock full beard. I grew it because I was too lazy to shave years ago - it's funny it seems to be such a fashion statement at the moment. I love the idea of the bearded community growing (sorry, I can't stop making terrible puns).
A lot of the shoots you do as a menswear model are suited up for tailors? Do you think that wearing a suit with a full face of facial hair gives a different type of edge to a suit? And vice versa, do you think that the suit shines a different light on a beard and perhaps some people's perceptions of a bearded man?
Sometimes guys in suits can look a little over-polished. It's always a good idea to do something to rough it up a bit... grow a beard, have shaggy hair, or leave you flies undone. I've done all three and I must say that a beard works best. A few years ago the only famous bearded men were Mr Twit (read: cornflakes in beard) or Santa (read: fat, but generous old man). Now they're everywhere. I was once waiting outside a bank and a sweet little girl walked by and handed me twenty pence. She thought I was homeless. It happens. I suppose if I'd been wearing a suit she may have just walked on by, or just made it ten pence instead.
You also act, where did you start?
I remember playing angel Gabriel in nursery. I guess all that attention flicked a switch in me I haven't been able to turn off since. Kind of pathetic really.
What future roles do you have coming up?
Lots of exciting projects - but I can't say too much because I don't want to jinx them.
I've started making lots of funny little video clips and writing more- they're all up on www.jackguinness.com. I like the speed of making stuff and getting it out there quickly without having to rely on a team or waiting for someone else to give me a job. I'm also going to making some documentaries soon which should be a hoot.
Do you prefer acting in stage or film?
They're both so different. The immediacy of stage is brilliant. Film has its own rewards. The flow of theatre and the presence of the audience however make it pretty unbeatable.
If you could have been anyone else in the history of the world who would it have been?
Um.. Not sure. Probably Grizzly Adams - Google him. He's a real man's man.
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You're djing the launch party of Murdock at Harvey Nichols, what music do you like to play at events like this?
Whatever gets the crowd going. Hard.
And when you're chilling at home, what do you like to listen to?
The sound of the rain against the window pane and my tears. And Northern Soul.
Movember is about to start. Who has your all-time favourite moustache?
Tom Selleck in Magnum PI. A perfect synergy between man and moustache- they both mean business.
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