‘Dune’'s Rebecca Ferguson is Vogue Scandinavia's June-July cover star

Vogue Scandinavia’s June-July cover star is Rebecca Ferguson: the enigmatic star of the Mission: Impossible and Dune franchises. Returning to her native Sweden and the familiar landscape of a sun-drenched archipelago, the 40-year-old actor delves into her past – and present – as she never has before.

In the candid cover story, Ferguson shares that, in the process of casting for Dune, she told director Denis Villenueve that she did not want the role of Lady Jessica. “I didn’t want to play a mum or a queen or a countess,” she says. “I wanted to play a drug addict. I wanted to have to lose – or gain – so much weight that it would be unhealthy for me. I wanted to be seen as a real actor.”

Ferguson also opens up about how she’s overcome her smoking addiction with toothpicks. “I can’t just eat f***ing vegetables. I don’t drink. I don’t do drugs. I’m now not smoking.” Some googling led her to a new vice. “I found these caffeinated, B6, B12-induced toothpicks,” she says, referencing the toothpicks she is seen enjoying in video interviews.

Her cover story also uncovers the quirks of her Swedish childhood, her unconventional wedding to husband Rory St. Clair Gainer and her secrets to crying on cue when on set.

Read the full cover story interview with Rebecca Ferguson here.