Ben Stiller Stars as Derek Zoolander on First 'Vogue' Cover With Penelope Cruz

Ben Stiller channels Derek Zoolander with a ridiculously good-looking pose alongside co-star Penelope Cruz for the latest cover of Vogue magazine, on newsstands January 26.

Here’s what the duo had to share with the mag:

On the designer he was hoping would make a cameo in the sequel: “Karl Lagerfeld. We didn’t get Karl Lagerfeld. I would have liked to get Karl. I came close.”

On the original movie premise: “It wasn’t like a slam-dunk movie idea. For the most part, we were on our own�”both in the fashion world and with the studio, too. They were just like, ‘We don’t quite know what this is.’”

Penelope on being a fan of the film: “I’m one of those people who’s seen the first Zoolander four or five times. I’ve done comedy in Spain, in my own language, but I’ve always said I want to do more comedies in English. I do all these intense dramas, and all my characters are always suffering. For many reasons I need to once in a while do a crazy comedy.” She laughs and leans back into the hotel sofa. “I said to Ben, ‘Count on me.’”

For more on Zoolander, visit Vogue.com.