Charlize Theron by Mario Sorrenti for W magazine

Charlize Theron and Michael Fassbender are captured by Mario Sorrenti for the cover and coverstory of W Magazine August 2012. Styled by Edward Enninful to promote the film Prometheus.

Charlize wears Agent Provocateur lace corset. Dolce & Gabbana silk bodysuit. Dior lambskin skirt. LaCrasia Gloves gloves. Michael wears Diesel Black Gold leather pants. Bess belt.

In Ridley Scott’s Prometheus, Charlize Theron and Michael Fassbender play siblings of the future: Fassbender is a highly advanced robot named David, a kind of favorite son to the father of Theron’s character,­Meredith Vickers. While Vickers overcompensates for her insecurities by being bossy, David is smooth and brilliantly manipulative. Their rivalry reveals each other’s central flaw—Vickers is too ­emotional and David too cerebral—but they share the goal of supremacy on their own terms. This essentially human conflict between the heart and the head underscores the larger themes of the film: science versus religion; reason versus emotion.

Charlize wears Yves Saint Laurent metal chain dress and belt.

Charlize wears Dior Archive lambskin dress. LaCrasia Gloves gloves; Elsa Peretti, Tiffany & Co. sterling silver necklace. Michael wears DSquared2 lambskin vest. Viktor & Rolf Monsieur leather pants. Bess belt.

Source: Lynn Hirschberg for W magazine