Noomi Rapace’s Secret Weapon? Daily Ice Baths

ICE QUEEN: How do you keep up with a challenging schedule? For Swedish actress Noomi Rapace, the secret lies in ice baths.
“This summer, I went from shooting in Louisiana where it was 40 degrees Celsius to filming in Iceland where it was minus-1,” said the “Millenium” star, speaking at the Haider Ackermann show on Saturday. “My body was like, what is going on?”
On top of healthy eating and working out daily, the actress regularly submits to ice baths. “I do them everyday for my face, and as often as I can I fill a bathtub with water and ice and just jump in,” said Rapace. “I know, I sound like a crazy person.”
Shooting in freezing weather was made easier by her personal connection with Iceland. “I was basically going back to my roots: Iceland is where I shot my first film when I was seven,” she continued. “It’s also the most incredible script I’ve ever been given.” “Lamb,” directed by Valdimar Johansson, is a supernatural drama in which Rapace plays an Icelandic sheep farmer in the early Forties.
A few seats away from Valentino cofounder Giancarlo Giammetti, for whom Ackermann is “a friend of the house,” Juergen Teller was sitting in

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