It may not have been with the understated grace of Elizabeth Taylor but model turned actress Milla Jovovich certainly caught the crowd's attention as she swept down the Cannes red carpet for an anniversary screening of Cleopatra.
She was attending a special sidebar Cannes Film Festival screening of Cleopatra. Twentieth Century Fox has restored and re-mastered the original four hour two minute full version of the epic about the cunning Egyptian queen and her romance with Mark Anthony, played by Burton.
And Mila looked picture perfect in her dramatic backless gown with midnight blue embroidered skirt.
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Stunning: Milla Jovovich attended the screening of Cleopatra to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the film - she opted for a slash thigh backless midnight blue gown
With make-up screen goddess Elizabeth Taylor herself would be proud of the 37-year-old smouldered next to beautiful Jessica Chastain - who was hosting the event.
Joining Jessica on the red carpet at the special 50th anniversary screening of the screen classic was Adrien Brody who was on hand to toast the iconic film event, looking dapper in an immaculately-tailored tuxedo as he planted a tender kiss on his partner, Lara Nieto.
Smouldering: Milla's gown revealed plenty of flesh on the red carpet
Slash: Milla's skirt revealed her toned model legs on the red carpet as she pouted perfectly for the hundreds of waiting photographers
Also walking the red carpet on Tuesday night were the likes of Aishwarya Rai, Dita Von Teese and Rosario Dawson.
Jessica was co-hosting the official screening with Taylor's son Christopher Wilding and Burton's daughter Kate Burton.
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the film's release, Cleopatra will be shown again in all its glory for a limited run at the Curzon cinema in Mayfair, London, from July 12 and selected other UK cinemas.
Well, she did used to be model! Milla pouted to perfection on the red carpet
Hollywood star Jessica said how 'thrilled' she was to be wearing priceless jewels that once belonged to screen goddess Elizabeth Taylor.
'I call them the Cleopatra jewels because Richard Burton bought them for Elizabeth Taylor when they fell in love when they were shooting Cleopatra', Jessica told the Daily Mail.
I'm so excited to be wearing them', the actress added.
Smouldering eye-make up: Perhaps Milla took inspiration from Elizabeth Taylor with her smokey eyes
She explained that Burton bought the jewels, that include an emerald and diamond necklace, an emerald and diamond ring and other gems of diamonds and sapphires, from Bulgari in the early 1960s and through the 1970s.
They were re-purchased by Bulgari at a Christies sale last year following Elizabeth Taylor's death.
'I feel so lucky to be wearing them.They looked so fabulous on her and she was a movie star from her head to her toes. That kind of glamorous star doesn't exist anymore but their diamonds do', she said with a laugh.
Who knew she was a fan? Milla poses perfectly on the red carpet
Stunning: Milla wore Prada on the red carpet which she accessorised with a simple silver clutch
Grecian goddess: The 36-year-old actress teamed the dazzling Bulgari piece - a gift from Burton to Taylor when they fell in love on the set of Cleopatra - with a matching ring and a simple cream Versace floor-length gown
Hollywood glamour: Letting the incredible jewellery take centre stage, the Zero Dark Thirty star kept the rest of her red carpet ensemble relatively simple
Screen icon: Jessica was co-hosting the official Cannes Film Festival screening with Taylor's son Christopher Wilding and Burton's daughter Kate Burton
Jessica Chastain said that she would 'jump at any opportunity ' to play Cleopatra on screen.
'I don't think it's ever going to happen but I would never turn it down if it ever came up', she told the Mail.
Glamorous: Chris Tucker and his partner looked great in their co-ordinating white ensembles
An epic love story: Cleopatra marked the start of the real-life love story between Hollywood legends Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor
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