Q How close does Ben Stiller's male model in Zoolander come to reality?

A About as close as the elfin Stiller (above, right) comes to the six-foot height requirement. For starters, male models aren't all dumb-as-dirt himbos, insists Boss Agencies' hunk Sinclair, who appears as an extra in the flick. ''Most of the people I know are intelligent people who've done other things,'' says the Georgetown grad, a former Ernst & Young tax consultant. Stiller, who strikes generic poses that he's named, isn't in step with runway reality. ''There is no Blue Steel or Magnum pose,'' insists Sinclair. ''And we don't have to take our underwear off with our pants still on.'' The farce is accurate on one point: ''There's always an after-party.''


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