Another day, another Kate Upton story. Just recently, we were told that she and Diddy were dating (both parties quickly quashed the rumour) and today it’s been announced that she is in talks to star alongside Hollywood stalwarts Cameron Diaz and Leslie Mann in The Other Woman, a film about a cheating husband and his wife and mistresses.

It’s just the latest career turnabout from a woman who managed to do the almost impossible and transition successfully from Sports Illustrated shoots, where clothing is pretty rudimentary, to the hallowed pages of top fashion magazines. 

After working with photographers like Terry Richardson and Steven Meisel, and fronting campaigns for brands like Accessorize and Sam Edelman (it should be noted that she has yet to land a luxury brand clothing contract; so far, she’s been limited to accessories, swimwear and shoes), the famously voluptuous model’s crowning moment came when she was photographed for January’s British Vogue cover.

In an accompanying interview, Vogue journalist Sarah Harris attempted to sum up the appeal of the 20-year-old, saying, ‘Standing at 5ft 10in, with her outsize bosoms and long slender legs, Kate Upton has a body that belongs to the supermodel era of modelling.’

The thing is though that despite the industry’s best efforts, Kate Upton still feels like a bit of an enigma. Interviews with her do little to fill in the gaps (she mentions her home state of Florida a lot but that’s about it), little is known about her personal life (dating Diddy would have been intriguing but in reality she seems to favour jock types) and when she’s not being styled, she tends towards the conservative end of the sartorial spectrum.

Frankly, we’re puzzled by the obsession. Perhaps we’ll be more interested in actress Kate than model Kate though: The Other Woman is set to be a revenge comedy in the style of The First Wives Club and will star handsome Danish Game of Thrones actor Nicolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister, for those as obsessed as we are), with Nick The Notebook Cassavetes directing.

That’s a lot of boxes ticked for someone we’re not even sure we’d recognise in the street.