It’s been years since I first fell in love with Kate Beckinsale, and her Instagram has proven over time that my early crush was a sign of excellent taste on my part.

Seemingly innocuous selfies come with hilariously unexpected captions, videos of her clambering into her famously favoured animal costumes delight her followers, and she’s no stranger to the inappropriate.

Here’s a recent video of her and ex-husband Michael Sheen clambering into a giant cat costume. Because…life’s too short to not dress like your favourite animals?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

She is definitely #topbants.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And then there was that one time she showed us that she has a giant penis costume…

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mostly, the captions have little to no bearing on the image she posted, resulting in gems like this:

 

 

 

 

 

Even when she’s on holiday or away filming, she’s always got a cracking caption for what she’s getting up to.

 

 

 

I don’t know about you but I’m ready for a Van Helsing sequel where Anna mysteriously comes back from the dead. Any takers?

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