“Heathers” star opens up about being on controversial album cover at 14: 'I was not super savvy'
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Jordan HoffmanDecember 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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Foreigner's 'Head Games' in 1979
It was "urgent" for someone to have intervened.
Actor Patrick Labyorteaux had his Heathers costar Lisanne Falk as a guest on his podcast, The Patrick LabyorSheaux, and asked her about her appearance on the cover of one of the more notorious albums in 1970s rock 'n' roll, Head Games by Foreigner.
Falk, best known as one of the three Heathers in the 1988 classic dark comedy (she's Heather McNamara, not Heather Duke or Heather Chandler) began her career as a model with the Ford Modeling Agency. The picture, which regularly makes lists for "most shocking album covers," is of a young girl in a boys' bathroom, perched on the edge of a urinal, washing something off the wall. (One can surmise that there may have been some cliché "for a good time, call" graffiti there.)
She has a look of deep sadness in her eyes as she glances back toward the lens. It's a remarkable photograph and one could argue that it certainly belongs in a gallery of fine art, but it can come across a little gross on the cover of a record featuring tunes like "Dirty White Boy." It's even worse when you learn Falk was just 14 at the time.
New World Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection; Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage Lisanne Falk
When Labyorteaux asked her about it, she rolled her eyes and said "so here we go," adding "perspective, from a different time."
She said it was one of her first gigs and at age 14 she had "maybe kissed somebody" but "was not super savvy." It was mostly men present at the shoot, and at the time everyone thought it was "hilarious" that she was "in a men's bathroom." Remarking at her naiveté, she said she'd likely never seen a urinal before and surely "did not understand the context of what she was doing."
She added that she had a Polaroid picture of what she'd done that day, and brought it home to her mother who said "uhhhh, okay..."
"It was a job," she shrugged. "Ford Models booked it."
She then said that when Foreigner played at Madison Square Garden she was invited to the concert.
Looking back at it now, she concluded "I don't think that would wash in today's day."
Head Games, released in 1979, was Foreigner's third album, and is listed as 5x Platinum by the RIAA. (Their second album Double Vision is 7x Platinum, and their fourth, 4, is 6x Platinum.) The aforementioned "Dirty White Boy" and the title track "Head Games" remain classic rock radio staples. The lesser-known "Love on the Telephone" comes from this album, too.
Foreigner's 'Head Games' album cover featuring Lisanne Falk
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2024, Foreigner remains busy on the road, though not a single person in the current touring group is an original member. (Foreigner founder/guitarist Mick Jones remains at the helm of the enterprise officially, he's just not performing live at this time.) However! Singer Lou Gramm will be making appearances on this current tour for certain songs. (Luis Maldonado handles the vocals when Gramm is backstage.) How will this all work? Well, that's for you to find out should you decide to go see Foreigner in concert. They'll be in Wallingford, Conn. on Dec 9.
on Entertainment Weekly
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