The famous 50-year-old actress Halle Berry, who many know from the films "Catwoman" and "X-Men", decided to tell how difficult it is for her to get a good role. And her beautiful appearance is to blame for everything, after all, directors, looking at the actress, can not even assume that behind the slim figure and a pretty face there is a real actor's talent.
Holly dreamed of becoming an actress from childhood
Berry does not give interviews often, much less tells about the beginning of his career. This time, she decided to make an exception and told a little about how it all began:
"No matter how trite it sounds, but I always wanted to be an actress, although I realized that this is a big and unrealizable dream. I was born in the most ordinary family, we did not have great connections or any money. After a divorce from my father, and then I was only 4 years old, my mother began to work as a bus driver. In general, in my virginity there was nothing extraordinary: the most ordinary school, then work in a supermarket, etc. Everything changed when I started to participate in beauty contests, and the real achievement was enrolling in 10-ku for "Miss World" in 1986. After that, I realized that in this life you can achieve a lot, the most important thing is to strongly desire it. "
After that, Holly shared her memories with her readers about her first roles:
"After the beauty contest, I realized that I need to move on and went to Illinois. There I worked as a model and went to castings of different paintings. My first film was the series "Chicago Force", which was broadcast on a local television channel, and then in 1989 I went through the tests for the role of Emily Franklin in the miniseries "Live dolls". From that moment, you can say, a career in cinema was started. "Read also
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Holly desperately sought the role of Vivienne
After such minor roles, it was necessary that Berry be noticed. It was very difficult to do this, the directors basically did not invite her to serious and dramatic roles. Here's what Holly told about this:
"After the" Live Puppets "I ran around casting, but I was not taken anywhere. You see, when everyone knows that you are a model in the past, making a director look at you differently is very difficult. In 1990, the casting of the actors for the film "Tropical Fever" was announced. When I came to the test, Spike Lee, the director of the picture, looked at me and said to try for the role of his wife. I successfully coped with this, but I did not like this role. I really wanted to play a drug addict Vivien. Lee for a long time did not even agree to try, saying that this role is for an ugly actress. Then I defiantly began to wash off my make-up, then I drew dark circles under my eyes, disheveled my hair and again came. This image impressed Spike, and he gave me a role. From that moment a new, very successful turn in my acting career began. "
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