31 Delightful Facts About Movie Actresses – Part 5

Halle Berry was actually named after a department store. The actress was born Maria Halle Berry and her parents chose her middle name (which became her stage name) as a tribute to Halle’s Department Store, a local Cleveland landmark.

Hilary Swank was paid only $75 per day for “Boys Don’t Cry” due to which she didn’t even qualify for health insurance.

A kissing scene while filming Noah was shot in so many repeated takes that Emma Watson was left with bleeding lips and Douglas Booth was nursing a sore nose and swollen mouth.

Kate Winslet wore a pubic wig for her role in “The Reader” because she couldn't grow enough hair down there for an authentic 1950s style.

After being in Batman Begins, Katie Holmes turned down the offer to reprise her role as Rachel Dawes in “The Dark Knight”, in order to be in “Mad Money.”

Helena Bonham Carter’s maternal grandfather Eduardo Propper de Callejón saved thousands of Jews from the Holocaust during World War II.

Anne Hathaway wanted to be a nun when she was younger.

Carrie Fisher wore no underwear in StarWars because George Lucas convinced her “there is no underwear in outer space.”

Contrary to popular belief Marilyn Monroe was nowhere near a ‘plus’ size 12-16, she was closer to a US size 0/UK size 8.

For her role in “The Brothers Grimm,” Lena Headey had to lick a real toad. She didn’t get a latex replacement. She did it and later commented that it hardly had any taste. The problem was with the texture.