50 Astonishing Facts About Actresses – Part 6

Jennifer Lawrence's casting as Katniss Evergreen in 'The Hunger Games' films faced criticism from some fans and professional critics who considered her unfit for the role of a starving girl due to her "fat" physique.

Shirley Temple disliked the mocktail of lemon-lime soda/ginger ale and grenadine named after her, finding it "too sweet." In 1988, she won a lawsuit preventing a bottled version from using her name.

When Ana de Armas starred in War Dogs (2016), she hadn't fully mastered English yet and had to learn her lines phonetically.

Supermodel Kate Upton's great-grandfather was the co-founder of Whirlpool Corporation and the inventor of the first mass-produced electric washing machine.

Actress Glenn Close's parents were part of a cult, and she spent 15 years growing up in communes before breaking away at the age of 22.

The actress who portrayed Vina/Orion Slave Girl in the original Star Trek's 'The Menagerie' experienced a harrowing incident on a plane that suddenly descended from 35,000 feet to 6,000 feet. To overcome her fear, she learned how to fly and became the fourth woman to fly a single-engine aircraft solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Her name is Susan Oliver.

Actress Claudia Wells couldn't reprise her role as Jennifer Parker, Marty McFly's girlfriend, in the sequels to Back to the Future because her mother had been diagnosed with cancer.

The actress who played the princess twins in the MST3K-spoofed "Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell" later became the US Ambassador to Denmark.

Taxidermists have preserved Lady Gaga's infamous "Meat Dress" from 2010, turning it into a type of beef jerky. Over twelve years later, the dress remains intact and is on display in Las Vegas.

Gwyneth Paltrow once marketed jade eggs for women to insert into their vaginas and faced legal action for false claims and misleading information.