Los Angeles : Actress Halle Berry didn't want to play "the gorgeous girl" when she first started out in the film industry. The Extant star came from a modelling background and was desperate not to be cast in movies solely on her looks, reports .
"I didn't want to play the gorgeous girl. I came from the world of beauty pageants and modelling and right away when people heard that I got discounted as an actor," W magazine quoted her as saying.
"I took on roles early on that really didn't rely on my physical self at all and that was a good way to sort of get some credibility within my industry," added the actress, famous for the Die Another Day scene in which she walked out of the sea in a bikini.
The 50-year-old said had a hard time convincing film director Spike Lee to cast her as a "crack ho" in his movie Jungle Fever.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
"I didn't want to play the gorgeous girl. I came from the world of beauty pageants and modelling and right away when people heard that I got discounted as an actor," W magazine quoted her as saying.
"I took on roles early on that really didn't rely on my physical self at all and that was a good way to sort of get some credibility within my industry," added the actress, famous for the Die Another Day scene in which she walked out of the sea in a bikini.
Halle Berry in Die Another Day
The 50-year-old said had a hard time convincing film director Spike Lee to cast her as a "crack ho" in his movie Jungle Fever.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
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