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She's a popular leading lady, currently in semi-retirement, notorious for her mood swings, and the bte noir of assistant directors everywhere. The married actress has cut down on her film work considerably, but has shot a bunch of advertising campaigns recently for everything from baby diapers and chocolate milk to vitamin supplements.
An agency representative on the set of a diapers commercial she was filming not so long ago revealed that the actress was "surprisingly well behaved" during the shoot and "incredibly patient" while the unit waited around for the star attraction"the infant who was to appear in the commercial"to wake up and behave for the cameras. Fearing that the actress might throw a hissy fit for being made to wait endlessly, the unit was apparently on tenterhooks, treading on eggshells around her, making sure she was comfortable. But there wasn't a murmur of a complaint from her.
Could she have changed, after all? Well, not quite. Just weeks later, while filming a chocolate powder commercial, the actress seemed to be back in her usual mood, snapping at assistants and production people, throwing her weight around while everyone on the set cowered in fear. When the director asked if she would do another take of a particular shot, this time approaching the scene another way, she reportedly glared at him angrily as if he had no business telling her how to do her job. During lunch break, the unit heard her vent her anger while she swore away like a sailor in her make-up room, unaware that the microphone she was wearing hadn't been switched off.
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