Come on now, Paramount Pictures. If you're going to create an animated character which is so obviously based on Jack Gleeson, the very least you can do is ask him to play the role instead of handing the part to Chris Pine. That's very poor form! Jack Gleeson is, of course, famous for playing Joffrey in 'Game of Thrones,' who has to be considered one of the evillest characters in the history of television. Legend has it that when his character died, the cheers could be heard from space.
The character of Jack Frost in 'Rise of the Guardians' - which wasn't one of Paramount's finest hours - was ice cold from his control of the weather to his demeanor. With his fair hair and his thin, cruel smile, it looks like someone simply scanned Gleeson's head and put him in the film without paying him for it. Perhaps that's the real reason Gleeson has since walked away from the acting profession.
Chefs made their way into celebrity land a while ago. But how many celebrities that weren’t trained as professional cooks are actually whizzes in the kitchen? Here are several that come to mind.
Actress Julia Roberts is confident about her cooking skills. “I’m quite a good cook,” she told E! News. “I’m like a closet home ec teacher…I can really cook anything.” Roberts has said she often cooks fish for herself and her kids. And speaking of her three children, “They think that I’m a good cook,” Roberts told People. “They actually told me that I should open a restaurant.” She also relishes cooking for the holidays, particularly shredded Brussel sprouts. Roberts hasn’t published a cookbook, but we did find recipes attributed to her for peach crisp and banana hemp muffins. Or you can make the same summer salad the actress supposedly eats.
Chrissy Teigen started off as a supermodel. Then her love of cooking filtered into her professional life too. At this point, she’s created recipes for a limited Blue Apron release and also just launched her own home and cooking line at Target named “Cravings,” after the two cookbooks she’s released. Teigen describes cooking as “a time of peace” for herself. So maybe peace out to her tuna melt sandwich or the fried chicken wings that are a favorite of her husband, John Legend.
Lady Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, comes from a cooking Italian family. Her father started his own restaurant in New York and also published a cookbook. And apparently, Lady Gaga has inherited the family’s cooking genes. Her Instagram account occasionally features photos of her culinary activities. Sure, sometimes it’s topless cooking. But other times it’s more poignant like in the post she shared about her bringing food to the family of her dear friend who passed away. Want to try a Gaga/Germanotta family favorite? Check out her recipe for whole wheat pasta with a sweet fennel sauce.