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7 Stars With Surprising Hidden Talents

More than just a pretty face!

Brad Pitt

After making his return to the spotlight at the Golden Globes earlier this year, fans were eager to see Brad Pitt follow suit at the Oscars โ€“ but sadly he was a no-show.

Well it turns out he didnโ€™t go because he was too busy working on a sculpture. Yep. According to The Hollywood Reporter the star was holed up creating a sculpture at British artist Thomas Houseagoโ€™s Frogtown studio. Oh to see that sculpture!

Bella Hadid

Bella Hadid might be taking the fashion world by storm but her first love is actually horse riding. Bella has been riding since she was a child and was an accomplished equestrian with her sights set on the Olympics before she had to give up her dream due to her Lyme disease.

โ€œBella had to give up her lifelong dream of having a professional riding career and a shot at the Olympics due to her severe symptoms and inability to ride,โ€ revealed her mum, Yolanda Foster. โ€œThis was the biggest heartbreak of her life and an extremely sensitive subject for her. She is resilient and focused on a new directionโ€“sheโ€™s made a name for herself in the modeling industry while she struggles with symptoms of chronic Lyme every day.โ€

Geena Davis

Bella isnโ€™t the only star who had her sights set on a gold medal. Actress Geena Davis took up archery at 41 and ended up competing for a place at the Sydney 2000 Olympics Games.

โ€œI took up archery at 41, just on a whim and became obsessed with it,โ€ she told Entertainment Tonight in 2016. โ€œI take everything too far,โ€ she added. โ€œIโ€™m at the Olympic trials in my forties for something I just took up!โ€

โ€œIt was the most out-of-body experience Iโ€™ve ever had,โ€ Davis admitted, saying that although the whole process made her โ€œnervous,โ€ โ€œIt was fabulous. I will never forget about it.โ€ While she didnโ€™t make the team then, she hasnโ€™t ruled out a comeback. โ€œIโ€™m not competing currently,โ€ she added. โ€œThereโ€™s always 2020 in Tokyo!โ€

Bradley Cooper

Not only can the man act โ€“ and dazzle us with those baby blues โ€“ but he can also send us weak at the knees by speaking fluent French.

According to People, he was first inspired to learn it as a kid, after watching Chariots of Fire.

โ€œThereโ€™s a scene where a guy was speaking French and I thought, โ€˜Man, that sounds so cool.โ€ He ended up studying it at college and lived there for six months on an exchange.

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Justin Bieber

When heโ€™s not winning the hearts of tweens worldwide, Justin Bieber can be found casually solving a rubiks cube in less than two minutes.

Ricky Gervais

Talk about reinvention! Ricky Gervais was always destined for fame, but it seems it wasnโ€™t always going to be as a comedian. Long before The Office and even longer before he was hosting the Golden Globes he had dreams of being a popstar as one half of 1980s synth duo Seona Dancing.

 

Pierce Brosnan

As if being James Bond isnโ€™t enough, Pierce Brosnan is also an accomplished fire eater. Yep, you read that right. The actor studied circus art at theatre school during his younger days โ€“ but when he tried to show off his skills during an appearance on The Muppets TV Variety Show it didnโ€™t exactly go according to plan.

โ€œI did The Muppetsโ€ฆ after I did the first James Bond movie, and they said, โ€˜Weโ€™d like you to be on the show. Do you sing or dance?โ€™ and I said, โ€˜No, but I used to do a fire eating actโ€ฆโ€™ and so we incorporated this into the showโ€ฆ I blew fire.โ€ 

โ€œI did the take but it was like rocket fuel and it came right back into my mouthโ€ฆ Itโ€™s on YouTube I think, and you see this blue flame and it just goes right back into my mouth.โ€

 

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