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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Kwon on October 29, 2025, 08:36:02 AM
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Gina Lollobrigida once walked off a Hollywood set — and never came back.
The director had called her “just a pretty face.”
She smiled, thanked him — and flew back to Rome the next morning.
What few knew then was that she had just turned down a million-dollar contract from Howard Hughes, the most powerful producer in the world. Hughes sent roses, letters, even a private jet. Lollobrigida ignored them all.
“He offered me everything,” she later said, “except respect.”
In postwar Italy, when cinema was ruled by men and glamour meant obedience, Gina was something else entirely. She spoke six languages, designed her own costumes, and argued with directors until they rewrote scripts.
When she starred in Bread, Love and Dreams in 1953, she didn’t play a starlet — she played a woman with fire in her eyes, the kind men underestimated until it was too late. Audiences saw themselves in her. And Italy fell in love.
What came next turned her into a legend. Hollywood kept calling, but she built her career in Europe — on her own terms. She became an international symbol of independence long before feminism had a name in film.
Then she reinvented herself again — as a photojournalist. She interviewed Fidel Castro, photographed Salvador Dalí, and traded red carpets for real revolutions.
“Beauty fades,” she once said. “But courage — that stays in the face.”
Even now, decades later, Gina Lollobrigida’s story feels like rebellion wrapped in elegance — a reminder that sometimes, real power is knowing when to walk away.
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There was a goat on set while filming a movie. Her owner said to me, 'Hurry up and finish the scene because Sunday is my nephew's first communion and we have to grill her!'
I immediately bought the animal, tied it with a rope and took it to the five-star hotel. I brought it into my room – what a scandal!
That day I decided to leave the film industry and dedicate myself to helping animals. It was June 1973 and I was 38 years old.”
— Brigitte Bardot Another actress who stood by her principles. She spent the rest of her life as an animal rights activist.
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It appears this is Gina too
Gina areolabrigida…
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First heard about Gina Lolabrickida on the Flintstones
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Gorgeous actress. The director was probably right though.
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She was in peak form from her 20s to her 40s.
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^^^ What woman peaks after 40?
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^^^ What woman peaks after 40?
The Perpetual (Widows) Peak of Peace
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^^^ What woman peaks after 40?
Hankins
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Wtf is this bullshit? Respect? Principles?
Get back in there, say your fucking lines, and take your million dollars. Don't ever pull some stupid shit like that again.
Women. Always making things difficult!