Here's a story about an actress who was given laxatives instead of aspirin, while filming in a foreign land.
Julia Stiles was mortified while shooting a critical scene for The Omen in the Czech Republic when she found out she had mistakenly been given laxatives instead of headache medicine. The star went to a local pharmacy to pick up a bottle of aspirin, but because of the language barrier, her request was lost in translation.She explains, "Czech might as well be Chinese to me. I always try and learn a little bit of the language when I go to a different country. I know how to say hello and good morning. You wouldn't think little ordinary things would be so difficult. I went to the pharmacy and I needed some aspirin, so I made the sign of needing to take a pill and having a headache. This woman gave me a bottle of pills and I didn't think about it. We had an important scene to shoot and I had a headache and I took the aspirin."
She added, "A couple hours into shooting I said, 'Oh, God something really is wrong here.' I talked to the first assistant director, who was bilingual, and she said, 'Oh no, that's not aspirin! That's a laxative!' Needless to say I know the Czech word for laxative now."
Now if would substitute Lindsay Lohan's name for Julia Stiles' name, I think we probably wouldn't believe that any error was made.
Julia Stiles Recalls Laxative Nightmare [Starpulse]
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John says:
..........and we should care about this non-talent because?
Seems that all the real stars know how to keep their shit under wraps (excuse the pun).
Pat says:
Most people in Checoslavakia speak German or English...
Couldn't she have asked in German?
nielle says:
well as a matter of fact, Czechoslovakia no longer exists!! there are two separate countries now: Czech Republic and Slovakia. i know you couldn't care less about it, but whatever..
rob enderle says:
Aspirin is a pretty universal word.
She shit her pants and now is trying to blame someone else, thats all.