Trivia of Sophia Loren

Trivia of Sophia Loren

*She may have been the voluptuous sex goddess as an adult. But until age 14, she was a skinny child and considered an ugly duckling. Her nicknames were "The Stick" and "Toothpick".

*Because of her love for actor Tyrone Power, she saw the romance drama Blood and Sand (1941) twenty times.

*Quo Vadis, a 1951 film by Mervyn Le Roy was Loren’s debut film as an actor. However, her role was small since she appeared as an uncredited extra in the film. She was 16 years old at the time.

*At times, male actors have been hesitant to appear with her, on account of the fact that she stands nearly 5' 9" and wears towering heels and tall hair that can make her look over six feet tall.While filming Boy on a Dolphin (1957), Sophia was required to walk in a trench in order to give audiences the impression that her diminutive co-star, Alan Ladd, was taller than she.

*Sophia first learned of her Oscar win for La ciociara (1960) from restwhile co-star and paramour Cary Grant who called her home in Italy from Los Angeles with the news.Tragically, the Best Actress Oscar she won for La ciociara (1960) was stolen by thieves from her Italian villa. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) later replaced it for a small fee.

*She did not get along with Marlon Brando during the shooting of A Countess from Hong Kong (1967), especially after the day they were doing a love scene and he commented, "Did you know you have hairs up your nostrils?".

*She loves cooking and considering herself as foodie person.She’s written three cookbooks and opened some restaurants in Italy.