35 Surprising Facts About Actors and Musicians That’ll Make You Quadruple-Take

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35 Surprising Facts About Actors and Musicians That’ll Make You Quadruple-Take

You think actors and musicians just come strutting out of the womb famous? Well, I guess they do, if they're nepo babies. Which some of these are. Well, anyway, facts ahoy!

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Cardi В based her name off Bacardi alcohol. Her sister's name is Hennessy so people used to call her Bacardi, which she shortened. CRACKED.COM

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David Bowie named himself after Jim Bowie and Bowie knives. Не was worried that if he used his real name David Jones would be confused with Davey Jones of The Monkees. CRACKED.COM

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Avicii came up with his name because his real name was taken on Myspace. Avici is the the lowest level of Buddhist hell, according to Tim Bergling. CRACKED.COM

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Blondie was a common catcall to Debbie Harry. You can thank uncreative, creepy truckers for this band name. CRACKED.COM

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The late American cook, known for TV's The French Chef, worked for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during WWII under her maiden name Julia McWilliams. CRACKED.COM C.I.A. docu- mentation was once classified.

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George Clooney's first role on TV was playing a down-to-earth handyman in 1985 on the sitcom, The Facts of Life. CRACKED.COM Early on in his career, before ER turned him into a superstar, he was also seen on Roseanne and even The Golden Girls.

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Carl Weathers, who was a linebacker for the Oakland Raiders before becoming an actor, reportedly auditioned for his famous Rocky role by reading with Stallone himself. CRACKED COM Afterwards, he said, I could do a lot better if you got me a real actor to work with. Sly felt that was something Apollo might say, and Weathers earned the role.

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In 1988, Busey claims to have had a near-death experience after a motorcycle accident. CRACKED.COM In 2003, the actor starred in the film Quigley, about a man who dies and comes back as a dog. Reportedly he disagreed so ve- hemently about the set design of heaven he got into a fist fight with another actor, and the film went days behind schedule.

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In 2014, at 81 years old, singer-songwriter Willie Nelson received his 5th-degree black belt in the martial art of Gong Kwon Yu Sul. GRACKED.COM The musi- cian has also studied Тае- kwondo.

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