Her Role Resulted In Exactly What She Feared
Initially, French actress Maïwenn Le Besco didn’t want to play the blue-skinned alien in The Fifth Element. Her husband at the time, Luc Besson, was the movie’s director. When Luc approached her for the role, Maïwenn didn’t want to muddy their relationship by working with him.
However, the alien’s original actress disappeared, and Maïwenn stepped up to the role. After the movie, Maïwenn’s fears became true. Her husband left her for the leading actress, Milla Jovovich. Maïwenn moved back to France to become a stand-up comedian, and she later became a director and screenwriter.
Natasha Henstridge In Species
A Canadian actress and model, in 1995, Natasha Henstridge came into popularity after her debut role in the science-fiction film Thriller. The film was then followed by Species II and Species III.
In Species, Henstridge plays the character of Sil, a genetically engineered alien/human hybrid, who breaks free from the laboratory that she was contained in. Hunted by a group of experts, Sil goes on a rampage in search of finding a mate. The film was a success, making $133 million at the box office.
Jacob Anderson As Grey Worm
Jacob Anderson plays Grey Worm, the elite fighter and leader of Daenerys’ Unsullied Army. In the novels as well as the show, Grey Worm was castrated when he was a slave during childhood, so in the show they make him appear to have very boyish features for his age.
They do this by keeping him totally clean-shaven except for his head during filming. He also had to keep his body in tip-top shape considering that he wears the most revealing armor in the entire show, with his arms exposed at all times.