Monica Barbaro reveals the weirdest advice she ever received at the start of her career
Actress Monica Barbaro revealed that she was once told to cut her long eyelashes.
The 34-year-old star was told to cut her eyelashes while on the set of the first commercial she ever shot.
“I remembered this the other day: the weirdest advice I ever got was the very first commercial thing I ever filmed. “There was a woman doing my makeup, and she told me I had really long eyelashes, and I should probably cut them,” she recalled.
‘I didn’t take it that way. I mean, I just thought, ‘Oh, okay.’
Monica revealed the wild advice during her discussion during Entertainment Weekly’s Breaking Bad panel, which took place at the Savannah College of Art and Design’s Savannah Film Festival.
Actress Monica Barbaro revealed that she was once told to cut her long eyelashes
Monica continued, “And then in my mind I thought, “I’m not going to do that.” And sometimes I think it’s like you hear advice that you’re just not sure about and you’re like, I don’t know, just trust that instinct.”
“You might be told to do crazy things like cut off all your eyelashes,” Monica added.
The star is known for playing the character Lt. Natasha “Phoenix” Trace in the movie Top Gun: Maverick.
The actress has also appeared in Chicago Justice, Chicago PD, Lethal Weapon, Stumptown, The Cathedral, I’m Charlie Walker and A Complete Unknown.
Monica noted that her worst audition experiences were on commercials.
She was told to cut her eyelashes while on the set of the first commercial she ever made
“I remembered this the other day: the weirdest advice I ever got was the very first commercial thing I ever filmed. “There was a woman doing my makeup, and she said I had really long eyelashes, and I should probably cut them,” she recalled; seen October 19
However, she has no ill intentions behind it, noting that “it’s a rite of passage and also a great way to make money.”
Adding, “I mean, it kept me going while I was trying to make a real TV show. I don’t think I realized how rough they were until I started working in film and TV and then I went back to one and thought, “Oh, this is brutal.”