Sophie Monk left Hollywood when she was on the verge of breaking into a career on the big screen.
And former band member Bardot says tinseltown’s couch culture is partly to blame.
“You’d be having meetings and you’d be like, ‘Is this a meeting or a reading?'” she tells this week’s issue Stellar Magazine.
“And then you’d have someone who’s in love with you, and they won’t put you in the movie because they want to keep you where you are so they can have fun with you.”
“Even my dentist wanted a reality show,” the 43-year-old continued.
Sophie Monk has left Hollywood – and ex-band member Bardot says tinseltown’s couch culture is partly to blame. Pictured in this week’s issue of Stellar Magazine
“You’d have meetings and you’d be like, ‘Is this a meeting or a reading?'” she tells this week’s issue of Stellar magazine. Filmed in the 2006 comedy Date Movie
“It’s a bit of a funny place and people warned me about it before I left. I was like, “I’ll be fine.” But before I knew it, I was like, “That’s not what I’m about.”
“That’s why I thought, I want to come back to Australia.” I was on the verge of getting some good things, but I didn’t want that anymore,’ Sophie concluded.
After giving up Hollywood and returning to Australia in 2015, Sophie has had a successful career as a TV presenter, presenting Beauty and the Geek and Love Island for Channel Nine.
Before returning home, Sophie notched up some impressive credits, starring in 2006’s Date Movie alongside Alyson Hannigan and Jennifer Coolidge.
“Then you’d have someone who’s in love with you, and they won’t put you in the movie because they want to keep you where you are so they can have fun with you,” she added. Filmed in Date Movie
“That’s why I thought, I want to come back to Australia.” I was on the verge of getting some good stuff, but I didn’t want it anymore,’ said Sophie. Filmed in Date Movie
She appeared in the Adam Sandler comedy The Click in 2006. In The Click, she played Stacey, assistant to David Hasselhoff’s character (center)
She appeared in the Adam Sandler comedy Click the same year, as well as notable roles in the horror film Fear Itself and the popular TV series Entourage.
In Click, she played Stacey, the assistant to David Hasselhoff’s character who was the boss of Adam Sandler’s character in the film.
Sophie also came close to landing the role of a Bond girl in the 2012 film Skyfall.
Earlier this year, the former pop star returned to the big screen, filming the tongue-in-cheek thriller Zombie Plane alongside ’90s American rapper Vanilla Ice.
Earlier this year, the former pop star returned to the big screen, filming the cheeky thriller Zombie Plane alongside 90s US rapper Vanilla Ice (right)
Read more in this week’s Stellar Magazine with Sophie Monk on the cover