Part of the reason that Michael J. Fox was able to play a teenager in the 'Back to the Future' movies so convincingly is that he's a wickedly talented actor. Another reason is that American movies, for reasons that have never been clear to the rest of the world, always seem to cast people in their late 20s (or even early 30s) as teenagers. The third reason, though, and perhaps the most compelling, is that Fox simply didn't look like a fully-grown man at the time. He was too short!
At the time of making the movies, Fox was only 5 feet and 4 inches tall. It's even possible that he's become shorter since then - Parkinson's Disease can stiffen bones and prevent people from standing at their full height. The illness hasn't stopped Fox from working - in fact he even turned it into a feature of his performance during his memorable cameo appearances as an evil lawyer on 'The Good Wife.'
Chefs made their way into celebrity land a while ago. But how many celebrities that weren’t trained as professional cooks are actually whizzes in the kitchen? Here are several that come to mind.
Actress Julia Roberts is confident about her cooking skills. “I’m quite a good cook,” she told E! News. “I’m like a closet home ec teacher…I can really cook anything.” Roberts has said she often cooks fish for herself and her kids. And speaking of her three children, “They think that I’m a good cook,” Roberts told People. “They actually told me that I should open a restaurant.” She also relishes cooking for the holidays, particularly shredded Brussel sprouts. Roberts hasn’t published a cookbook, but we did find recipes attributed to her for peach crisp and banana hemp muffins. Or you can make the same summer salad the actress supposedly eats.
Chrissy Teigen started off as a supermodel. Then her love of cooking filtered into her professional life too. At this point, she’s created recipes for a limited Blue Apron release and also just launched her own home and cooking line at Target named “Cravings,” after the two cookbooks she’s released. Teigen describes cooking as “a time of peace” for herself. So maybe peace out to her tuna melt sandwich or the fried chicken wings that are a favorite of her husband, John Legend.
Lady Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, comes from a cooking Italian family. Her father started his own restaurant in New York and also published a cookbook. And apparently, Lady Gaga has inherited the family’s cooking genes. Her Instagram account occasionally features photos of her culinary activities. Sure, sometimes it’s topless cooking. But other times it’s more poignant like in the post she shared about her bringing food to the family of her dear friend who passed away. Want to try a Gaga/Germanotta family favorite? Check out her recipe for whole wheat pasta with a sweet fennel sauce.