Trivia
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Jennifer Jason Leigh trivia
- Well-known in Hollywood for the exhausting research she does for each of her portrayals and for her affinity of playing lurid roles.
- Jennifer lost weight down to 86 pounds for her role as an anorexic teenager in the TV-movie 'The Best Little Girl in the World'.
- In 1997, Jennifer appeared in Faith No More's music video "Last Cup of Sorrow". Its plot was derived from Alfred Hitchcock's film 'Vertigo'.
- After reading the script for the movie 'Backdraft', Jennifer reportedly told its director, Ron Howard, that she wished that she could be the fire because it has the best part.
- Frequently worked with maverick director Robert Altman who, before his maverick days, worked with her father, Vic Morrow on the sixties television series 'Combat!'.
- Has become somewhat famous for alleging to have turned down many roles in some popular movies: Julia Roberts's role in 'Pretty Woman', Demi Moore's role in 'Ghost' or Jennifer Connelly's role in 'A Beautiful Mind'.
- Moved in with Jack Black and Nicole Kidman during filming 'Margot at the Wedding', because they wanted to perfect their roles as a dysfunctional family.