11 real-life bada$$ celebrities
Sure, it’s easy to look tough as nails with millions of dollars of Hollywood magic, yet these celebrities really walk the talk in ways you probably never suspected.
Samuel L. Jackson
Really, how could Samuel L. Jackson not be a badass? What’s really surprising is that his story hasn’t been made into a movie, but then he’d never be able to talk to a public official without it ending up in scandal for years to come.
Following the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., Samuel L. Jackson like many young, civil rights warriors decided to join the more “hands-on” branch of the movement.
In 1969, he was expelled after taking the Morehouse College Board of Trustees hostage, then joined the Black Panthers, but the beginning of an FBI investigation into the lives of he and his family scared him off the militant path.
Julia Child
She sliced, she diced, and she was a secret agent for the US government during WWII. Top that, Paula Dean!
Her knowledge of chemistry wasn’t just put to good use in the kitchen, and more than a few pilots who crashed in the sea had Julia to thank for their lives. Shark attacks on downed planes were a problem not only because of that pesky predator habit, but also because they had a nasty habit of detonating bombs. The culinary queen
“…discovered that dead sharks secrete a sulfur compound that live sharks can't stand, so they extracted dead shark juice and put it in pellet form, which pilots and sailors carried with them while traveling over the ocean. They also figured out a way to coat underwater bombs with the sauce so sharks would stop bumbling Nazi-killing with their stupid meddling.”
Audrey Hepburn
It’s almost impossible to resist the one-of-a-kind charm of Audrey Hepburn…even for Nazis. Before she charmed audiences the world over, Audrey Hepburn used her beguiling ways to aid the Dutch Resistance during WWII. Whether it was sneaking secret messages in her ballet slippers, rendezvousing with the Allies in the forest or raising money for the Resistance dancing on those talented toes in “black performances,” Audrey Hepburn did her partto battle the evil that had overtaken her homeland.
Full story at Cracked.
