Swansea-born Hollywood star Catherine Zeta-Jones may be one of cinema - and TV's - most successful stars having made hit films such as The Mask of Zorro, Chicago and Darling Buds of May but she also has hang ups like the rest of us. And while the 53-year-old is also regarded as one of the world's most beautiful women, she says she doesn't see it herself.
In an interview with The Telegraph she recalls the moment she auditioned for 1998 film The Mask of Zorro, which features another Welsh icon - Anthony Hopkins - and Antonio Banderas. She said: "With The Mask of Zorro, I just remember calling my mum from a payphone after the audition. There were five actresses there that I won’t name but are still very big now, and I said to my mum: 'Well if this is a beauty contest, I’m telling you, I haven’t got the part. I’ve seen the others in hair and make-up – and I haven’t got it.'"
She was, of course, wrong, and went on to have great success in both her career - and her love life, as that very film was the one in which she caught the eye of her now husband Michael Douglas. But although it has been many years since she auditioned for that role, she revealed how her physical insecurities now are less about features but stem from strength and fitness - which she keeps on top of every day.
