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Mia Farrow, 80, reveals which very famous Hollywood icon was 'scary in person'
Mia Farrow has lived a storied existence appearing in some of Hollywood's most memorable movies and growing up among Hollywood legends.
The Tony nominee, 80, dished about her life growing up with her parents, actress Maureen O'Sullivan and director John Farrow, in Interview magazine.
She said meeting stars such as Vivien Leigh, Katharine Hepburn and director George Cukor was a common occurrence.
In the chat with Tony winner Cole Escola, 38, Farrow admitted she found one grand dame of the silver screen, Joan Crawford, to be 'scary.'
Farrow said she first met the Oscar winner when she was a young actress when they ran into each other on the Fox lot in Los Angeles.
'I forget what movie was shooting, probably that one with Bette Davis, the scary one,' she told the Oh, Mary! star.
'Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?' he asked.
'If that was shot at Fox, then that was what they were shooting. And for whatever reason, she started sending a whole refrigerator of Pepsi Cola for my trailer 'cause I was in a TV series called Peyton Place.' she revealed. 'She's scary. And she was scary in person as well,'
Crawford was married at the time to Alfred Steele, who was the president of Pepsi-Cola at the time, and she became a prominent face for the company.
'I don't particularly like Pepsi Cola, but a lot of Pepsi Cola kept coming to my trailer, more than anyone would ever want,' she explained.
The two had another encounter when Crawford visited her mother's home in New York City, and Farrow said she got 'a strange vibe' from the Mildred Pierce star.
'So I'm back in New York, and she knew my mother. I hung up people's coats for my mom when they came into the house. And I hung her coat and out falls a flask of alcohol. She grabbed it like that, and she put it in her handbag. She drank quite a lot,' she said of The Women actress.
'Then she invited me to her apartment. I thought it was a party, but I arrived, and I was the only one there,' she said.
'I was 17, and everything was green in her apartment. It just had very low lighting. And there were no other guests, just Ms. Crawford and me. And I just wasn't very comfortable.'
To get out of the situation the Secret Ceremony star quickly came up with an excuse.
Farrow said Crawford once invited her to her apartment in NYC. 'I thought it was a party, but I arrived, and I was the only one there,' adding she quickly made up an excuse to leave, telling Crawford she didn't feel well; circa 1950
'I just made up a lie that I wasn't feeling very well and I didn't want to give her any diseases. I think I said the word 'diseases' as I walked out of the room. I was scared of Ms. Crawford,' she said.
Farrow also mentioned it was a bit of luck that helped her land one of her most memorable roles, that of a new mom with a devilish child in the thriller Rosemary's Baby.
'Jane Fonda and other great actors had turned it down because they had never heard of Roman Polanski, and it was just a little horror movie,' she said.
'I'm eternally grateful because it really gave me my career. And people still watch it, at least on Halloween.'
