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Simon Cowell – From Polishing Movie Props To Polishing Singing Talents
Who would have thought that the tough music/talent show judge Simon Cowell once had to run around a film set performing odd tasks? Well, before he got paid to give his blunt and often rude comments on reality TV shows, Cowell once took up work as a set runner. He landed at the London-based Elstree Studios on the set of Stanley Kubrick’s film adaptation of the popular Stephen King classic, The Shining. One of his duties included polishing movie props like an ax for the lead actor, Jack Nicholson. If anything, Cowell proved that it was quite possible to rise from the very bottom of the entertainment pole to make it big in Hollywood.