Astrid Magnussen is often mentioned in entertainment pages when taking stock of has-been child stars.
"A perfect example of a good hand being dealt a bad hand."
"My temperament is too much like that of a solitary gypsy, so I won't be popular."
No one expected that a few years later, she would soar into the sky and become another phenomenal actress after Ingrid Bergman.
She is an evergreen winner of major awards, a sought-after cultural icon, and the brightest star of the new generation in Hollywood.
But in the beginning, she was just a fringe Hollywood person who was abandoned by her agent and sat alone in the bathtub waiting to die.
Mission: Never give up on yourself