14 Celebs Who Refused To Shorten, Change, Or Anglicize Their Names For Hollywood

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14 Celebs Who Refused To Shorten, Change, Or Anglicize Their Names For Hollywood
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When Michael Peña saw other actors booking commercials after changing their names, he 'thought it was a slap in the face.' Having dealt with racism as a kid, he 'felt like changing [his] name would be kind of like conforming.'

,"I’m really proud of my 20-letter name. It’s pretty awesome...I don't ever plan on changing it, and I just want people to respect that and try their hardest to say it right."At the very beginning of Harrison Ford's career, he signed a contract with a studio that wanted to change his name because they thought Harrison Ford was a"pretentious name for a young man." He suggested the name Kurt Affair, basically knowing they'd reject it.

", her then-manager encouraged her to change her name because"it's what everybody does."The manager was speaking from personal experience because she'd changed her own name as a teenage singer and ballroom dancer in the '60s.,"That was her doing the best that she wanted for me, but I still knew that I liked my name.

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