Article: A challenge for Pfeiffer // `Acres' producer/star proves herself a rarity

Michelle Pfeiffer offers a mint and panic swells. Great, you think, your breath is grossing out one of the most beautiful women in the world.

But she pops one between her own perfect lips before your composure is lost. "I had a Caesar salad for lunch," she blurts out, then laughs. "I'm sparing you."

Pfeiffer has a knack for gestures like this, the little expressions of frailty that emphasize the humanity beneath the exquisite shell. It's probably what's made her a world-class movie star, too. Most women who break into the business on their looks - and with an early resume heavy on titles like "The Hollywood Knights," "Grease 2" and "Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen" - ...

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