The Things You Learn Late at Night

Let this be a cautionary tale: do not get up after you intended to go to sleep because you are suddenly hit with the impulse to learn something random on the internet. Tonight's itch to be scratched was, "Was Susan May Pratt a ballet dancer prior to beginning her acting career, or does she have a body double in Center Stage?" I surfed around and found, much to my disappointment, that in fact, she has NEVER done any ballet dancing; however, much to my shock and amazement, she was born in the same city I was, several years earlier. We actually went to rival high schools. Kind of weird, and certainly not what I was expecting! Although now I can say, with satisfaction, that someone else famous has come out of Lansing besides Magic Johnson (although I like him very much, too).

Now that I've learned this, perhaps I can get some sleep.

P.S. Pratt's co-star in Center Stage, Zoe Saldana, however, WAS a dancer and studied both acting and dance extensively in her teens.