ShowbizBefore they were famousAlex Benady|Evening Standard11 April 2012Angus Deayton spent years as a struggling actor appearing in adverts for products including Crunchy Nut Cornflakes and Guinness Ross Kemp starred in an Italian TV ad for Bacardi "because they needed someone ugly," he later said. Leslie Ash appeared on TV as a fouryearold asking mummy why her hands were so soft in a Fairy Liquid ad. Kim Basinger was an air hostess in an advert for an American airline in 1974. She told viewers: "I'm Barbara. Fly me." It was an invitation America couldn't refuse. MORE ABOUTActors And ActressesActressesBreakfast CerealsItalyMale ActorsManufacture Of BeveragesScreen Actors Guild