DREW BARRYMORE'S UGLY SECRET: SHE WAS A HIDEOUS TEEN

DREW BARRYMORE'S UGLY SECRET: SHE WAS A HIDEOUS TEEN

NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) -- Art is imitating life for Drew Barrymore in her new movie "Never Been Kissed." Glamourpuss Drew -- who plays an ugly duckling in the flick -- tells the upcoming "TV Guide" that back in high school she was exactly like her character: fat and dumpy with a mouth full of braces. These days, Drew has blossomed into a silver screen sexpot, but she isn't afraid to look dowdy on screen. However, during the film's screen tests, Drew admits she looked so unattractive that some studio executives were afraid to finance the film. Drew also deflates another Hollywood myth about herself: Contrary to popular belief, she didn't grow up as a pampered Tinsel Town teen splurging with the money she made as a child star. Instead she says she spent most of her adolescence working in grunt jobs at music stores and coffee houses.