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Sophia Loren felt “confused” when she arrived in Hollywood for the first time. The 90-year-old actress began her acting career in Italy in the 1950s – but when she finally made the switch to Hollywood, Sophia was shocked to discover that Hollywood wasn’t “a fairytale city”. She told Deadline: “I’ll never forget looking out the window as I was landing in Los Angeles for the first time and being confused by what I saw. “Coming from Pozzuoli I pictured Hollywood like a version of Oz, a fairytale city filled with fantasy and colour but what I saw was fields of orange trees and desert.” Despite thi…