Monica Barbaro reveals the weirdest advice she ever received at the start of her career

Actress Monica Barbaro revealed that she was once told she needed to trim her long eyelashes.

The 34-year-old star was told to trim her eyelashes while on set of the first commercial she ever did.

'I remembered this the other day, the weirdest advice I ever got was the very first commercial thing I ever shot. There was a woman doing my makeup, and she told I had really long eyelashes, and I should probably trim them,' she recalled.

'I didn't take it like that. I mean, I was just like, "Oh, okay."'

Monica revealed the wild advice during her discussion at Entertainment Weekly's Breaking Bad panel, which took place at the Savannah College of Art and Design's Savannah Film Festival.

Monica continued: 'And then in my mind I was like, "I'm not going to do that." And sometimes I just think it's like when you hear advice that you're just not sure of and you're like, I don't know, just trust that instinct.'

'You could be told to do crazy s**t like cut all your eyelashes off,' Monica added.

The star is known for playing the character Lt. Natasha "Phoenix" Trace in the movie Top Gun: Maverick .

The actress has also appeared in Chicago Justice, Chicago P.D., Lethal Weapon, Stumptown, The Cathedral, I'm Charlie Walker and A Complete Unknown.

Monica noted that her worst audition experiences were on commercials.

However, she has not ill will about it, noting that 'its a rite of passage and also it's a great way to earn money.'

Adding: 'I mean, it kept me afloat while I was trying to do an actual TV show. I don't think I realized how rough they were until I started working in film and TV and then I went back to one and I was like, "Oh, this is brutal."'