LESLIE CARON: `FRED ASTAIRE'S SECRET PASSION WAS `SOUL TRAIN"

LESLIE CARON: `FRED ASTAIRE'S SECRET PASSION WAS `SOUL TRAIN"

NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) -- French acting legend Leslie Caron has been dancing around a shocking secret about former on-screen dancing partner Fred Astaire: He was addicted to "Soul Train." Caron tells gossip reporter Baird Jones that Astaire never stopped trying to learn new dance steps. She claims that during the 1970s, Astaire would watch "Soul Train" in attempt to master steps like the Hustle, the Funky Chicken and the Bump. However, Caron claims Astaire also had another quality that made him unique among the men she danced with: He knew how to blow his nose with grace. Caron appears in the new French language film, "Chocolat."