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Making it in Hollywood requires a lot of hard work, perseverance, determination and LUCK!
You’d be surprised just how many stars find fame and fortune in ODDEST ways.
From quietly tucking into a McDonald’s meal to meltdowns at the bank, they certainly weren’t expecting to get their big break.
These stars are living proof that “good things happen when you least expect them too”…
One minute I was eating a burger, the next…
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Making it in Hollywood requires a lot of hard work, perseverance, determination and LUCK! You’d be surprised just how many stars find fame and fortune in ODDEST ways. From quietly tucking into a McDonald’s meal to meltdowns at the bank, they certainly weren’t expecting to get their big break. These stars are living proof that “good things happen when you least expect them too”…
Charlize Theron
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The face of Dior was desperate to make it in Hollywood. The South African beauty was 18 years old and living in a motel in the US with $300 to her name made from her modelling jobs. One day the Oscar winner and producer went to cash in her cheques at the Hollywood Boulevard Bank but was rejected for not being an American Citizen. Charlize was so enraged she caused a scene in the middle of the bank, much to the fascination of talent agent John Crosby who was taken aback by her performance.
Pamela Anderson
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The ‘Baywatch’ babe was working as a fitness instructor in Vancouver when she attended a British Columbia Lions CFL game in 1989 that completely changed her life. During the game, Pamela was featured on the Jumbotron screen wearing a Labatt’s Beer T-shirt, from that the brand asked her to be their model! Pamela soon sky rocketed to fame, in October that year she was featured as a Playboy cover girl and the rest is history!
Anya Taylor-Joy
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Anya left the house to walk her dog only to return home with a modelling contract! The ‘Queen’s Gambit’ star was walking her pet pooch when Storm Models scout Sarah Doukas pulled up beside her on the side walk and asked her to sign a contract right then and there. Taylor was so freaked out by the car that pulled up beside her she almost picked up her dog and ran, only to discover it was Sarah – the woman who discovered Kate Moss. From that moment she has gone to become one of the most in-demand actresses in the world.
Natalie Portman
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The Oscar winner was only 10 years old when a model agency scout approached her at Pizza Hut. Portman recalled: “I was just at a pizza place, after dance class, with my mom. “As a 10-year-old girl, it was super-flattering.” But the savvy star had her wits about her from a young age and used the moment to get an acting agent instead of becoming a model. Natalie – who made her movie debut aged 12 in assassin drama ‘Leon’ – said: “I’m not interested in people judging me by what my appearance is.”
Jennifer Lawrence
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The ‘Hunger Games’ star was walking along minding her own business at 14 when a talent agent stopped her in the street and asked to take a photo of her. Soon after Lawrence, who was visiting New York for the first time with her mom, did a read for a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup commercial. She said: “I went into the agency and did a cold read for a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup commercial. They told me it was the best cold read they’d ever seen from a 14-year-old. My mom told me they were lying!”
Gisele Bundchen
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She’s one of the most sought after faces in fashion and was the world’s highest paid supermodel for 15 years running. But turns out Gisele wasn’t really bothered about becoming a model! The Brazilian beauty was 13 years old when she signed up to modelling classes just so she could get a free trip to Sao Paulo. Gisele – who actually dreamed of becoming a professional volley ball player – was scouted outside of a McDonald’s eatery out of 55 girls on the trip.
Chris Pratt
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Pratt waiting tables at Bubba Gump Shrimp when he seized the opportunity to ask one of his customers – who happened to be actress and director Rae Dawn Chong – to put him in a movie. He recalled: “I was like, ‘You’re in the movies, right? I always wanted to be in the movies.’ She said, ‘You’re cute. Do you act?’ I was like, ‘Goddamn right I act! Put me in a movie!’” Not long after Chris was cast in Chong’s directional debut, short horror ‘Cursed Part 3’. His performance led him to the role of Bright Abbott in ‘Everwood’ and then the role of Andy Dwyer in hit mockumentary sitcom ‘Parks and Recreation’. Since then he has become one of the most bankable action stars in the world leading the ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ and ‘Jurassic World’ franchises.
Justin Bieber
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He is, without doubt, one of the biggest pop stars on the planet, but Justin isn’t ‘Sorry’ about the fact his career was a happy accident. Music executive Scooter Braun discovered the ‘Baby’ singer purely by chance. He was on YouTube looking for a completely different singer when he stumbled on Justin’s videos by accident. Braun called every school district where Bieber lived just to track him down!
Harrison Ford
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Before Ford was an actor he worked as a carpenter. Filmmaker George Lucas hired Ford to build cabinets in his house before deciding he wanted to cast him in his 1973 movie ‘American Graffiti’. Lucas then made Ford his Han Solo in ‘Star Wars’ and a movie legend was born. He will soon be seen playing daredevil archaeologist Indiana Jones for a fifth time at the age of 80!
Nick Jonas
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A trip to the hair salon changed Nick’s life. Nick was accompanying his mother for a haircut at five years old and was singing when a talent manager overheard him and gave out her manager’s card. Not long after Jonas starred on Broadway in ‘Les Misérables’, ‘Beauty and the Beast’ and ‘A Christmas Carol’. Jonas signed his first record deal at just 11 years old, and he and his siblings became major Disney Channel stars as The Jonas Brothers appearing in ‘Hannah Montana’ and ‘Camp Rock’.
Originally published on celebretainment.com, part of the TownNews Content Exchange.
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