Celebrities Who Were Secretly Incredible Athletes

Joel McHale went to the University of Washington. He was recruited by the crew team, but things changed! Even though he hadn't played football since his freshman year of high school, he was asked to walk on as tight end for a game and ended up taking the team to victory at the Rose Bowl in 1992. 

Emma Watson: Field Hockey

It's not quidditch, but it's close! The Harry Potter superstar and Brown University graduate somehow managed to add field hockey to her busy schedule. Maybe that's how she was so good at quidditch...

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The More You Know

  • Ashton Kutcher's real first name is Christopher.
  • Before he was a star, Harrison Ford was a carpenter. He landed the role of Han Solo in the original Star Wars film. “I was quite surprised when I was offered the part,” Ford later said.
  • At 10 years old and while still in elementary school, Warren Buffett started having lunch meetings with a New York Stock Exchange member. He bought his first stock at age 11. Today, he’s worth $80 billion.
  • Cameron Diaz broke her nose in a surfing accident in Hawaii on her birthday in 2003.
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