Hollywood A-Listers Who Got Their Big Break in Horror Films

Kristen Stewart

In Panic Room (2002), Kristen Stewart stars in one of her earliest roles alongside Jodie Foster as a mother-daughter duo under attack. She was only twelve years old at the time. "I remember her thinking there wasn't a chance I'd continue being an actor," Stewart said of Foster. "[Jodie] was like, 'You're probably going to direct movies or go back to school."

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