You'll Never Believe How These Legendary Actors Got Discovered

The Accidental Super Star

Monroe was working as a factory employee when a U.S. military photographer snapped a photo of her to test his film. That photo ended up being posted in a magazine, and Monroe's modeling life blossomed outward. She eventually died her hair straw-colored and became the "blonde bombshell" that everyone knows and loves. 

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The More You Know

  • A far cry from her upper-class role on Gossip Girl, Leighton Meester was born in prison; her mother was serving time for smuggling drugs.
  • Jonah Hill had to go to the hospital for bronchitis while filming Wolf of Wall Street. For seven months, he was snorting vitamin D (almost) daily, pretending it was cocaine.
  • Before becoming a movie star, Harrison Ford was a master carpenter – a craft he still does as a hobby.
  • Growing up, Katy Perry wasn't allowed to eat Lucky Charms cereal because luck was "linked to the devil." Her family also called deviled eggs "angeled eggs."
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