You'll Never Believe How These Legendary Actors Got Discovered

Matthew McConaughey

McConaughey was born in Texas into an oil mogul family. He turned down the opportunity to work in big oil with his father to become an actor. But, as it turns out, McConaughey wasn't a particularly good actor when he first hit the scene. In fact, he was even dropped from some of the student films he was asked to act in. 

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The More You Know

  • Before she was a megastar, Madonna worked at Dunkin Donuts. She got fired for squirting jelly on a customer.
  • 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.
  • Matthew Broderick was convicted of careless driving in a car accident in which two people died.
  • Shakira was banned from her school’s choir, and her classmates said she sounded like a goat. The Hips Don’t Lie superstar sure showed them!
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