You'll Never Believe How These Legendary Actors Got Discovered

Small Screen, Big Screen, It's All the Same

Just one week after the talent scout talked to Gellar's parents, she got her first acting gig. She had several small TV roles until she got cast as the star in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. This led to her becoming a horror movie staple in the 1990s. 

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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.
  • Angelina Jolie performed her own stunts whilst filming Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.
  • Lady Gaga wrote “Just Dance” and “Born This Way” in just 10 minutes.
  • 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.
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