You'll Never Believe How These Legendary Actors Got Discovered

Eva Mendes

Mendes wasn't a model, an actor, or anything of the sort. As a matter of fact, she was barely scraping by when a talent agent just happened to run into her photo in a list of modeling candidates. Mendes had tried to set up a modeling career for herself, but as the years went by, nobody got back to her. That is—until she got her big break...

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