You'll Never Believe How These Legendary Actors Got Discovered

Alexis Bledel

Bledel's true intentions were to become a model before she starred in Gilmore Girls. She got scouted by a modeling agency at a mall when she was younger, but she couldn't sustain the job. In order to pay for her tuition at NYU, she had to do something different to pay the bills. 

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The More You Know

  • Miley Cyrus first tried out for Hannah Montana at the age of 11. She was denied due to her age.
  • As a child, Jim Carrey wore tap shoes to bed just in case his parents needed cheering up in the middle of the night.
  • In the early days of his career, Sylvester Stallone was so poor that he sold his dog Butkus for $50.
  • Shakira was banned from her school’s choir, and her classmates said she sounded like a goat.
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