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Not every Hollywood star was discovered simply on the first audition they ever had. Some of the biggest faces in showbiz made their way up by playing extras in films we didn’t even notice them in. Take a look at 15 famous actors who started as extras:
1.Ben Affleckmade an appearance as an extra Basketball player on one of the episodes of theBuffy the Vampire Slayermovie. Although he did have a dialogue, it ended up being dubbed over.
2. Regé-Jean Page who rose to global fame with his English dramaBridgertonwas once playing an extra inHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1.You can spot Page in the background of Bill and Fleur’s wedding.
3. Julianne Hough who we all know fromDancing With The Starswas also in theHarry Potterseries as an extra. She was spottedcheering for GryffindorHarry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Julianne was trying her hands at acting initially but became successful as a dancer.
4. Channing Tatum was a nobody untilStep Upcame out. In Tom Cruise’sWar of the Worlds, you can spot him running alongside Cruise as an extra. Tatum even had a dialogue in that scene where the church gets blown up but it ended up being cut.
5. Before he got his big break withThis Is UsorHeroes,Milo Ventimiglia showed up as a ‘party guest’ on an episode ofThe Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Technically he isn’t an extra, as he does have a dialogue. Milo even explained it as his “first real Hollywood paycheck.”
6. Steve Carell made a small appearance in the 1991 John Hughes movieCurly Sueas a steward. “I shot for three days and I was incredibly excited, and I couldn’t have been more nervous,” Steve said.
7Before she won the first season ofAmerican Idol,Kelly Clarkson was playing the role of an extra on the teenage sitcomSabrina the Teenage Witch.
8. If you were an avid watcher ofDegrassi High: School’s Out,you might be able to spotGrey’s Anatomystar Sandra Oh playing the role of a waitress in the background of one of the episodes.
9. Megan Fox made an appearance as “Stars-and-Stripes Bikini Kid Dancing Under Waterfall” in Will Smith’s action-comedyBad Boys II.Her casting however pulled criticism, as she was only 15-years-old at the time.
10. Jon Hamm was cast in the second episode ofAlly McBealas “Gorgeous Guy at Bar.” He described his casting process, “I was literally picked out of a line of people where the guy was walking down the line and was like, ‘Eh, you!'”
11Bridget Jones starRenée Zellweger appeared in a number of scenes as an extrainDazed and Confused. Renée and even shared a common agent withMatthew McConaughey who was also a struggling artist back then.
12. Bruce Willis sat as an extra in the courtroom scene of the 1982 trial dramaThe Verdict.
13EvenSawstarTobin Bell sits in that court as an extra.
14. Kristen Stewart was just 10 years old when she did the role of “Ring Toss Girl” inThe Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
15. Eva Mendes makes an appearance as a bridesmaid that Will Ferrell couldn’t stop staring at in the 1998 movieA Night at the Roxbury.
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Muneer is an Indian writer at FandomWire who plans to visit all countries in this world to eat the food on their streets. Obsessed with joggers, he sings and plays the strings too.
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