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Unexpected stars that got their break on terrible shows/movies

Posted on 2/25/13 at 10:20 am
Posted by xenythx
Member since Dec 2007
32458 posts
Posted on 2/25/13 at 10:20 am
Who would have thought the daughter on The Bill Engvall show would win an Oscar five years later?
This post was edited on 2/25/13 at 10:22 am
Posted by TDTGodfather
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
6169 posts
Posted on 2/25/13 at 10:24 am to
inb4JGL


i actually kinda liked 3rd rock though


edit: even though it was a one off, i remember brad pitt was on an episode of tales from the crypt. which i also liked.

This post was edited on 2/25/13 at 10:26 am
Posted by wildtigercat93
Member since Jul 2011
112468 posts
Posted on 2/25/13 at 10:25 am to
That show was so terrible
Posted by tylercsbn9
Cypress, TX
Member since Feb 2004
65876 posts
Posted on 2/25/13 at 10:26 am to
Posted by Bench McElroy
Member since Nov 2009
33981 posts
Posted on 2/25/13 at 10:51 am to
Jamie Foxx winning an Oscar after being on The Jamie Foxx for five years and 100 episodes was a shock. I never thought a star from a bad UPN show would go on to have the success that he did.
Posted by RollTide1987
Augusta, GA
Member since Nov 2009
65147 posts
Posted on 2/25/13 at 11:03 am to
George Clooney got himself noticed on the set of a really bad B-movie horror flick called Return to Horror High.

Also...Rene Zellwegger and Matthew McConaughey both starred in the straight-to-video Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation.

And even the lovable Tom Hanks was first noticed on the set of a B-movie horror flick called He Knows You're Alone.

Tom Hanks in He Knows You're Alone

This post was edited on 2/25/13 at 11:06 am
Posted by gjackx
Red Stick
Member since Jan 2007
16527 posts
Posted on 2/25/13 at 11:05 am to
Not that the show was terrible by any means, but look what Freaks and Geeks did for just about everyone on there!
Posted by Zap Rowsdower
MissLou, La
Member since Sep 2010
13338 posts
Posted on 2/25/13 at 11:08 am to
Ryan Gosling- Young Hercules

Peter Jackson actually got his start working on the sets of a few of the old Trauma films

Jeremy Renner was Dags on National Lampoon's Senior Trip, not that it's a terrible movie just your basic 90s cheesy 90s high school comedy
This post was edited on 2/25/13 at 11:13 am
Posted by TigersRuleTheEarth
Laffy
Member since Jan 2007
28643 posts
Posted on 2/25/13 at 11:25 am to
Jim Carrey - He was in a movie called Once Bitten, Twice Shy.

It was about Vampires, but I don't remember the plot. 1st PG-13 movie I ever saw.
Posted by nikki6
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2011
1967 posts
Posted on 2/25/13 at 1:06 pm to
Brad Pitt had a guest starring role on Growing Pains as well. He played a rockstar who was a douchebag that Ben idolized


Shia LaBeouf


Juliette Lewis and Mayim Biyalk were on the Facts of Life towards the end when they were trying to spin off into a new show with younger kids at actual boarding school and not a bunch of 30 year old women all living together with some old lady
Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
48769 posts
Posted on 2/25/13 at 2:43 pm to
Bryan Cranston - CHiPs



Young Heisenberg.
Posted by blueboy
Member since Apr 2006
56645 posts
Posted on 2/26/13 at 6:08 pm to
Karl Urban in Xena: Warrior Princess.

oh, never mind. I thought you said "awesome shows."

Hillary Swank in Karate Kid 16 or whatever it was.
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