10 celebrities who didn't immediately make it to the big screen (11 photos)

It's probably hard to imagine that a cashier at your local supermarket could become an international celebrity. Of course, dreaming is not harmful, but we all understand that miracles rarely happen. But some actors believed in their dream and did odd jobs before making their way to fame. In this post you will find out what some celebrities have worked with.





1. Johnny Depp



At 16, Johnny left school to become a musician. But while he was waiting for fame to come to him, he had to find a job where his acting skills were even useful. He got a job at a TV store as a pen salesman, and had to come up with new stories to increase sales.

2. Alan Rickman





Rickman chose design as his first profession because he considered it a more stable career than acting. He studied graphic design, and after graduating, he and other colleagues opened a studio in Soho. They did illustrations for magazines, book and album covers, and advertising. Fortunately, three years later, Rickman decided to study acting.

3. Whoopi Goldberg



Probably few people know that Whoopi Goldberg is a professional cosmetologist. Long before she became a two-time Oscar winner, she applied what she learned in beauty school to doing hair and makeup on dead people. She found a job at a funeral home through an advertisement in the newspaper.

4. Morgan Freeman



Although Morgan wanted to become an actor since childhood, it so happened that he enlisted in the Air Force. Before training to become a pilot, he worked as a radar technician until he realized that was not the place for him. But even despite this, he left service as a first class pilot.

5. Helen Mirren



The thought of Helen Mirren brings to mind many roles, except one: promoter. Long before she made it to Hollywood, one of her jobs was to attract the attention of passers-by to get them to visit an amusement theme park.

6. Jack Nicholson



One of the actor's most memorable scenes is the one in which his character in The Shining smashes a door with an axe. The production team had to build a stronger door than they had originally planned, as it turned out that Nicholson was a firefighter, so breaking it down was an easy job for him.

7. Ashton Kutcher



The now actor and producer first attended the University of Iowa, where he majored in biochemical engineering. To pay for his studies, he got a job as a worker in a grain workshop, a manufacturer of various food products. Soon after, he began his career in the entertainment world when a talent search introduced him to the world of fashion.

8. Geena Davis



Before the director noticed her talent, clothing store employees discovered that Gina had the unusual ability to perfectly impersonate a mannequin. People standing at the window wondered whether it was real or not.

9. Michelle Pfeiffer



The actress studied to be a court reporter. And at the same time she worked as a cashier in a supermarket until she realized what her real passion was. At one point she realized that she only wanted to play all her life.

10. Brad Pitt



The favorite of millions worked as the mascot at El Pollo Loco restaurant before making a career in Hollywood. At the time, Brad had various odd jobs that included dressing up as a chicken and waving a sign during the grand opening of a fast food restaurant.