15 Little-Known Underdog Stories (Of Celebs)
So let's hope Hollywood doesn't touch the following celebrity biographies, because these underdog tales are dramatic enough.

Hollywood has a terrible tendency to take true stories and embellish them until all that's left is a sad husk of truth stuffed with too much questionable artistic license.
So let's hope Hollywood doesn't touch the following celebrity biographies, because these underdog tales are dramatic enough.
Nicki Minaj

Source: Washington Post

Source: AARP

Source: CNBC
Danny Trejo

Source: BBC

Source: New York magazine

Source: The Times-Picayune
Colonel Sanders

Source: Smithsonian
Michael Caine

Source: The Times
Dr. Phil (Yes, for a Fourth Time)

Source: Parade
Jack Ma

Source: CNBC
Tom Cruise

Source: Washington Post

Source: The Independent

Source: Voice of America

Source: The Guardian

Source: Time