15 Celebs That Were Discovered In Wild Ways
![15 Celebs That Were Discovered In Wild Ways](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/4/4/834244_320x180.jpg)
A lot of your favorite celebs started out just like you — working dead-end jobs, scrolling comedy sites on the toilet, hoping there’s a funny third thing here — and then, boom! Like a star falling up, they rose almost overnight to fame and stardom, and don’t we all want a little stardom… and money, mostly the money.
Lifestyles of the rich and the famous! Here are some of your favorite moneybag artist types and how they went from being the scum of the Earth to the cream of the crop. The TL;DR- Boy-howdy does being hot help. Apparently, screaming and yelling at people when you’re a hottie makes talent scouts swoon with possibility, and they’ll recommend you just off that. So, for any hot people reading this looking for their big break … go, uh, yell at some innocent bystander, we guess? Actually, no, that would be mean. We can’t endorse that. Probably don’t.
Reedus gets drunk and yells
![celebrities scouted in wild ways Norman Reedus got drunk at a party. Reedus was a drunk nobody shouting at a party, but he did it with such charm, style, and handsome young man-ness, he was offered a role in a play almost immediately. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/6/2/834262.jpg)
Hot? Scream at a bank
![celebrities scouted in wild ways charlize Theron was shouting at a bank. If you're hot and scream in banks? Instant cash. That's what Theron found out after moving to America and quickly being discovered by an agent.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/4/8/834248.jpg)
Scouted at four
![celebrities scouted in wild ways sara Michelle Gellar was scouted at four. Buffy, Daphne... Other roles, probably? Sarah Michelle Gellar. She was scouted - at the age of four. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/6/0/834260.jpg)
The jumbotron found Pamela Anderson
![celebrities scouted in wild ways Pamela Anderson was spotted by Ame the Jumbotron. Anderson became famous while attending a Canadian Football League game wearing a t-shirt that showed off her moves, and ended up on the Jumbotron. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/5/7/834257.jpg)
Walking down the street is enough sometimes
![celebrities scouted in wild ways Angus cloud was just walking around. Walking down the street got Cloud cast as Fezco in Euphoria. Не was getting $7.50 an hour at Waffle House when a talent scout saw him on the street and just started asking him questions, before sending him to L.A. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/5/0/834250.jpg)
Source: PopBuzz
Lies and lotteries helped Kunis in
![celebrities scouted in wild ways Mila kunis won the lottery (and lied). After winning a lottery to come to America, Mila Kunis lied about her age - saying at fourteen she's be eighteen on her birthday (just not telling them which year.) CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/5/8/834258.jpg)
A lousy carpenter, a hell of an actor
![celebrities scouted in wild ways Harrison Ford was a (bad) carpenter. Ford cut a good silhouette but couldn't cut a good scrim. The carpenter turned out to be a bit better at acting than sawing. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/5/4/834254.jpg)
Stalked at 14
![celebrities scouted in wild ways Matt Dillon was stalked at school. Dillon was stalked at 14 through his middle school... by a talent scout. Whew! Thought that one was going to get darker. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/5/6/834256.jpg)
Missionary to phone sex hotline
![celebrities scouted in wild ways Evangeline Lilly went from missionary to doing ads for a sex hotline. Lilly was a missionary when she was scouted as a model and did it for school money... only to end up the face of a phone sex hotline. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/5/2/834252.jpg)
Marilyn was at work when a photo was taken that’d make her famous
![celebrities scouted in wild ways Marilyn Monroe was made famous by a photo. Monroe was at work when a photographer spotted her, and with a picture made America fall in love. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/5/3/834253.jpg)
Musician to acting
![celebrities scouted in wild ways Johnny Depp was a musician. Depp had a chance meeting with Nicolas Cage, who recommended he try acting instead of rock and roll and the rest is history-Wes Craven soon after cast him in A Nightmare on Elm Street. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/5/5/834255.jpg)
A real-life drill sergeant
![celebrities scouted in wild ways R. Lee Ermey was a real drill sergeant. Everyone's favorite drill sergeant was a real life drill sergeant who helped make sure film's portrayed boot camp realistically.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/5/1/834251.jpg)
Source: Military Wiki
Extra to trainer to actor
![celebrities scouted in wild ways Danny Trejo was an extra and a trainer. Trejo took a job for 50 bucks and started working as an extra, before becoming a trainer and finally doing real full time acting. Or whatever he was doing in The Book of Boba Fett. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/4/9/834249.jpg)
Source: USA Today
Background actor to foreground
![celebrities scouted in wild ways John wayne was a background actor. Wayne went from random movie jobs to random scene-filling background character to bigger background character to lead role. Не was eventually recognized for his acting and became, ya know, John Wayne. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/5/9/834259.jpg)
Hairdresser to director’s nightmare
![celebrities scouted in wild ways Jon Peters married into a job as a producer. Marrying Barbra Streisand allowed the former hairdresser to produce movies like Tim Burton's Batman and, uh, Wild Wild West. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/6/1/834261.jpg)
Source: The Hollywood Reporter