What they did before they became famous

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Before making it big in Hollywood, Brad Pitt, branded as the world's sexiest man alive, appeared in a 'stupid' Pringles ad.



But Pitt is not the only celebrity to have a few skeletons in the video closet.


Before he muscled up on the protein and starred in movies like The Fast and the Furious and The Pacifier, Vin Diesel was known as Mark Vincent and lent his talents to an "how to" breakdance video.




Did you know Morgan Freeman starred in a Listerine ad from 1973?




Before Armageddon and The Sixth Sense, Bruce Willis was doing ads for the makers of Seagrams, with a number of these musical gems made in the 80s.




Before Tori Amos sang about a Cornflake Girl and became the queen of indie piano rock, she was the cornflake girl in a 1985 commercial for Kellogg's Just Right cereal.




Russell Crowe is known off screen as something of a bad boy type, and in one of his first starring roles was cast as a delinquent school leaver being urged to consider the priesthood in this commercial for the Seventh Day Adventist Church.




In 1986, Jason Alexander (George from Seinfeld) starred in a musical ad for McDonald's McDLT sandwich.




Courtney Cox has recently starred in sitcom Cougar Town, but way back when in the mid-80s, when Friends was yet to happen, she was the pin up girl for Tampax tampons.

[ferretchucker]

Wow, aside from the Pitt one I hadn't seen any of those! So funny to look back on, but it makes you realise you don't just jump into fame, there's a lot of shit jobs you have to do first.

[bloody_ribcut]

wtf was wrong with bruce willis?

[fuglystick]

Originally Posted by bloody_ribcut

wtf was wrong with bruce willis?

The worst part is I'm pretty sure Willis was already starring in "Moonlighting," so his shilling of pedo punch is even more embarrassing considering he'd already "made it." After that campaign, "Hudson Hawk," and his album, his career would have, and probably should have, gone down the tubes, but "Die Hard" put him back on track.

And now I'm craving Pringles...

[Elvis_Christ]

Hudson Hawk was after Die Hard... I don't really mind it especially for Richard E. Grant and Sandra Bernhard's OTT performances. I think it's main problem was its marketing. People were expecting another Die Hard not the caper-comedy it actually was. I guess chalk it up as another "bad movie" I like and everyone else hates.

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Vin Diesel breakdancing was hilarious :D

[ChronoGrl]

I can't believe how skinny Vin was ("Vin" and I are on a first-name basis, you see)... I always just assumed that he came out of the womb jacked.

[Sistinas666]

Sylvester Stallone started his movie career with a soft core porno called The Party at Kitty and Stud's. I guess it was rereleased after he became famous with more graphic content and they renamed it Itallian Stallion to capitilize on the sucess of Rocky.

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

Originally Posted by ChronoGrl

I can't believe how skinny Vin was ("Vin" and I are on a first-name basis, you see)... I always just assumed that he came out of the womb jacked.

he did.

must have been an obscene amount of cg involved to make him look that wimpy.

[Elvis_Christ]

Does he still have a restraining order in place against you? :p

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

Originally Posted by Elvis_Christ

Does he still have a restraining order in place against you? :p

it ends on march 23rd 2011