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Before They Were Stars: Neill Blomkamp Directs “Tempbot”
Chappie turned out to be a pretty bad flop last year for Neill Blomkamp, but do you think the film would have turned out better if it was more like… Office Space?! Well, it turns that out that in 2006, … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Jeffrey Dean Morgan in “Uncaged”
Jeffrey Dean Morgan has garnered a lot of attention lately by appearing the season finale of The Walking Dead, so I thought I’d dig up some footage of his very first acting role. Uncaged was a sleazy straight-to-video thriller which … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Mark Hamill Does a Voice on “Jeannie”
Mark Hamill’s greatest post-Star Wars success was voicing the Joker in numerous animated incantations of Batman and he’s had quite a prolific career as a voice actor. However, Hamill actually dabbled in voice acting a bit before Star Wars, starting out … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Cillian Murphy in “Watchmen”
No, not THAT Watchmen, though it would be interesting to see Cillian Murphy trade in his Scarecrow mask for a Rorschach mask. This Watchmen is actually a ten-minute short film from 2001 about two friends who come across a mysterious … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Jeremy Renner in a Pizza Hut Commercial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj0LRskM2jM It’s kinda funny how Jeremy Renner started out his career in 1995 with a prominent role in the comedy, National Lampoon’s Senior Trip, but the movie was so poorly received that Renner had to sustain his career by starring … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Miles Teller in “Track Meet”
I’ve previously showcased a couple of short films that Miles Teller appeared in before he was famous, so here’s another. In 2010, Teller starred in Track Meet as a track and field star (named Andrew, like his character from Whiplash) who … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Kevin Costner (or His Head) in “The Big Chill”
It always sucks when an actor earns a role in a movie, only to find out that their entire part has been removed from the finished film. But it’s particularly frustrating when said actor is still an unknown and their … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Gal Gadot Wins Miss Israel in 2004
The recent release of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice marks the debut of Gal Gadot in the role of Wonder Woman. Before she got into acting, Gadot started off her career as a model in her native Israel and … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars (2-for-1 Special): Sting and The Ultimate Warrior as The Blade Runners
This past weekend, legendary wrestler Steve “Sting” Borden was inducted into the World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame and officially announced his retirement during his speech. Also, former WWE wrestler Dave Bautista teased this weekend that he was going to … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: The Undertaker Wrestles as “Texas Red” in 1987
WWE Wrestlemania 32 is taking place tonight and in case you haven’t followed wrestling in a long time, I should inform you that even though he just turned 51 years old, Mark Calaway, a.k.a. “The Undertaker”, is STILL going and … Continue reading
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