10 Famous Actors Who Were Totally Discovered By Chance

5. Charlize Theron

How to become a Hollywood movie star... simple kick up a stink in the bank. Seriously, this is exactly how the South African actress, Charlize Theron, landed her big break. At 19, Theron was living in Los Angeles as an aspiring model when she went to the bank to cash a cheque in that her mother had sent over to help with the rent. The bank teller refused to cash it, leading to a full-blown shouting match with Charlize. Standing behind her in the queue? Talent agent John Crosby, who later became her manager. Who knows, if she hadn't lost her cool that day, we may not have seen her in films like Mighty Joe Young and Prometheus years later.