5 Mega-Stars Who Started In Films That Nobody Saw

3. Brad Pitt - Hunk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWV97ZXmGyw Despite now being one of Hollywood's leading stars, Brad Pitt made his movie debut in a film most people have never heard of, yet alone watched. In Hunk, he plays 'Guy at Beach with Drink' in a cameo, so he didn't even get a proper part. This was in 1987, the same years a certain Ocean's 11 co-star also made his film debut, and it's quite remarkable to trace their humble beginnings to worldwide mega-stars. Brad Pitt appeared in three films in 1987 and he doesn't have a proper name in any of them. In fact, it would take a very sharp eye to catch his cameo in Less Than Zero. It took several years for Pitt to get any role of note and it would take until 1994 for his to be the lead in a commercially successful movie showing that Pitt had to endure a lot of tough times in his professional life before he achieved stardom. Young actors take roles in films like Hung because it's a way into the industry and in the film business, you have to take what you can get. Though Pitt started out as nothing, he's now a mainstay on the bedroom wall of teenage girls worldwide. He's the perfect example for rookie actors as he's proof that even the best have to appear in unflattering roles in rubbish movies nobody is going to see before you get to work with great directors all over the world.
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