From Jennifer Lopez to Sylvester Stallone: ​​12 stars who even slept on benches before becoming famous

Before they became famous, many stars struggled financially and were forced to sleep on friends’ couches or in their cars. So let’s see who they are…

Chris Pratt

Before he became a Hollywood star, a classmate encouraged Chris Pratt to live with him on a beach in Hawaii. The star of “Jurassic Park” accepted the offer. He got a job at the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company, but he was sleeping on the beach. “We were just a bunch of kids camping on the beach for a year,” Pratt explained on the SmartLess podcast. Eventually, he was offered a movie role and flew to Los Angeles. Today he lives with his second wife, Katherine Schwarzenegger, in a luxurious mansion, as seen in the second season of the Netflix series “The Home Edit”.

Jenifer Lopez

Jennifer Lopez left home at the age of 18 and began spending her nights at the dance studio where she trained. Months later, her career took off and she found work in Europe. “My mother and I were fighting. I didn’t want to go to college. I loved dancing. I started sleeping on the couch in the dance studio. I was homeless, but I told her, ‘This is what I have to do,'” he told W magazine. “A few months later, I got a job as a dancer in Europe,” she said. The subsequent course of the well-known…

Jacob Elordi

Before landing one of the lead roles in the hit series ‘Euphoria’ (HBO), Jacob Elordi found himself single and on the street. “I think I had – I don’t know, $400 or $800 left in my bank account,” the Australian actor told GQ magazine. When he moved to Los Angeles, he stayed at a friend’s house and ended up sleeping in his car. During the filming of a movie, one of the producers realized that he was homeless and found him a hotel room.

Daniel Craig

The star of “James Bond”, Daniel Craig, was forced to sleep on park benches. He also did odd jobs to pay for his theater lessons.

Halle Berry

After earning some money working as a model, Halle Berry moved to New York. However, within three months she had no savings left and was forced to turn to her mother, who refused to help her. The actress, who won an Oscar for “Monster’s Ball” (2001), began living in a homeless shelter. “That’s probably one of the best things he did for me, because he taught me,” he told Hello magazine.

Sylvester Stallone

Before he became famous as Rocky Balboa, Sylvester Stallone made just $50 a week. The situation got so bad that he had to give up his dog because he couldn’t pay for the food for the animal. During this time, he slept in places like bus stops or outside post offices in the dead of winter. Stallone wrote the script for the movie “Rocky” and sold it for $35,000. The film turned the actor into a star. The first thing he did when he got money was to get his dog back.

Hilary Swank

As a teenager, she moved with her mother to California, where they lived in a car for a few weeks. She then stayed with her mother in an empty house for two months. “We had a friend who was selling his house. And so they told us, ‘You know, there’s no furniture, but you can stay there at night. And then during the day, you have to leave so we can try to sell it,'” he told CBS News.

Kurt Cobain

Before becoming a star, the Nirvana frontman slept on sofas, cardboard boxes and even under bridges. When the band’s second album ‘Nevermind’ (1991) was released, the singer was sleeping in his car. As a teenager, he was also kicked out repeatedly because he couldn’t pay the bills. When the singer died in 1994, his net worth skyrocketed to $100 million.

Kelly Clarkson

Before her big hit on “American Idol,” Kelly Clarkson had nowhere to live. The singer was forced to stay in her car after her apartment was gutted in a fire. Eventually, she returned to her family and auditioned for the first season of the show that catapulted her to fame.

Jim Carrey

When Jim was 12, his family became homeless after his father was fired from his job. He lived in a tent in a park in Ontario, Canada with his two siblings and his parents for eight months. Eventually, they found work as janitors and security guards, in exchange for a house to sleep in. The actor, meanwhile, dropped out of school to take a job as a janitor. During this time, he said, he began to develop his sense of humor.

Dwayne Johnson

Dwayne Johnson – better known as The Rock – did not have an easy childhood. He and his family were evicted from their home and forced to leave Honolulu, Hawaii, where they lived. The family ended up moving to a small hotel on the outskirts of Nashville, Tennessee. Last February, Forbes magazine named him the highest-paid actor in the world, earning more than $270 million per film!

James Cameron

James Cameron lived in his car before selling the rights to Terminator. Despite living on the streets, he was determined to realize his script. Eventually, he sold the rights for $1 to Gale Anne Hurd, in exchange for being hired as director. The film grossed over $75 million at the worldwide box office. He followed this success with other blockbusters such as ‘Titanic’, which was the highest grossing film in history until it was surpassed by ‘Avatar’, another of his films.

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