From Salma Hayek to Pedro Pascal: Celebrities who owe their success to their friends

These stories show that success among the stars, as everywhere, is a team effort…

THE Drew Barrymore has suffered from alcohol and drug problems since her teenage years and if she didn’t have the support of her close friends such as Cameron Diaz, he might never get over them. In fact, an intervention of her friends in 2019 was “saving” for her. In fact, Drew Barrymore stopped drinking. “I have total faith in her,” her friend Cameron Diaz told the Los Angeles Times.

THE Pedro Pascal he has stood out thanks to his leading roles in two popular series, ‘The Last of Us’ and ‘The Mandalorian’. But it wasn’t always like that, as his girlfriend recalls Sarah Paulson. The two met in the early 1990s when they were just starting out in their careers. “There were times when I would give him money to eat,” Paulson said in an interview with Esquire magazine.

Almost two decades after the last episode of “Friends” aired, the Courteney Coxthe Jennifer Aniston and the Lisa Kudrow they’re still close friends, as shown by their support for Cox when she received her star on the Walk of Fame on February 27. In her acceptance speech, Cox emphasized how important her co-stars were to her. “They’re such great friends of mine and they’re family to me, so I felt really comfortable … they’re my sisters.” Later, Aniston responded in kind. “From the beginning… when we met her, she was loving, interested in everything… as fans we want to thank you for making us laugh… you are one of the funniest human beings on planet Earth. Nothing makes me happier than a Courteney joke.”

THE Nicolas Cage he was the one who proposed to Johnny Depp to “try out” acting. Cage brought up the subject during a game of Monopoly in the early 1980s, when the “National Treasure” star put Depp in touch with his agent. Until then, Depp wanted to pursue a career in music. As Cage told The New York Times: “I sent him to meet with my agent. She sent him to his first audition, which was ”A Nightmare on Elm Street”. He got the part that day.”

When the Tom Hanks won the “Cecil B. Demille” award in 2020, the Charlize Theron she thanked him in a moving speech. Theron recalled that during her audition for the film “That Thing You Do”, which was directed by Hanks, the actress thought she completely nailed it… “I had forgotten to breathe and Tom looked at me kindly and said, ‘I’m so sorry, Charlize, do you mind just giving me five minutes? I have to go out.’ out, but I’ll be right back and we’ll do the scene again.” Tom didn’t need five minutes. I needed five minutes. Those five minutes were a gift to me because he saw a nervous, sweaty young actress unable to hide a panic attack. That’s the kind of person he is,” she said.

H Penelope Cruz and the Salma Hayek they are the most famous girlfriends in Hollywood. When Hayek confessed to being harassed by producer Harvey Weinstein in 2017, Penélope Cruz stood by her. More specifically, he wrote to her in a post on Instagram: “I love you, my beautiful friend. But why do we have to fight tooth and nail to keep our dignity? I think it’s because we, as women, have been devalued artistically, to the point where the film industry has stopped making an effort to understand what female audiences want to see and what stories we want to tell.”

The two “Good Will Hunting” stars first met in the 1980s when Mr Ben Affleck he was eight years old and Matt Damon 10. Their friendship began when Affleck stood up to a bully to protect Damon. “I remember it was a big moment,” Damon said in an interview in 2019. Plus, a few weeks ago, when the two were promoting their movie “Air,” they said they’d had a joint bank account together for years so they could to pay their bills: “It’s a strange thing in hindsight, but as long as one of us had money, we knew the power wasn’t going to go off,” they said with a smile.