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We recently asked members of theBuzzFeed Communitywhich actors they were surprised to learn had roles in movies before they reached super-fame. Here’s what they said.
1.Long before hisSex Educationdays,Asa Butterfieldplayed the son of a Nazi general inThe Boy in Striped Pyjamas.
2.Rami Malekplayed Pharaoh Ahkmenrah inNight at the Museum, complete with a pretty convincing English accent.
3.Before he became a ’90s heartthrob,Leonardo DiCapriowas inCritters 3.
5.Steve Carrell had a tiny role as a police officer in the teen movieSleepover.
6.Ben Affleck was a high school basketball player in theBuffy the Vampire Slayermovie.
7.A fresh-faced Timothée Chalamet took on the role of young Tom inInterstellar
8.Joe Mangianello played Peter’s bully in Spider-Man.
9.Long before she starred inStranger ThingsNatalia Dyer played the daughter of Hannah’s stalker inThe Hannah Montana Movie.
10.Ashley Tisdale had a walk-on role inDonnie Darko.
11.Brie Larson played an ’80s mean girl in13 Going on 30.
12.As did a baby-faced Ashley Benson.
13.You may not have noticed that Sandra Oh was the principal inThe Princess Diaries.
14.Jack Gleeson had the groundbreaking role of “Little Boy” inBatman Begins.
15.A preThat ’70s ShowMila Kunis had a lil part inHoney, We Shrunk Ourselves.
16.Scarlett Johansson played the mean big sister inHome Alone 3.
17.A pre-teen Keira Knightley played Padme’s decoy inStar Wars: Episode I,and honestly I can’t think of anyone better to play a Natalie Portman look-alike.
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