A Look at Some Stars Before They Were Shining
Damien Novy
Jake Gyllenhall: (“Brokeback Mountain,” “Donnie Darko”) – Before he made it big as Heath Ledger's Cowboy friend in “Brokeback Mountain,” Gyllenhall starred as Billy Crystal's son in “City Slickers.”
Jennifer Garner: (“Alias,” “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past”) – This star of numerous romantic comedies won an early role as Ashton Kutcher's girlfriend in “Dude, Where's My Car.”
Hugh Laurie: (TV's “House,” “Monsters vs. Aliens”) – Well before
Jennifer Love Hewitt: (TV's “Ghost Whisperer”) – Nowadays, Jennifer spends her time talking to ghosts, but back when she was a teenager, she sang it up with Whoopi Goldberg in “Sister Act 2.”
Megan Fox: (“Jennifer's Body,” “Transformers”) – A long time ago (2004), when Transformers were just toys we played with, Megan Fox was Lindsay Lohan's arch enemy in “Confessions Of A Teenage Drama Queen.”
Scarlett Johanssen: (“Nanny Diaries,” “He's Just Not That Into You”) – Catch a glimpse of mini-ScarJo as the big sister in “Home Alone 3.”
Miley Cyrus: (Disney's “Hannah Montana”) – Hannah Montana had not yet earned the adoration of millions of girls when Miley starred in a small role as Ruthie in “Big Fish.”
Hilary Swank: (“Boys Don't Cry,” “P.S. I Love You”) – This Oscar winner starred in the fourth of the Karate Kid movies, “The Next Karate Kid.”
Ben Affleck: (“Armageddon,” “State Of
Jason Bateman: (“Hancock,” TV's “Arrested Development”) – Jason is famous for playing the same cool but sarcastic character despite starting out as a co-star on the long running TV series “Little House On the Prairie.”
Rainn Wilson: (TV's “the Office,” “Monsters vs. Aliens”) – Before he terrorized Michael, Jim and the rest of Dunder Mifflin as Dwight Shrute, director/rocker Rob Zombie terrorized Rainn in “House Of 1000 Corpses.”
