You wont believe which Hollywood celebs launched careers in adult industry

The Walk of Fame might blind you with glitter, but behind its shine are some jaw-dropping origin stories. A small collection of globe-trotting icons actually kicked off their careers in the adult space before shifting gears and dazzling us on mainstream mega screens.

Sylvester Stallone – The Italian Stallion

Stallone flexed those famous muscles before the boxing gloves, starring in the 1970 cult-curve adult flick The Party at Kitty and Stud's, which later got a cheeky rename to The Italian Stallion to cash in on his tough-guy fame.

Cameron Diaz – Risqué Photoshoots

Charlie's Angels swagger flowed way before the choreographed moves; Diaz, back in her teen modelling grind, snapped flesh-flashed photo sets that later spilled the beans on the tabloids once her career rocketed.

Sasha Grey – From Adult to Hollywood

Grey carved out buzz in adult cinema, and Hollywood answered the bell on The Girlfriend Experience and a steady gig in Entourage, later expanding her resume to spinning records and sliding inked pages as an author.

Traci Lords — A Controversial Beginning

Lords stunned everyone when we learned she’d starred in numerous adult films well ahead of her eighteenth birthday. She successfully claimed the mainstream spotlight later in films like Cry-Baby and Blade.

Arnold Schwarzenegger — Nude Modeling Days

Years ahead of the Olympia trophies and catching T-800 lines, Arnold posed fully unclothed for racy magazines—an audacious opening move for the man who’d later govern California.

Marilyn Monroe —The Calendar Girl

Long before she reigned as the defining goddess of Tinseltown, Monroe appeared in suggestive calendar shoots, and the buzz only deepened her unforgettable mystique.

From Scandal to Stardom

These tales remind us of a common truth: in Hollywood, a jaw-drop past can light the path to a marquee evening.