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Strange life of celebrities before fame exposed

Hollywood celebrities once had these shockingly odd jobs

By Muskan Khan |
Strange life of celebrities before fame exposed

It turns out some of the biggest stars in the Hollywood line-up have had to put up with the weirdest jobs to survive. Seen here are rodent cuddlers and human billboards, just some of the odd jobs that brought these celebrities up the ladder after humble initial starts.

1. Hugh Jackman - Party Clown

Among other things Hugh Jackman, the legend that he is, performed at children birthday parties as a clown. The comic side? He honestely acknowledged that he was not a good, balloon animal maker, a skill which every clown is supposed to be perfect at. Just envision by having Wolverine go around playing with balloons on your birthday!

Strange life of celebrities before fame exposed

2. Christopher Walken - Lion Tamer

And you read correctly. Christopher Walken was a circus lion tamer prior to breaking in Hollywood. He had routine with a lioness called Sheba, who was great luckily, very sweet. Walken has made his mark in taming lions and stealing every scene in which he is present on the screen.

Strange life of celebrities before fame exposed

3. Whoopi Goldberg - Morgue Beautician

Whoopi Goldberg, a few years before she won her Oscar and her talk show, was employed in a beautician job with dead bodies. Her work was to put some cosmetics and make the dead people presentable during funerals. It was a chilling unusual performance, but that made her strong and fearless in after-life.

Strange life of celebrities before fame exposed

4. Danny DeVito - Hairdresser of the Dead

Oddly enough, it is Whoopi who does not have a mortuary connection. Danny DeVito, before getting into the acting career, used to work in his sister beauty salon but as a license mortician hairstyling the dead ones. That is the kind of job that prepares you to Hollywood humors.

Strange life of celebrities before fame exposed

5. Megan Fox- IC Mascot Banana

Way back before her bomb role in Transformers, Megan Fox went bananas to promote a smoothie shop dressed like a giant banana. It was not glamorous to be standing in a bright yellow costume on the sidewalk in the bright sun but it sure got her the spotlight, albeit of confused passersby.

Strange life of celebrities before fame exposed