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counting down our picks for the top 10
movie stars that started out as extras
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more great content for this list we’ll
be taking a look at instances when
future stars appeared in minor but
visible appearances rather than those
with heart to tell background scenes
before making it big we’re also allowing
for bit parts with spoken lines and
narrowing our focus to appearances that
are more unusual surprising or comedic
number 10 Elijah Wood Back to the Future
before he was simply walking into Mordor
Middle Earth’s favorite Hobbit was
hanging out in the far-flung future of
2015
wearing a colander on his head and
turning his tiny little nose up at
antiquated video games when series
protagonist Marty McFly goes to avert
disaster by taking the place of his
future son at the cafe 80s he runs into
a pair of kids trying to get an old
videogame to work and one of them is mr.
Frodo himself when Marty aces the game
the pair aren’t impressed that’s like a
baby’s toy
he hasn’t even carried one ring up Mount
Doom and already he’s all JB number nine
Jackie chin Enter the Dragon
the idea of two of the biggest names in
martial arts movies Jackie Chan and
Bruce lead having an epic battle to the
death is something that will forever
remain a dream and fans eager to see
these two icons face-off
will have to make do with Chan’s blinkin
you’ll miss it appearance in Lee’s most
famous film playing one of a legion of
nameless goons in the employ of evil hen
chan gets quickly dispatched after
attempting to ambush Lee from behind fun
fact during filming Lee accidentally hit
Chan in the face something the now
departed Lee spent the rest of the shoot
apologizing for Oh he run to me and lift
me up I’m sorry I’m sorry
number eight steve carell curly suit
let’s be honest you probably haven’t
seen this lesser-known film by the great
John Hughes and the rom-com was in fact
his last film as a director starring Jim
Belushi the film sees a homeless man and
his adorable curly-haired companion
conning unwary people out of their money
through the power of cuteness in one
scene the two enter a classy restaurant
trying some consternation from the staff
non-smoking by the window of you have
what are the waiters in the restaurant
is played by a young man by the name of
the Steve Carell yes you go and notify
Albert’s that we have a situation the
future Michael Scott doesn’t manage to
get a line off denying 1990’s audiences
an early taste of his comedic chops yeah
I’ve been pretty much skating my whole
life I thought about playing in the NHL
but you’re on the road so much getting
no time to spend with your wife and kids
number seven Sharon Stone Stardust
Memories comedy legend Woody Allen has
discovered his fair share of big names
over the years and the future star of
Basic Instinct is just one of it look I
don’t really feel like talking anymore
Allen stars as a filmmaker frustrated
with the state of his career and in the
film’s opening scene he catches the eye
of a beautiful blonde seated in a nearby
train the blonde blows Allen a kiss but
before he can do anything about it the
woman’s train leaves the scene almost
didn’t feature stone but the actress
originally chosen for the part failed to
make it to set and Allen chose stone as
a replacement from the pool of extras
number 6
Harrison Ford getting straight why don’t
you come on in we can’t all start our
careers playing iconic roles like han
Solo and Indiana Jones the future
superstar
appeared in a bit part in this 1970
comedy opposite Elliott Gould how’s
everything it’s hard to imagine that the
man playing this nervous college student
would go on to become one of the most
iconic and charismatic actors of our
generation but there you have it oh
nothing just don’t just have a few
people over this wasn’t for its first
film role but the young actor repeatedly
found himself cast in roles of this size
frustrated Ford began training himself
as a carpenter to survive between acting
gates it wasn’t until his meeting with
George Lucas that Ford’s career started
to take off well there’s a price on my
head if I don’t pay off Jabba the Hutt
number five Sylvester Stallone bananas
another struggling actor given an early
break by Woody Allen the man who would
one day become an icon of 80s action
movie machismo once went uncredited in
Allen’s bananas as a thug harassing
passengers on a New York subway
according to legend Allen initially
rejected Stallone for not looking tough
enough but after pleading with Allen sly
was given the part it’s hard to believe
that anyone could think that Stallone
doesn’t look tough as even this early in
his career the future Rambo cuts an
imposing figure just five years later
Stallone’s role in rocky would catapult
him to super stardom I should have broke
number four Robert Downey jr. greasers
palace if you doused me again and I’m
not on fire I’m donating you to a City
College today he’s Iron Man Sherlock
Holmes and Kirk Lazarus but back in 1972
he was just a small boy in covered white
appearing in this film written and
directed by his dear old dad Robert
Downey senior the future Tony Stark
played a small child opposite his
real-life mom Elsie Downey some other
members of the Downey family make
appearances in the film including our
DJ’s sister and cousin an absurdist
parable about a Christ figure clad in a
striped suit the film is a far cry from
the kind of fare that would make the
younger Downey famous years down the
line prepare to lose a few of you
over the course of his long career as an
actor this legendary actor would lock
horns with everything from serial
killers rogue cops and quite a number of
cowboys the serves but in one of his
very first appearances the actor would
face an altogether more spectacular
enemy a giant tarantula when an
experimental spider escapes from a
secret government laboratory the
residents of an Arizona town find
themselves with the giant hairy problem
leaving the squadron of jet fighters
sent to dispatch the colossal arachnid
is none other than Dirty Harry himself
his face is partially obscured by an
oxygen mask but we’d recognize that
steely gaze anyway number 2 Arnold
Schwarzenegger The Long Goodbye before
rising to superstardom as the Terminator
and later politics as the Governator the
Austrian bodybuilder had a number of
smaller acting roles in this flick from
director Robert Altman he appears as a
muscle-bound enforcer in the office of
mobster Marty Augustine where’d you get
it
a client’s pride is bullshit given that
Arnold barely spoke a word of English at
the time it’s no surprise that he just
stands around looking imposing but the
future Conan at least got to show off
his muscles when Augustine demands that
everyone in the room stripped down to
their undies so what do you want me to
do I want you to take off your clothes
given that Arnold had already been
crowned mr. universe
he’s unsurprisingly got the best
number one a theme Akane unsolved
mysteries the Makana sense may be
underway now but back in 1992 nobody had
heard of the texas-born actor or his
signature drug the future Academy Award
winner appeared early on in reenactment
footage in an episode of the classic TV
documentary series unsolved mysteries he
could be spotted in this segment as a
murder victim who gets shot multiple
times by a fugitive naturally while
wearing an open shirt to show off his
ass where he had been shot four times in
the chest and once in the head with a 22
caliber pistol the more things change
the more they stay the same
McConaughey would appear in dazed and
confused just a year later manage the
same bullshit they tried to pull in my
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