26 Celeb Buried Backstories

You might not be as big a stan as you thought you were.
26 Celeb Buried Backstories

As a culture, we generally know a lot about celebrities. Most of the time, we know too much about them. It's hard to not find an article, a video, a talk show segment, a tweet, or something that reveals more about a celebrity's likes, dislikes, favorite food, favorite city, hobbies, books that read, TV they watch, a collectible they… well, collect, or some other tidbit into their personal life. Hell, you may know more about certain celebrities than you do about your own grandparents.

However, just because you know a lot about a celebrity, it doesn't mean you know everything about celebrity. Especially their past. You might be a giant Star Wars nerd, but you probably didn't know about a major cast member's traumatic post-9/11 military service. Then there is that Oscar winner that used to work at a bakery for dogs.

Read on for details on these and other buried pasts of famous people.

Adam Driver, the actor that portrays Kylo Ren in the latest Star Wars trilogy, decided to join the military after the 9 /11 tragedy. After two years i

Steve Carell

CRACKED.COM Comedic actor Steve Carrell was originally going to pursue a career in law! He changed his mind while filling out his law school applicati

The Barefoot Contessa

CRACRED.COIM The Barefoot Contessa was a Nuclear Policy Analyst during the Ford and Carter administrations. She left her high ranking position to buil

David Lynch

Eccentric filmmaker David Lynch was a Boy Scout. CRACKED.COM Lynch achieved the rank of Eagle Scout. The director even got to participate in John F. K
Before she was a superstar, Arlana Orande was known in the news as the 'BocA Kia' for getting struck by hockey BOCA KID GETS A PUCK pucks, AND not ICE
CRACKED CON COM Dog the Bounty Hunter believes he spoke to an angel. On a flight home from prison, a 25-year-old Duane Chapman had a conversation with
JIM GAFFIGAN WAS A WALK-ON PLAYER FOR A BIG TEN CONFERENCE FOOTBALL TEAM. PURDUE 60 Gaffigan played for the Purdue Boilermakers after walking on the t

Emma Stone

CRACKED Emma Stone used to work in a bakery... for dogs.

Weird Al

CRACKED c COM Weird AI Yankovic grew up in a very conservative home. Indulgences like sleepovers were off the table, skipping church wasn't even a c

John Waters

Pope of Trash and Prince of Puke lohn Waters had parents. very supportive Although he was raised Roman Catholic, his parents were very accepting and u

Glenn Close

Glenn Close was raised in a cult. Close's parents joined the Moral Re-Armament, a right-wing religious cult, when she was seven and she was in it up u

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Hollywood tough guy, also took ballet lessons.

Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan was a very naughty boy. While being interviewed at the premiere of The Karate Kid, the actor revealed that he bullied a fellow child whe
STAN LEE worked on written manuals, and training films for the U.S. Army during World War D. cartoonists charles Addams ORAOE and Theodore Geisel also

LeVar Burton

Before developing an interest in acting, LeVar Burton dreamt of becoming a Catholic priest. He got as far as enrolling at St. Pius X, a theological se

Leighton Meester

CRACKED.COM Leighton Meester was a prison baby. ab The Gossip Girl star was born in very unconventional circumstances - her mother gave birth to her w
IDRIS ELBA USED TO SELL WEED BEFORE HE GOT HIS BIG BREAK. When Elba first came to the U.S. he had trouble finding acting work. He ended up DJ-ing in n

Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren was a carnival barker. Her job was talking fast and loud to draw people to a dart stall.

Bob Ross

BdRoss CRACKEDC didn't actually like his trademark perm. He adopted the style to save money on haircuts while he was traveling the country in a motor

Missy Elliott

Missy Elliott was bumped up two grades in school, because her IQ was super high. WANG She got so lonely, she decided to fail everything and get moved

Rihanna

Rihanna used to be an army cadet... ...and Shontelle used to be her drill sergeant. CRACKED.COM
NEil Gaiman gREW up in a h-Ranking Scientologisit household. His father worked in the Scientology public relations department. As a result, most of hi

Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie aspired to become a funeral director, and even took up mortuary science to prepare for it in case her Hollywood career didn't work out.
CRACKEDcO Ozzy Osbourne, the man who famously bit off the head of a dead bat, gets freaked out by slasher movies.
Hunter S Thompson, CRACKED COM the famous gonzo journalist and complete lunatic, started his career, of all places, in the military. Predictably, he w
Emily Blunt suffered from a debilitating stutter as a child. After speech and relaxation coaches didn't work a teacher suggested she perform in the sc
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