45 Fascinating Celebrity Tidbits That Are Way More Interesting Than Their Careers

What’s more interesting? Walter White having a fictional character murdered or Bryan Cranston being suspected of a real murder?
45 Fascinating Celebrity Tidbits That Are Way More Interesting Than Their Careers

Ooh, you make movies, TV shows and music! Big whoop. Tell us about your lives, you interesting little famous folks. Maybe this is why podcasts and long-form interviews are so popular. We heard that Josh Brolin had a mountain lion in the crib with him as an infant, so we got on the hunt for more interesting celebrity tidbits. 

Sadly, there aren’t anymore mountain lion stories, but we’ve got guns, cults and bra-collecting, so buckle up kiddos!

Vince Vaughn

VINCE VAUGHN LOVES GUNS Unlike most Hollywood actors, Vince Vaughn is a huge proponent of guns. Не said that he supports people having guns in public, that guns should be allowed in schools, and that public shootings only happen in gun-free zones. Banning guns is like banning forks in an attempt to stop making people fat, the comedian said. CRACKED.COM

Hedy Lamarr

CRACKED.COM HEDY LAMARR made WiFi possible. Lamarr was a big-name actress in Golden Age Hollywood. She was also an amateur inventor. She came up with an idea for radio communication that eventually led to cellphones, WiFi, etc.

Matthew McConaughey

Matthew McConaughey was hired by a country club in Texas to set up sand traps in a golf course. Не was later given a gun to shoot armadillos when those critters began eating the grass at the golf course. GRACKED.COM

Miley Cyrus

Miley Cyrus' first paid job was to... ...go on stage after her dad's show and pick up all the thrown bras and underwear. Не paid her $10 for that. MILEYMANE CRACKED.COM

Chris Hemsworth

Chris Hemsworth used to clean breast pumps. Before making it as an actor, Hemsworth used to clean rented breast pumps for a pharmacy. Не has described the job as the worst one CRACKED.COM he has ever had, and no wonder: to keep the machines clean, he had to wash them by hand!

Hugh Jackman

Before he was the greatest showman, Hugh Jackman was a children's birthday party clown. His last gig was for an 8-year old celebrant who thought he was crap. CRACKED.COM

Margot Robbie

CRACKED COM days Conste Margot Robbie has given 100 tattoos to different people in her free time.

Bryan Cranston

Bryan Cranston was suspected of a very real murder CRACKED.COM When he worked in a restaurant as a young man, he would repeatedly joke that he wanted to murder the head chef. When that guy actually was murdered, the police asked his coworkers if there was anyone who ever, maybe, expressed a desire to kill him? Cranston, obviously, fit the bill.

Bill Murray

Bill Murray smuggled 10 pounds of weed onto a plane CRACKED.COM When he was 20 years old, he was busted trying to sneak about $20k worth of weed onto an airplane as he was heading back to college. The arrest inspired him to... not get kicked out of college, so he quit, and ultimately ended up pursuing comedy.

Dr. Phil

CRACKED.CON Dr. Phil used to race moto- cross. Не can still pop a wheelie on a dirt bike.

Helen Mirren

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

Ryan Gosling

Ryan Gosling borrowed Justin Timberlake's mom CRACKED.COM Gosling lived with the Timberlakes for 6 months, while the two future heartthrobs were filming The Mickey Mouse Club. During that time, Justin's mom became Ryan's legal guardian.

Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch was kidnapped while filming a movie CRACKED.COM Driving back to set in South Africa after a brief hiatus, his tire blew out and he and his two buddies were stranded. They were swiftly kidnapped by 6 armed men, who threw him in the trunk and later dumped them all by the side of the road. When he was rescued, I cried with gratitude. F* it. If that's a cliche, I don't care.

Simon Cowell

Simon Cowell was Jack Nicholson's personal axe polisher CRACKED.COM Early in his career, Cowell was a prop guy at London's Elstree Studios. When they were filming The Shining there, one of his jobs was polishing the axe that would haunt Shelley Duvall's dreams for decades.

The Boca Kid

Before she was a superstar, Ariana Grande was known in the news as the РГЯ ерод. for getting struck by hockey BOCA KID GETS A PUCK AND ICE . Sport pucks, not once, but twice. ORAGKED.com

LeVar Burton

Before developing an interest in acting, LeVar Burton dreamt of becoming a Catholic priest. Не got as far as enrolling at St. Pius X, a theological seminary in Galt, California. Не studied for several years before deciding that joining the clergy wasn't right for him. It was through the school's theatre program that he found his passion for acting. CRACKED.COM

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 until she was 22. The actress says the experience had a profound impact on her life, and that for years after she wouldn't trust any of her instincts because all her beliefs had been dictated to her. CRACKED.COM

James Doohan

JAMES DOOHAN SERVED IN WORLD WAR II. Не was shot six times on D-Day: four in the leg, one in the chest (stopped by a metal cigarette case), and one blew off his middle finger. CRACKED.COM

Elvis

62 ELVIS WAS A NATURAL BLONDE. Не dyed his hair darker since high school. One time he dyed it himself using black shoe polish. CRACKED.COM

Steve Buscemi

STEVE BUSCEMI WORKED ALONGSIDE FIREFIGHTERS AFTER 9/11. Не joined the FDNY in 1980 until 1984, leaving to pursue acting. When the September 11th attacks happened, he returned to FDNY Engine 55. Не tried to keep his service a secret. CRACKED.COM

Bea Arthur

'9 BEA ARTHUR SERVED IN THE US MARINES DURING WWII. When she was 20, the Golden Girl enlisted. Women's enlistment was so new that the Marines didn't have proper paperwork so she had to sign up using US Navy paperwork. CRACKED.COM

LL Cool J

LL COOL J BROKE THE NOSE, JAW, AND RIBS OF SOMEONE WHO TRIED TO ROB HIS HOUSE. The rapper and actor physically detained the home invader until police arrived. CRACKED.COM

Steve Jobs

STEVE JOBS BECAME VEGAN BECAUSE НЕ THOUGHT IT WOULD ELIMINATE THE NEED TO SHOWER OR WEAR DEODORANT. His early coworkers say he was very, very wrong. CRACKED.COM

Robert Pattinson

ROBERT PATTINSON TOOK AN OBSESSED STALKER OUT TO DINNER AND BORED HER. Не complained about his life the whole time, and he never saw her again. CRACKED.COM

Creed Bratton

CREED BRATTON WAS IN A WELL-KNOWN FOLK BAND IN THE LATE 1960S. The Grass Roots had several Top 10 hits during Bratton's tenure. Не was a vocalist and guitarist. CRACKED.COM

Samuel L. Jackson

SAMUEL L. JACKSON WAS PART OF THE BLACK POWER MOVEMENT. Jackson and other radical students held his college's trustee members hostage in an effort to
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Ricky Gervais

Ricky Gervais Lead singer in Sedona Dancing CRACKED COM

Brie Larson

CRACKED.COM Brie Larson's given surname is Desaulniers, but she wanted one that's easier to say. So she took the surname of Kirsten Larson, her favori

Jon Hamm

Jon Hamm was Ellie Kemper's ninth grade drama teacher at John Burroughs School. Before the Mad Men actor moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting care

Andrew WK

Andrew WK got his trademark bloody nose for the cover of I Get Wet from a combination of headbanging, blowing his nose as hard as he could, and jammin

Shah Rukh Khan

Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan broke his back while trying to jump over a camel. CRACKEDCOMT

Tilda Swinton

Tilda Swinton attended an all-girls boarding school with Princess Diana. The Academy Award- winning actress was sent to West Heath as a child, where s

Emma Watson

Emma Watson dedicated her British Artist Of the Year award to her late on-set hamster. When her hamster died during the filming of Harry Potter, the s

Princes William and Harry

Rabbits that had been shot by Princes William and Harry would sometimes be cooked and served to The Queen's dogs.

Tracy Morgan

Tracy Morgan went on a TV show to have a custom tank built for his pet octopus. New Old tank tank CRACKED.COM

Paul Rudd and Jon Hamm

Paul Rudd and Jon Hamm used to date the same girl. During his freshman year in college, Rudd dated Sarah, the sister of one of his friends. She had pr

Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep sliced her hand to shreds while slicing up an avocado. It was no minor injury, either. She had to get stitches in her home state of Conne

Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan was playing with a Swiss Army knife while filming a movie. He threw it up in the air and tried to catch it with his foot. The knife impale

Billy Crystal

U Billy Crystal once sneezed SO violently that he tore a rib muscle, causing breathing difficulties.

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