Kunal Nayyar’s debut television role was Raj Koothrappali inThe Big Bang Theory.
After landing the gig, he said, “Oh my god!
I have a job!”
She won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical for her performance.
When asked about her reaction to getting the part, she said, “I screamed a curse word.
And then I told Steven that it had been the longest year of my life.
He apologized to me and gave me a huge hug.”
2.After a decade as a TV host, Henry Golding’s first Hollywood gig wasCrazy Rich Asians.
Its going to be a big movie.'
I was like, ‘Oh, I’ve heard of it.
Because it’s such a big deal.'"
3.Victoria Pedretti only appeared in two short films in college before landingThe Haunting of Hill House.
It was a really special way to start off my career."
For her performance, she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
She landed the role of Patsey right after she graduated from Yale School of Drama.
5.Camila Mendes’s first role was Veronica Lodge inRiverdale.
She auditioned for the show weeks before her graduation from NYU.
“The goal is for me to be able to pay my loans.
6.After competing inAmerican Idol, Jennifer Hudson was cast as Effie White inDreamgirls.
She won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.
She toldEntertainment Weeklythat she didn’t even know what a screen test was before this audition.
“All of it was just a whole new experience for me,” she recalled.
“I felt as if Im good because no ones looking for me.
So I was able to do my work without having any pressure.”
“I know she has dreams, [many of] which she stated in the first episode.
After the announcement of the final season, hetoldEntertainment Tonight how the role impacted him.
“Twelve years ago, I was like, ‘Oh my god!
I have a job!’
9.Gabourey Sidibe made her acting debut inPrecious.
She was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for Best Actress.
“The thing about Precious is she’s hiding…. And there’s a lot of pain there.
And I think that is the most human part of that character.
And that’s the most human part of me and the most human part of you and of everyone.
We all can identify pain because we know pain.
And so all I did was I channeled my own pain.”
“I didn’t know the process,” she recalled.
“I grew a tad bit impatient.
I had a little attitude, and our boss really liked that a lot.
She was like, ‘That’s our girl!’
I was like, ‘Are you guys going to bring me back again…?’
and she was like, ‘I likethat, that’s perfect.'”
11.Barkhad Abdi’s first role was playing Abduwali Muse inCaptain Phillips.
He was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor.
12.After years as a TV host, Jameela Jamil made her acting debut inThe Good Place.
During an interview withCNBC Make It, she admitted that she lied to land the role.
“I also told the casting director that I had acting experience, which was a lie.
I told her Id been onstage, but I was talking about my school days.”
When asked if she had experience with improv, she lied again.
“I was like, ‘I love Improv!
Did loads of that on the theater in England!'”
13.And finally, Harry Styles was a global pop star before his role inDunkirk.
He said, “I think Chris in that he doesn’t say anything.
He just sits in the darkness in the back of the room…
