Films

When you look at the celebrities of old Hollywood, it seems that their lives were a fairy tale: incredibly popular, millions of fans, photoshoots for popular magazines, and appearing in iconic movies. But if you learn a little bit more, and read the stars’ biographies, the stories of actors and actresses of the time, it’s actually pretty scary to find out what such a life cost them.

We all have our favorite movies and series we keep rewatching, even 10 and 20 years after the release. And only when we look at the recent photos of the actors, do we realize how much time has really passed.

The 1990s gave us a lot of movies, TV shows, and bands that really handsome men were members of. Remember young Jude Law or Robbie Williams? The mix of charisma and talent helped them and other young men from this list remain idols for many people all around the world.

Quite often, celebrities try not to remember the stories that make them look bad. Hollywood star Woody Harrelson is not one of them. He openly talks about his troubled adolescence and says that he can be intolerable, and the public loves him for his honesty. And another thing he often says is that he owes his success to his wife, a humble woman, distant from the shiny world, that has supported him in all the fields of his life.

When celebrities are preparing for a public event, usually, they do it very carefully. They prepare their skin and hair, they work out, and they plan their outfits. All of them have their secrets, so they look perfect in any situation.

According to studies, actresses earn around $1.1 million less than their male colleagues with comparable experience. And even winning an Oscar or other prestigious awards is not a guarantee that the winner will earn just as much as her male colleague.

Throughout our childhood, we remember watching some movies that got stuck in our memory because of something in particular. It might have been a scene, a joke, or even a comedian. We have fond memories of these actors and actresses since they made us laugh and experience a moment of joy, however, nowadays some of them are no longer in the spotlight.

Talking about a bad tattoo, we always remember “NO RAGRETS” on the chest of a We’re the Millers character. And we think, “It’s forever!” If you got a bad tattoo, you should know, you’re not alone. Celebrities also often have tattoos removed and appear in public with faded lines on their skin.

It was difficult to see Daniel Radcliffe in a role other than Harry Potter, just like it was weird to see Tobey Maguire in a character other than Peter Parker. It must have been strange for them too. But the truth is that, as difficult as it is to accept, actors are constantly looking for challenges in other scripts, and at some point, they leave behind the roles that made them famous.

Throughout his acting career, Rickman has played many different roles. Most notably, he is remembered by audiences for his flawless and chilling portrayal of movie villains. However, off-set, Alan Rickman was a man with a huge heart, whose kindness knew no bounds.

It’s quite normal to end up with a goof in the movie during film production. Even famous film directors make them, and viewers usually don’t pay attention to these mistakes. However, when we watch a blockbuster with a multi-million budget and see serious errors, we can’t stop thinking, “Was it so difficult to be careful about the details when spending so much money?”

Millions of young people dream of movie careers. In order to become actors, many walk a difficult path: from entering theater school to attending countless auditions. And it’s not a guarantee for success. But there’s another way. You may just walk outside or be on the subway and destiny will find you. On one condition, though: you have to have a true and an undeniable talent.

Scenes featuring dashing duos and conspicuous couples are what make our screen time memorable. Who could forget Chandler’s proposal to Monica, or the moment where Maverick Mitchell began singing at a bar in the hopes of winning over Charlie Blackwood! Here are some of television’s most memorable couples from the 1980s through the 2000s that still shake our world.

It’s hard to imagine our favorite movies without their iconic casts, like Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in Titanic, or the one and only Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow. But sometimes the same role is played by different actors in remakes, which is what happened with Spider-Man, for example. So we decided to use our imagination and see how some characters would look if they were played by different actors.

Modern stars do a lot of things in the name of beauty: botox injections, hyaluronic acid, ribs removal, buccal fat extraction, and lips augmentation. Hollywood actresses of the past didn’t have all these options, but they had their own secrets and beauty life hacks. Some are really simple and some need additional tools, whereas others are pretty radical.

Sometimes, it seems that the life of stars is a roller-coaster with crazy love stories, gorgeous weddings, and huge divorces. But the strong relationships of Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russel, Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively prove otherwise. Everything becomes “before” and “after” when we find true love. This is what happened to Mads Mikkelsen that usually plays charismatic villains, but is an exemplary family man in real life.

Smallville, Breaking Bad, Lost, Gossip Girl — the 2000s gave the world a great number of series we watched in awe. It’s been a lot of years since then, and it’s hard to recognize some of the actors and actresses from these shows. For example, can you recall what Tom Welling looked like in 2002? He’s changed a lot since then!

Red carpet events, huge earnings, fame... It seems that internationally famous actors and actresses have it all. But many of them had to work really hard and make a great effort to rise to fame. So, after playing their most famous roles, they don’t always remember them with warmth.

The Game of Thrones TV series has discovered many talents: Emilia Clarke, Peter Dinklage, Kit Harington, Jason Momoa, and many others. All of them acted in movies before that, but they became stars after the screen adaptation of George R. R. Martin’s novel saw the light. In August 2022, the prequel of the famous series was released. The events that take place in House of the Dragon unfold about 200 years before the birth of Daenerys Targaryen. The actress who plays the starring role is Milly Alcock, and she’s known mainly in Australia.

Almost all of us have childhood friends, classmates, former fellow students, etc. All these people knew us quite well even before we started our way to the top. Surely, celebrities were also surrounded by their peers when they were children and teenagers. And it just happened that some of them also became famous.