11 actors who came to live on the street

For some people, success came to change their lives more than radically. A small role in a major movie could be the difference between sleeping in a park or having a roof over your head and a hot plate of food on the table.

1. Hilary Swank

Her parents divorced when she was 13 years old. After her separation, she was left in the custody of her mother, who decided that they would move to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. For several months they lived in her car and used pay phones to set up auditions.


2. Jim Carrey

When he was 16 years old, his mother got cancer, so he decided to drop out of school and dedicate himself to taking care of his mother. The painful disease leaves them on the street with a VW van as the only roof for him. In turn, his father was fired from his job, and he had to work miracles to support his offspring.


3. Sylvester Stallone

During the early 1970s, Stallone was kicked out of his apartment for lack of pay, forcing him to sleep in a New York City bus station, where he saw an ad seeking to attract actors for a movie. for not. The $200 he received as he paid after that movie was what got him off the streets.


4. Kelly Clarkson

She was forced to live in her car for a few months after her Los Angeles apartment burned down. Shortly after that she landed on American Idol, the rest is history.

5. Daniel Craig
Many years before his success as James Bond, the Briton was just an aspiring actor sleeping in London parks and surviving on what little money he made as an extra or doing any other job.

6.Halle Berry

Her mother never agreed with her interest in the arts, and she was unsupportive of her during her early years trying to break into Hollywood, which led to her living in homeless shelters for some time. .

7. Jennifer Lopez
At 18, she left home to pursue her dream in Hollywood. Her parents weren't supportive of her venture, leading to her sleeping on a different friend's couch each night with no place she could call home.

8. Sam Worthington

When the Australian auditioned for Avatar, he was living in a car for which he paid $2,000, money he earned by selling all of his possessions.