21 Celebs Who Were Friends Before Fame

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Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire

The well-known associates have been going robust for over 30 years. They met at age 12 after they have been making an attempt to interrupt into the business and have been going to the identical auditions, they usually bonded over having related backgrounds, like being raised by single moms in LA. Again in 2014, Leo instructed Esquire how he initiated their friendship on his method residence from faculty after recognizing Tobey filming a TV episode on the road: “I actually jumped out of the automobile,” he mentioned. “I used to be like, ‘Tobey! Tobey! Hey! Hey!’ And he was like, ‘Oh, yeah — I do know you. You are…that man.’ However I simply made him my pal. Once I need somebody to be my buddy, I simply make them my buddy.”

Cameron and Snoop attended Lengthy Seaside Polytechnic Excessive Faculty on the identical time and have become associates throughout their teenage years. And through a 2011 interview on Lopez Tonight, Cameron admitted that she might have purchased weed from him after they have been in class: “We went to highschool collectively; he was a 12 months older than me. … I’m fairly positive I bought weed from him. I needed to have.”

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B.J. Novak and John Krasinski

Earlier than they have been forged mates on The Workplace, B.J. and John have been childhood associates. In a 2014 interview on The Ellen DeGeneres Present, B.J. shared how the 2 have recognized one another for his or her “entire lives,” as they performed Little League collectively and attended the identical highschool.

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Nicole Kidman and Naomi Watts

The shut associates met at North Sydney Women’ Excessive Faculty in Australia, they usually bonded whereas engaged on the 1991 movie, Flirting, one among Naomi’s first film roles: “We already knew one another, however that is when our friendship solid,” Naomi instructed Individuals. “We’ve gone by way of loads collectively over a big period of time. That historical past binds you.”

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Ben Affleck and Matt Damon

The 2 have been teenage associates in Boston and broke into Hollywood collectively within the ’90s after famously co-writing the screenplay for Good Will Looking and starring within the film; the massive win made them the youngest individuals to win an Oscar for Greatest Authentic Screenplay. In a 2021 interview with GQ, Matt shared how the authenticity of their friendship hasn’t modified, regardless of the celebrity: “Like, I don’t need to be his buddy in public, what I imply?” he mentioned. “It’s method too vital a friendship for that, and it goes so past this profession or something. You already know, it’s a big a part of my life and never for public consumption in that method.”

Ryan and Justin met within the ’90s after they have been teenagers and have been forged in The Mickey Mouse Membership, which led to a detailed friendship. In a 2011 look on The Ellen DeGeneres Present, Justin shared that they even quickly lived in the identical home whereas filming: “His mom needed to preserve her job in Canada the second 12 months that we have been on the tv present, and my mother was his guardian for, like, six months, so we really lived collectively once we have been that age,” Justin mentioned. “We have been in all probability a bit nearer than the remainder of the children that have been on the present simply because we needed to share a rest room.”

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Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera

Like Ryan and Justin, these two additionally met after they appeared on The Mickey Mouse Membership.

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Beanie Feldstein and Ben Platt

PS: Beanie Feldstein can be Jonah Hill’s youthful sister — they usually’re just about BFFs as nicely.

The actors grew to become associates after they attended St. Augustine by the Sea Faculty. When Gwyneth hosted SNL again in 2001, Maya joined her on stage throughout her monologue, they usually revealed that they met after they have been 7 years outdated — and their dads have been even greatest associates in faculty.

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Madonna and Debi Mazar

The longtime associates met within the ’80s in an elevator at Danceteria nightclub in New York Metropolis. In an interview with EW, Debi recalled what occurred after that encounter: “We bought on the dance flooring and tore it up,” she mentioned. “We exchanged cellphone numbers, and that was it. We grew to become associates!”

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Tina Fey and Amy Poehler

These greatest associates and former SNL forged mates have been going robust for almost 30 years. As talked about in a 2013 interview with Vulture, the 2 comedians first met in 1993 at an ImprovOlympic comedy class in Chicago. In her e book Sure Please, Amy recalled when the theater’s co-founder, Charna Halpern, launched them to one another: “[Charna] mentioned there was one other new improviser in one other one among her lessons whom she thought I would love. Her title was Tina, and he or she was like me however with brown hair.”

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Adam Levine and Jonah Hill

Adam and Jonah grew up collectively in LA, and their fathers went to highschool collectively. “Our dads met within the principal’s workplace in junior excessive,” Jonah shared throughout an interview with Howard Stern. “We have been in carpool; we lived at one another’s homes.” He even officiated Adam’s marriage ceremony again in 2014.

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Kate Hudson and Liv Tyler

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Lisa Kudrow and Conan O’Brien

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Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance

Earlier than the now-married couple have been well-known, they attended Yale Faculty of Drama within the ’80s, the place they met. Angela instructed Those that Vance had a girlfriend on the time, however they remained associates. “So possibly about 14 years later, our paths crossed right here in Los Angeles. And I used to be single, he was single. And I had such an appreciation for him over these years — of his consistency, how he handled different individuals, of what a supporter he’s, what a connector of individuals and concepts he’s, how passionate he’s,” she mentioned. They ultimately began courting, and now, they have been married for over 20 years.

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Judd Apatow and Adam Sandler

Judd and Adam shared a $900-a-month house within the Valley earlier than their careers took off. In a 2012 interview on 60 Minutes Extra time, the longtime associates spoke on what it was like navigating their early comedy careers collectively. “Again then, life was simply doing stand-up or writing jokes. You’ll sleep till midday day-after-day and type of stumble out,” Judd mentioned. “You would need to be at work at 8:30 at night time. Work was typically quarter-hour.” Adam additionally talked being roommates earlier than the celebrity: “It wasn’t broke. We have been doing as comedians adequate to get by,” he mentioned. “We may eat at Pink Lobster as soon as each month. That was a giant night time out.”

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Carey Mulligan and Marcus Mumford

The couple, who married in 2012, really knew one another after they have been youngsters. After assembly and turning into associates at a church camp, they stayed in contact as pen buddies however ultimately misplaced contact. They later reconnected in 2011, and their romance started quickly after.

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And at last: John Mulaney and Nick Kroll