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Before They Were Stars: Paul Giamatti in a Low-Budget Murder Mystery
This Paul Giamatti role is so obscure that it isn’t even listed on his IMDb page, and the only information I can find about it is from the Youtube page. But apparently, this footage is from a half-hour murder mystery … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: 18-Year Old Arnold Schwarzenegger Wins Mr. Muscle
You know that one of my favourite pieces of footage I’ve ever posted on The Back Row is Arnold Schwarzenegger in the classic bodybuilding documentary, Pumping Iron, describing the sexual thrill he gets from pumping iron gives and how it … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Nicole Kidman Sings in “Windrider”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vwis6TRa5Oc Nicole Kidman has had herself a pretty successful singing career and shown off her vocal talents in such films as Moulin Rouge and Nine. However, the first she time “sang” onscreen was in a 1986 Australian film about wind … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Albert Brooks Performs Ventriloquism on “The Flip Wilson Show”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J43bcbIzfI After wisely changing his birth name, Albert Einstein, the man we now know as Albert Brooks embarked on a career in a stand-up comedy and eventually got himself a lot of gigs on talk shows and variety shows during … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Richard Simmons as an Extra in “Fellini Satyricon”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i-4sckKTDA Well, I might as well close up “Before They Were Stars” right now. I don’t think I’ll ever find a more unlikely or random appearance from a future celebrity than this one. Fellini Satyricon is a bizarre, hallucinatory, ultra-artsy … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Michael Caine on “ITV Play of the Week”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzpJ8uWUpBM Michael Caine has a plethora of television credits to his name early on in his career and in 1962, he appeared on the TV series, ITV Play of the Week, to perform in a production of the play, Hobson’s … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars (2-for-1 Special): Denise Richards and Paul Walker in “Tammy and the T-Rex”
Back when they were still unknowns, Denise Richards and Paul Walker starred together in a 1994 film called Tammy and the T-Rex. They play high school sweethearts who suffer a horrible tragedy after Walker is thrown into a lion pit … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Andrew Garfield in “Mumbo Jumbo”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEO7OhkjKAc Andrew Garfield spent the early portions of his career mostly acting on stage, but his official screen debut came in a 10-minute 2005 British short film called Mumbo Jumbo. The story involves three suburbanites who make a misguided attempt … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Jon Hamm on “Gilmore Girls”
You’ve probably heard Jon Hamm recount his struggles to make it as an actor for several years and how he was relegated to working as a set designer on a porn film at one point. When he finally started getting … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio as an Extra on “Roseanne”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sngdmMyP2M0 We recently did a Shouts From the Back Row podcast on the career of Leonardo DiCaprio and while I’ve done plenty of “Before They Were Stars” features on him before, I’ve never done one for a role this miniscule. … Continue reading
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