Julianne Hough Was in Harry Potter & More Celebs You Probably Didn't Know Were Once Movie Extras

Started from the bottom, now they're stars
By Grace Gavilanes
June 29, 2017 11:40 AM

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JULIANNE HOUGH

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ICYMI: The Dancing with the Stars pro had a minor role in the Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone movie, where she developed a big crush on the series' titular star, Daniel Radcliffe. "I gave him a love note and a Beanie Baby for Valentine's Day," Hough, who is engaged to hockey pro Brooks Laich, told PEOPLE. "I didn't personally give it to him because I was just an extra, but I gave it to his assistant or PA that was working with him. I don't know if he ever got it, but Daniel: I just want to know if you got it! Come on! I just wanna know if you got it!"

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DEREK HOUGH

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Just like his sister, Hough also worked as an extra on the set of the first Harry Potter film — and he brought home some pretty cool souvenirs. "I was in Ravenclaw — I stole the robe, the tie, the scarf, and I stole cutlery from the Great Hall!" Derek told PEOPLE. "I was like, 'I'm taking this!' It was a big no-no; it was a big thing. And I was like, 'I'm taking a chance.' It was funny because we knew those movies were gonna be such a big deal."

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KRISTEN STEWART

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Blink and you'll miss her: At 8 years old, Stewart landed a non-speaking role in 1999's The Thirteenth Year, a Disney Channel Original Movie, as "Girl in Fountain Line."

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CHANNING TATUM

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Before making it big while simultaneously falling in love with Jenna Dewan Tatum in Step Up, the dancer-actor appeared in the music video for Ricky Martin's "She Bangs" and was a movie extra in 2005's War of the Worlds.

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CUBA GOODING JR.

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The Eddie Murphy-fronted Coming to America is a classic, so it may be surprising for fans to learn that Gooding Jr. made his film debut as an extra in the movie's barbershop scene.

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SYLVESTER STALLONE

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Before hitting it big with Rocky, Stallone took on the role of a subway mugger in Woody Allen's 1971 film Bananas. Stallone's on-screen experience left a good impression; he would go on to star as a club attendee in Klute — also starring Jane Fonda — that same year.

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MEGAN FOX

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"My first legitimate acting job was — I was an extra in Bad Boys II, which is also a Michael Bay film," the Transformers actress told Jay Leno during an interview, revealing she worked on set for three days. "I was 15 at the time, so I was underage, but I was in a stars-and-stripes bikini and a cowboy hat dancing under a waterfall. That was my first job."

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DANIEL DAY-LEWIS

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He may have countless awards and accolades under his belt, but the Oscar winner — who recently announced he's quitting acting — scored his first film role as an extra in 1971's Sunday Bloody Sunday.

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BRUCE WILLIS

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Look quick or you'll miss him! A few years before snagging his breakout role in Moonlighting, Willis was an extra in a courtroom scene in 1982's The Verdict.

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BRAD PITT

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In one of Pitt's first-ever film roles, the actor was credited as a "Partygoer/Preppie Guy at Fight" in 1987's Less Than Zero.

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RENÉE ZELLWEGER 

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Zellweger may have first met Matthew McConaughey on the set of their 1994 film, Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation, but the stars did cross paths when Zellweger landed a non-speaking role in Dazed and Confused — McConaughey's breakout film. "I was learning a lot and taking it all in," the actress told PEOPLE of the experience.

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PHIL COLLINS

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"I got the chance to be in the audience when the Beatles filmed A Hard Day's Night," Collins told Rolling Stone of his experience as an extra for the iconic movie. "They wanted kids that were screaming, and I just sat still, which is probably why I was cut out of the film. Thirty years later I was asked to narrate a documentary about the movie. I got to go through the outtakes, and I found a guy wearing a pin tie that looked just like me, sitting completely still. I remember thinking, 'For crying out loud, will you stop screaming? Let's listen to the music!'"

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