Hollywood A-Listers Who Got Their Big Break in Horror Films

Kristen Stewart

In Panic Room (2002), Kristen Stewart stars in one of her earliest roles alongside Jodie Foster as a mother-daughter duo under attack. She was only twelve years old at the time. "I remember her thinking there wasn't a chance I'd continue being an actor," Stewart said of Foster. "[Jodie] was like, 'You're probably going to direct movies or go back to school."

The More You Know

Dan Akroyd’s original script for Ghostbusters was set in a future where Ghostbusters were everyday figures of society like paramedics and firemen.
Shooting for No Country For Old Men was interrupted for a day due to a smoke cloud from the set of There Will Be Blood, which was also filming in the area.
Ronald Reagan was originally announced as the lead for Casablanca. The proclamation turned out to simply be a ruse to keep the actor’s name in the press.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was the first American film to have a soundtrack.

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