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

Rooney Mara

The Carol actress might be a big star nowadays, but back in 2005, Rooney Mara was only known as Kate Mara's little sister. Mara earned her first IMDb credit while visiting her sister on the set of Urban Legends: Bloody Mary (2005), in which the vengeful spirit of a dead student terrorizes her peers on prom night. Mara played "Classroom Girl #1."

The More You Know

Toto was paid $125 per week while filming The Wizard of Oz.
While filming Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, Shia LaBeouf invested $20,000 in the stock market and ended up making more than $400,000.
Keanu Reeves used his profit from The Matrix to buy a motorcycle for all of the movie's stuntmen.
Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn failed his driving test eight times.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.