13 Celebrities Who Were in the Right Place at the Right Time

The phrase “everything happens for a reason” may sound very cliché, but in the cases of the famous personalities shown in this article, their presence at a certain time and place was crucial in determining a series of events. Some celebrities, for example, were accidentally discovered; others took on the roles of real-life superheroes saving people’s lives. Anyway, the fact is that these celebrities were in the right place at the right time.

O awesome.club made a list of celebrities who had real “encounters with destiny”. Their stories will surely surprise you.

An aerial camera operator from the 1988 movie Cocktail, starring Tom Cruise and Elisabeth Shue, recently revealed in a Facebook group that the actor saved Elisabeth’s life while they were on set. The incident happened after the two actors approached the helicopter to view a reproduction of the aerial shots. The actress left the device excitedly and didn’t notice the rotor blades that seem invisible when they are spinning. But Cruise saw the danger and, in true Mission: Impossible style, swooped in and grabbed her by the legs, averting disaster.

The actor who plays Jackson Teller in Sons of Anarchy owes his career to his natural charm and a chance encounter. Hunnam was Christmas shopping at a shoe store when he saw a woman looking at him. Moved by her good humor and her funny way, Hunnam blew her a kiss. The woman, a TV production manager, approached him and asked if she was interested in acting. From there, Hunnam was able to pursue his lifelong dream in film.

When actress Leslie Mann attended an audition for the movie The Pentelho, she read the script not with Jim Carrey, but with the producer, Judd Apatow. Replacing the actor was probably one of Apatow’s best decisions, because after Leslie left, he told Ben Stiller that he had just “met Mrs. Apatow”. Today, the two are known as a Hollywood power couple. They work together on popular movies and series and have two beautiful daughters.

David Boreanaz revealed to Larry King that he was a struggling actor who had to do publicity and odd jobs to make ends meet. But his career took an unexpected turn when he passed his neighbor’s house on a walk with his dog. It turns out that this neighbor was a talent manager and found Boreanaz perfect for the role of Angel in Buffy: The Vampire Slayer. After getting his big break in the cult series, Boreanaz continued to star in big projects such as the spin-off series, Angel: The Vampire Slayer, as well as Bones and SEAL Team: Elite Soldiers.

The Tony-nominated actress and Broadway star had just left her vocal coach’s studio when she heard screams coming from a nearby subway station in New York. She ran to help and saw two men struggling to lift a guy who had fallen onto the tracks. But she noticed that both men looked like they were about to give up. Melissa then jumped up and grabbed the man under the arms. The three managed to pull him back to the platform, just minutes before the next train arrived.

The lead singer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers said in an interview that, while filming a segment of The Late Late Show With James Corden, he and Corden got out of the car to get something to eat. On the way to the restaurant, they saw a woman across the street asking for help, because her baby was not breathing. Kiedis helped with a kind of belly rub. The action worked, because bubbles came out of his mouth and his eyes snapped back into place. According to the singer, the ambulance arrived shortly after. But it was beautiful that they were there at the exact moment the baby needed help.

Prince Harry was at a polo exhibition match here in Brazil when a player from the opposing team, Bash Kazi, fell off his horse and fainted. Harry — who has emergency preparedness thanks to his military training — immediately dismounted and administered first aid. He rolled Kazi onto his side, which helped him regain consciousness.

In 2016, before recording one of the episodes of his Late Show, Stephen Colbert told the studio audience the beautiful story of how he met his wife. He said he was in a serious relationship at the time, but he wasn’t sure if he wanted to marry the girl. So he went on vacation and went to his hometown to think things over. One night he went to a concert with his mother and said, “I see across the lobby a woman…a beautiful woman in a black linen dress standing under one of the lobby sconces. And I’m thinking, ‘She! There’s her wife, you’re going to marry her.’” And got married! Colbert and his wife, Evelyn McGee-Colbert, have been married for nearly 30 years.

In 2014, AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am Executive Director Steve John was enjoying appetizers at dinner when a piece of cheese got stuck somewhere in his throat. Luckily for him, Hollywood icon Clint Eastwood was also at the event and he immediately noticed the panicked expression on his face. Eastwood responded by performing the Heimlich maneuver and saving John from asphyxiating.

Apparently there are advantages to taking the kids with you to the hairdresser. When Nick Jonas, aged 6 at the time, went with his mother to a beauty salon, he felt bored and started singing. Jonas said someone listened to him and referred him to a talent manager. After meeting with the executive, the then boy started doing shows on Broadway, released a debut single, signed a record deal and formed the band Jonas Brothers with the brothers.

The Legally Blonde star said she was at a friend’s house when a guy started inconveniently flirting and tormenting her with his uncontrollable behavior. But like a knight in shining armor, Jim Toth rescued Witherspoon, pulling his rowdy friend and apologizing for his actions. This was the first time the two lovebirds had seen each other. They ended up getting married in 2011.

In the Netflix holiday musical Christmas with Dolly Parton, the actress played the role of an angel trying to save Christmas in a small town. But she proved that she was also an angel in real life when she saved 9-year-old Talia Hill from danger. Talia said she was about to return to her position on set when someone suddenly grabbed her. The little girl didn’t realize she was in the path of an oncoming vehicle, but luckily, Parton was around to pull her up and hug her after the incident. Yep, the actress really is America’s sweetheart!

Tennis legend Serena Williams and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian were in Rome at the same time for different reasons — Serena was there for a tournament, while Ohanian had a conference. One day, Ohanian sat outside the hotel’s restaurant for coffee, where the tennis player and her team were also eating.

Serena’s assistant advised Ohanian to transfer to another table, because they saw a mouse, but he said that the mice didn’t bother him and that piqued the sportswoman’s interest. The two struck up a conversation and that fortuitous meeting led to a 2017 marriage and a cute toddler named Alexis Olympia.

Have you also had the experience of being in the right place and time? How did this encounter change your life?