18 Curious Stories About Celebrities Shared By Their Former Schoolmates

Who has never been curious to know what famous people were like before fame? Our idols were also teenagers, went to school and played pranks on their teachers.

The team of awesome.club scoured the internet and found curious stories about the youth of some celebrities told by their former schoolmates.

My sister’s best friend’s mom went to high school with Tom Cruise in New Jersey and said he was weird and lied a lot. “That plump little cap will follow me for the rest of my life”, sighed the woman and confessed that no one took him seriously. When the future star told him he was taking acting lessons, everyone thought it was bullshit. “If I had known he was going to be famous, I would have been kinder… Or maybe not. Tom was weird then and he is to this day,” she added. 🇧🇷 ChanelOberlin17 / RedditMy dad also studied with Tom Cruise. He described him as “weird but good people”. 🇧🇷 Menaciing / Reddit

My former high school classmate was Heath Ledger. Once we were playing table tennis and I lent him my racket. One of the guys pushed him and, to break his fall, he used my racket, which ended up breaking into pieces. Heath bought me a new one a week later. 🇧🇷 obsydion / RedditI loved riding the bus to soccer competitions because I sat with a guy who was a year younger and he loved to improvise and imitate voices. We called him Rob. I saw him on TV later on and it was only then that I found out his real name was Robin Williams. 🇧🇷 Tom Kerr / Quora

A friend of mine was very close with Lady Gaga at school. According to him, she was obsessed with being a singer and was always looking for places to perform. However, many believed that the future celebrity didn’t stand a chance and that she was full of oddities. 🇧🇷 SkinnyTestaverde / RedditMy mom was close friends with Winona Ryder in high school. The diva often dressed in black and was mocked by other teenagers, except my mother. Winona used to be on a diet, so she ate salads for lunch. However, she added so many sauces that the food was no longer healthy. After the release of his film Heather Attraction, the famous took my mother along to watch. They stopped talking afterward. My mother had hoped to see her at one of the alumni get-togethers, but the actress didn’t show up. 🇧🇷 soraajhope / Reddit

I was friends with Chester Bennington in high school. We rode our bikes together in the afternoons. The poor guy was humiliated by other students because of his glasses, protruding ears and his thinness. He was a shy but interesting young man. Later, Chester moved out and we lost touch. I was extremely happy when he became famous. I miss him. 🇧🇷 zandervix / RedditI went to the same school and drama club as Lee Pace. He was funny and talented, often held up as an example. He once did a horrible monologue performance in a contest. Soon, he sat down next to me, went through all his notes, and gave me advice in a kind and constructive way. 🇧🇷 tunaforthursday / Reddit

Anna Paquin is my former schoolmate. An adorable, shy girl. Students used to make fun of Anna because of her desire to become an actress. Years later, I read that she hated school because she was bullied, and that made me sad. 🇧🇷 P**syCompass / RedditI moved to Louisville in seventh grade, and Jennifer Lawrence was my first friend. She was a cheerleader who came from a wealthy family. As different as we were, we were eccentric, so we became good friends very quickly. Her family owned a farm where she had one of her birthday parties. I remember her kissing our mutual friend under a trampoline, which was the subject of arguments for quite some time. The future actress moved to New York a year and a half later. Her characters are quite different from real life. The famous has always been loud and a little weird. 🇧🇷 cg42069 / Reddit

My brother attended German classes with Chris Pratt. One day, Chris told the teacher that his older brother was in Germany and that he could bring her a piece of the Berlin Wall. Two weeks later, Chris took a piece of concrete from the sidewalk, spray-painted it, and gave it to him as promised. In 2018, that pretend gift was still there. 🇧🇷 RiftUnix / RedditHenry Cavill was a year younger. Ironically, he was a skinny guy. The thought that we used to make fun of the future Superman still makes me laugh. Every day when he ran past the theater and out of it, we would scream, “Hi, hi, Cavill!” He was in several plays, and I wouldn’t say his acting was impressive. However, Cavill was a dedicated student. I’m proud to know that boy at my school became Superman. 🇧🇷 Alexander Garbe / Quora

I was in high school with Nina Dobrev. I remember that the girl was dating a tall, muscular and very unpleasant guy, while she herself was a sweet person and treated everyone very well. 🇧🇷 gcracker8 / RedditMy uncle used to sit next to Nicole Kidman on the school bus. According to him, she was a demure, introverted, pale, red-haired girl with a freckled face. How does someone so shy and closed become such a charismatic adult? 🇧🇷 TaydolfSwifter30 / Reddit

I sat next to Ansel Elgort in math class. I remember him as a kind and humble boy. For example, our math teacher needed help getting the smudges out of the blackboard, and Ansel made sure he brought a cleaning solution and cleaned everything up himself. In fact, all the girls had a crush on him. 🇧🇷 Alessandra Rao / QuoraI was studying with Angelina Jolie. She didn’t seem to care about what other people thought. After graduation, I saw her once in Los Angeles. She smiled at me, waved, made an obscene gesture, and smiled again. 🇧🇷 jackbeawesome / Reddit

Some of my friends’ parents went to school with Madonna and they all say she was a mean girl. For example, she insulted one of the history teachers who was around 22 or 23 at the time. It was her first day at work, he walked into the classroom and found her sitting on top of her desk with her back to him. Instead of obeying him and taking her place, Madonna blurted out: “Go there, call the director, he will be impressed that you cannot control a 16-year-old teenager”. 🇧🇷 Jmk1981 / RedditI was studying with Anne Hathaway. She was my best friend’s girlfriend’s roommate, so I got invited to the big party she threw when she got paid for the movie The Princess Diaries. Even after the future star dropped out to act full-time, I bumped into her on campus from time to time. Anne always greeted me and gave me a hug, although I suspected she didn’t even remember my name. To this day, I smile every time I hear about her success. She was a really lovely girl and she deserves what she got. 🇧🇷 VOZ1 / Reddit

Did you study with someone who became famous?