Being a celebrity with the media breathing down your neck and documenting your every move means a different trajectory in life. With this trajectory comes limiting your movements, handpicking events to make appearances, and safeguarding a tight circle of friends.
Some celebrities have shown that fame wouldn't change them, nor the friends they keep. They began their friendship long before the fame, with some still remaining chummy to date. Here's a look at celebrities who were friends before they ever became household names.
10 Leonardo DiCaprio And Tobey Maguire
Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire's close friendship started out in the late '80s with both seeking to make it big in Hollywood. They mostly auditioned for the same roles, and just connected. They worked together on early projects, and climbed up the fame ladder, with Maguire landing a life-changing role as Spider-Man, and DiCaprio becoming a mega star with Titanic. From there, their careers strengthened, as did their friendship. The Great Gatsby co-stars are seen on different occasionshanging out and keeping their friendship alive.
9 Jamie Dornan And Andrew Garfield
This year's 94th Oscars allowed viewers a glimpse into the longtime friendship of these two. Jamie and Andrew, alongside Robert Pattinson, Eddie Redmayne and Charlie Cox lived together at the same address in Los Angeles, and would audition for the same roles, before landing career defining roles for themselves. The two are still friends after the fame, and they spoke about their 17-year-long friendship, after a beautiful moment on the red carpet. Their fame runs high, yet their friendship remains.
8 B.J Novak And John Krasinski
B.J Novak and John Krasinski are longtime friends and have known each other for almost all their lifetime. Before they were co-stars on The Office, the two were childhood friends, with Novak speaking about his friendship in an interview on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2014, where he mentioned he and John knowing each other their whole lives, and them both showing up for the final audition callback for The Office.
7 Tina Fey And Amy Poehler
These funny ladies go way back, having met at ImprovOlympic, a comedy class for fledgling comedy talents. They joined Saturday Night Live, and had an amazing run even co-hosting together. They also brought their hilarity when they both hosted the Golden Globes together. The dynamism of their friendship, both being comedians and alphas, as stated by Fey to Vulture, only proves how their long friendship adds to their comic dominance.
6 Gwyneth Paltrow And Maya Rudolph
Gwyneth,The Goop Founder now has an incredible fame stint being a businesswoman and actress. What she also has is an incredible and long friendship with Maya Rudolph. Gwyneth brought out Maya during an episode of SNL she hosted back in 2001, with the two talking about their friendship, and Gwyneth showing a picture of them together in fifth grade. Maya found fame landing her SNL job and Gwyneth found fame in acting after romance with then (and forever) Hollywood's heartthrob Brad Pitt.
5 Adam Levine And Jonah Hill
In an unlikely pairing, Jonah Hill and Maroon 5's Adam Levine pretty much have a solid friendship and bromance going on. Having grown up together in LA, with their fathers attending the same school, they had lived at each other's houses, and went on to chase the American dream, with Levine being a singer and Hill being an actor and comedian. The rest they say is history. Hill even officiated Levine's wedding back in 2014.
4 Judd Apatow And Adam Sandler
Both have successfully forged formidable careers in comedy and Hollywood. However, before the fame, they were struggling actors striving to make it in the city of angels back in the '90s. They shared a $900 a month apartment and were writing standup and comedy jokes. Adam Sandler joined SNL, with Apatow going in the direction of writing and directing. With the two careers only going higher, the friendship remains for these old time roomies.
3 Nicole Kidman And Naomi Watts
The blonde beauties share deep connections.They knew each other in high school, and then bonded while working on the 1991 film Flirting. Naomi told People in 2017 about her friendship with Nicole saying, "...we've gone through a lot together over a significant amount of time. That history binds you. We have a strong respect and love for one another."
2 Kate Hudson And Liv Tyler
One may say these two became famous by being born famous, that is, Kate Hudson being mothered by award-winning actress Goldie Hawn, and Liv Tyler being fathered by leader of classic rock band Aerosmith, Steven Tyler. But they have thrived individually in their careers and friendship. They met at Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences, and hit it off. The two remain very good friends date, having shared the screen together and having great banter on social media. Their parents' friendship also contributed to how close they are now.
1 Ben Affleck And Matt Damon
These two perhaps have one of the longest friendships in Hollywood. Having been born and raised in the same city of Boston, these two met as kids and lived a few blocks apart. They went to virtually the same schools. Damon told Entertainment Tonight, "We were both in love with the same thing - acting and filmmaking. I think we fed on each other's obsession during really formative, important years and that bonded us for life." Damon is still very much close to his friend, with Damon sharing in an interview with GQ in 2021 that the authenticity of their friendship hasn't changed one bit.
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