Many stars required them to penetrate the world of Hollywood and reserve a place among its people with great effort and painstaking work, and they made a lot of sacrifices for this, but others who made part of Hollywood's artistic history came to stardom by chance, although they were drawing for themselves another path.

The great American star Johnny Depp is one of those days that led them to movie studios after they wished for other destinations, and changed the direction of their ambition to a path that they had only reached by sheer fate.

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Johnny Depp says that he never thought of becoming an actor, but rather was striving to become a musician, that was his dream since childhood, so he was keen on composing musical pieces since he was 12 years old, and began playing them in clubs, but with the passage of time that is no longer enough for him to save expenses live it

One of his friends suggested that he go to meet his agent in order to get a job in the cinema, and he found it a good idea that would help him pay the rent, and this was his beginning in this field, so he quickly got a trial opportunity before he actually got the role, and in 1984 Deeb played his role The first in the movie "A Nightmare on Elm Street" at the age of 21.

This work became one of the famous horror films;

The audience of IMDb gave him a rating of 7.4, and Depp succeeded to the extent that he turned into an unfinished series of films, of which 9 parts have been released so far, the last of which was in 2010, and its total revenue reached $474.3 billion.

Hollywood won it, music lost it

The funny thing is that Depp did not realize the extent of his acting talent, and he continued to offer small roles without giving up his old dream of music, but as soon as his musical band broke up, he started thinking about dedicating his acting career, to then start his way with the main tournament that culminated in a special aura when he crossed his path. With director and writer, the master of fantasy Tim Burton, as each found his desire in the other.

This collaboration resulted in several unconventional films, the first of which was the 1990s fantasy-romance movie Edward Scissorhands, which was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe and won a BAFTA award.

This achievement was followed by other championships, and with the release of the drama "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" in 1993, co-starring Leonardo DiCaprio, critics realized that they had a unique talent that must be exploited for the benefit of cinema.

In the film, Depp embodied the character of Gilbert, the older brother who finds himself having to take care of his mentally disabled brother and his depressed and obese mother following the death of her husband by suicide.

An exceptional journey that the academy did not notice

After that, Depp launched his career at lightning speed, presenting works that are still favorites of a wide segment of the audience, the most famous of which are the movie "Donnie Brasco", the movie "Chocolate", and the movie "The Astronaut's Wife". and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

As well as the movie "Alice in Wonderland" and the movie "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", and of course not forgetting his starring in the famous Disney series "Pirates of the Caribbean", which raised his shares among the circles of the public. audiences to the extreme.

However, despite the fact that Depp was nominated for 3 Oscars, he did not receive this award to date.

It is noteworthy that Depp is not the only star who entered the acting field by chance, there are others such as actress Charlize Theron, whose main desire was to become a dancer, but a knee injury made her think of another choice, and at the same time she went through a situation that turned her life upside down.

Charlize went to a bank to cash a "cheque" in order to pay the rent, and the employee refused to cash it, and when she desperately needed the money, she caused a dramatic scene in the place, and here a person who works as a "talent scout" noticed her and gave her his phone number and address in order to communicate, Events followed and entered the cinema arena and progressed to her Oscar win in 2004.

A similar thing happened to actress Jennifer Lawrence, who won the first Academy Award at the age of 26, and participated in two famous movie series, "Hunger Games" and "X-Men".

At the age of 14, while she was on a trip with her mother to Manhattan, a talent scout stopped them and told them that he could provide a suitable opportunity for Lawrence to work in the fashion shows, and then they exchanged means of communication.

As Lawrence tries to enter the vast world of fashion, she realizes that that's not what she's really interested in, and that she wants to act, so she turns to the talent scout himself to find her an opportunity to audition, so she makes her way into the field.