All actors and actresses have a film that has marked their careers, whether for better or for worse, at the beginning of their career, halfway through or at the end … Today we show you 8 famous films that catapulted their protagonists to fame thanks to reach of their characters, which undoubtedly made a great change in their lives.
Many performers start their careers with small roles in series or movies, in plays … And, suddenly, stardom comes with one of those performances, a movie that is a box office success, a cast full of familiar faces … whatever whatever the reason, all actors and actresses have “that” role that was a before and after in their careers.
8 famous films that launched their protagonists to stardom
- “Ham, ham .” Directed by Bigas Luna in 1992 and starring two very young Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem, who was going to tell them at that time that years later, in addition to marriage and parents, they would be two of the best actors in the history of our country. country. Both have won the Oscars, in addition to many other awards.
- “Splash” . Tom Hanks is today one of the highest-rated Hollywood actors in the world, and his name began to sound very strongly in 1984 after playing this romantic comedy with Daryl Hannah.
- “The Star Wars” . Today it is one of the most famous sagas in the world, but back in 1977 it was released with interpreters totally unknown at that time and who became known in every corner: Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill.
- “Eduardo Scissorhands” . If there is a movie that stands out in Johnny Depp’s career, it is without a doubt the one in which he played that strange young man who instead of hands had scissors and who ended up conquering the entire neighborhood for his ability to cut hair and hedges , and also for his big heart. It was in the year 1990.
- “Thelma and Louise .” It has become a classic of the 90s, one of those movies that you can see a thousand times and never get bored of doing it. It was an overwhelming success for its three main performers: Brad Pitt, Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis.
- “Rebels .” It is one of those films with a choral cast that years later becomes cult cinema thanks to having been the platform for the stardom of practically all its protagonists. Thanks to this film, actors such as Patrick Swayze, Tom Cruise and Rob Lowe triumphed. It should be noted that in the year this film was released, 1983, Patrick Swayze also premiered “Ghost”, which is why two of the most successful films that year had this actor, who died in 2009.
- “Terminator” . Who was going to tell the Austrian Arnold Schwarzenegger that playing a murderous android in the 80s was going to catapult him to success and cause phrases from that movie to continue to be used 40 years later.
- “Harry Potter and the philosopher’s stone .” If we travel to the more recent past, in 2001 the saga of the young wizard Harry Potter arrived in theaters, whose resounding success throughout the planet led to absolute fame for its main protagonists, Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson.
