{"id":46657,"date":"2023-10-17T23:35:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T23:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/17\/celebs-horror-movie-pasts\/"},"modified":"2023-10-17T23:35:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T23:35:00","slug":"celebs-horror-movie-pasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/17\/celebs-horror-movie-pasts\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebs&#8217; Horror Movie Pasts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"gallery-current\">\n<p>They may be A-list stars now, but these celebrities got their starts in some spooky (and occasionally cheesy) horror flicks.<\/p>\n<p>Before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/jennifer-aniston\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Jennifer Aniston<\/strong><\/a> became a household name due to her success with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/shows\/friends\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Friends<\/em><\/a>, she appeared in the 1993 film <em>Leprechaun<\/em>. The actress reflected on the role during an October 2019 interview on SiriusXM\u2019s <em>The Howard Stern Show<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really thought I arrived when I did <em>Leprechaun<\/em>,\u201d she explained. \u201cIt was with <strong>Warwick Davis<\/strong>, the guy from <em>Willow<\/em> was in it. It was a big deal!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some celebrities had even more memorable experiences while working on horror films. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/sarah-michelle-gellar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Sarah Michelle Gellar<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/freddie-prinze-jr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Freddie Prinze Jr.<\/strong><\/a>, for instance, connected on the set of 1997\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/jennifer-love-hewitt-details-i-know-what-you-did-last-summer-scene\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>I Know What You Did Last Summer<\/em><\/a> and married in September 2002.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cBy the end of the movie, I just wanted to be friends with her because I thought she was too skinny and I wanted to cook for her. Because that\u2019s what my family does,\u201d the actor exclusively told <em>Us Weekly<\/em> in April 2020. \u201cAnd so, we started this weekly barbecue thing at her house, and me and my cousins would come over and cook food for her and her friends. And then we\u2019d make sure everybody ate, and that was kind of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/freddie-prinze-jr-sarah-michelle-gellar-became-pals-over-road-trips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">how our friendship began<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scroll through the gallery below to see who braved the scary genre for the sake of their careers.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/celebs-horror-movie-pasts-20102610\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They may be A-list stars now, but these celebrities got their starts in some spooky (and occasionally cheesy) horror flicks. Before Jennifer Aniston became a household name due to her success with Friends, she appeared in the 1993 film Leprechaun. 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