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Kaley Cuoco played Maureen McCormick (who played Marcia Brady) opposite Adam Brody, the actor who played Barry Willams (who played Greg Brady), in the 2000 TV movie Growing Up Brady.
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The movie was based on Williams’ book, which told his story of what happened behind the scenes on The Brady Bunch.
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Jurnee Smollett was a recurring character for two seasons (1992–94) on Full House, playing Michelle’s BFF Denise.
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Jennifer Lopez was a backup dancer in the 1993 music video for Janet Jackson’s “That’s the Way Love Goes.”
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In 1987, one of Brad Pitts’s first roles was on the popular nighttime soap Dallas, where in four episodes he played Randy, the boyfriend of one of the show’s characters.
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Halle Berry’s very first role was on a 1989 sitcom called Living Dolls, which was a spinoff of Who’s the Boss. The show also starred Leah Remini.
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In 2013, Zendaya participated in the 16th season of Dancing With the Stars. She finished the competition as a runner-up.
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In 2006, Chris Hemsworth participated in the fifth season of the Australian version of Dancing With the Stars. He was the sixth contestant eliminated.
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Viola Davis had a small role playing a cop in the 2001 rom-com Kate & Leopold (in case you forgot, that was the movie where Hugh Jackman time-travels from the 1800s and falls in love with Meg Ryan’s character).
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Miley Cyrus had a tiny role as Ruthie in Tim Burton’s 2003 film, Big Fish.
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In 1990, Leonardo DiCaprio was part of the cast of Parenthood — which was based on the 1989 movie of the same name — playing the character of Garry (who was actually played by Joaquin Phoenix in the film).
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The show also starred David Arquette and Thora Birch. FTR, the Parenthood TV show of the 2010s was also (loosely) based on the 1989 movie.
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One of Taraji P. Henson’s very first roles was in a 1997 episode of Sister, Sister.
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In 1990, Jennifer Aniston played Jeannie Bueller in Ferris Bueller, which was a TV adaptation of the 1986 film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
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In 1999, Pedro Pascal appeared on the first episode of Season 4 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer — as Buffy’s fellow freshman who would end up being turned into a vampire.
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Jake Gyllenhaal played Robin Williams’ son in a 1994 episode of the police procedural drama Homicide: Life on the Street.
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Kevin Hart played the recurring character Luke in Judd Apatow’s 2001 sitcom, Undeclared.
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One of Julia Roberts’s first roles was on an episode of Miami Vice in 1988.
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George Clooney played a detective on an episode of The Golden Girls in 1987.
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In 2004, Emma Stone participated in an American Idol–style competition show on VH1 called In Search of the New Partridge Family. And she actually won — she was named the new “Laurie Partridge.”
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However, the pilot for the Partridge Family reboot was never sold, so she never played the role onscreen.
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And finally, The Rock played his own dad, Rocky Johnson, on an episode of That ’70s Show in 1999.
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