Sometimes it’s hard to picture our favorite celebrities during a different field of work. They have such charisma and natural attractiveness that it looks like their path to stardom was inevitable, but that’s not always the case. Most of the celebrities you see today had different dreams and aspirations in childhood, but they just got into acting. Here’s a look at ten actors and actresses who almost had very different careers.
1. Song Joong Ki
From childhood, he wanted to be a speed skater. He had taken part in various competitions and also represented his city at nationals. It wasn’t until he got injured in high school that he had to offer alongside of his dreams. His talent for skating is used when he was cast in the K-drama “Triple.”
2. Seo In Guk
Seo In Guk came from a low-income family that even earning food for one time is a struggle for them. Seo In Guk’s mother even picked up boxes as an occupation with great care that they might obtain some money for food.
3. Park Bo Gum
Park Bo Gum went bankrupt when he was around 20 back in 2014. The information about his misfortune was spread all over the internet, but this mess was cleared up six months later. According to media outlets, when he was 16 years old, he signed a contract as a co-guarantor because his father had loaned 300 million won to start a business in 2008. And after six years, with his father unable to settle his payments, his debt ballooned into 800 million won.
4. Sung Hoon
Sung Hoon’s path in life always appeared to lead towards him becoming a knowledgeable swimmer. He even visited University for swimming, where he competed in the butterfly event. Unfortunately, he had to quit because of a tragic spinal injury, and due to this, he enlisted in the military to think of the next step in his life. At last, he wanted to be an actor.
5. IU
Her childhood was perfect until her family suddenly fell into debt. Because of this IU and her younger brother travel to and stayed at their grandmother’s place. They lived in poverty conditions for quite a while, as their home once got infested with cockroaches.
6. Jung Hae In
Jung Hae In met his fate when his workplace scouted him ahead of a frozen dessert shop while a student. His dream was to make his career in biotechnology and that’s why he was studying that in school. He regards it complete luck that he got the chance to pursue a career in entertainment.
7. Hyeri
She has been donating to different campaigns constantly for many years. One of the reasons for this is her poor childhood. Her mother worked as a factory worker for more than a decade, so her family struggled with her until she was grown up.
8. Park Shin Hye
Her dream was to become a police officer because when she was in first grade, her mother was robbed of all their money. Along with this, she revealed the struggles her parents had to travel through to supply for their family in an episode of the Korean variety Knowing Brothers. Once she said that her family was facing financial difficulties, yet they moved with her to Seoul so that she could become a child star.
9. Jin Ki Joo
Her aspirations and dreams have always been different from childhood. She has always been in various types of work as she once started working for Samsung as an office worker, but it was difficult so she quit. Then she decided to become a reporter and beat out many people to become the best. And at last, she decided that she wants to make her career in acting.
10. Kang Dong-Won
From childhood, he was towards sports and especially soccer and wanted to make his career in it, and his height also favored him for that, but his family financial conditions were not good, and as a result, he had to choose education. He stumbled into the show business when he was scouted as a model ahead of his school in the University. He decided to offer it a try as he thought it’d be an honest way of making money. And from that time, he came into this field and never looked back again.
