Stop! Cut! 40 actors and their first film roles

Celebrities rarely become immediately, out of the blue. As a rule, actors start with very small roles, and if they get the main one, it is not a fact that the film will shoot and remain in the centuries. So it's interesting to sometimes look back and see what they were like when they first started their acting career. You can see something in them that will eventually be irretrievably lost, and still they are recognized instantly, even despite the years that have passed since then.

We offer you a look at what 40 famous actors looked like in their first roles in the cinema. I bet you won't even recognize many of these photos! And to make the comparison more visual, we'll place one of their recent roles in popular movies next to it.

Jake Gyllenhaal: City Slickers (1991) - Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019)

Anthony Hopkins: The Lion in Winter (1968) — Father (2020)

Alan Rickman: Die Hard (1988) — The All-Seeing Eye (2015)

Keira Knightley: Innocent Lies (1995) - Consequences (2019)

Russell Crowe: Prisoners of the Sun (1990) - The True Story of the Kelly Gang (2019)

Robert Downey Jr.: The Paddock (1970) - The Amazing Journey of Dr. Doolittle (2020)

Robin Williams: Can I do this as long as I don't need the glasses? (1977) - Night at the Museum: The Secret of the Tomb (2014)

Meryl Streep: Julia (1977) - Little Women (2019)

Keanu Reeves: Young Blood (1986) - You're My Doubt (2019)

Jason Momoa: Hawaiian Wedding (2003) — Aquaman (2018)

Tom Hanks: He Knows You're Alone (1980) - Beautiful Day Next Door (2019)

Carrie Fisher: Shampoo (1975) - Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens (2015)

Liam Neeson: A Pilgrim's Journey to Heaven (1978) - Ordinary Love (2019)

Leonardo DiCaprio: Toothpicks 3 (1991) — Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)

Harrison Ford: A Time to Kill (1967) - Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

Clint Eastwood: Francis in the Navy (1955) - Drug Courier (2018)

Natalie Portman: Leon (1994) - Lucy in Heaven (2019)

Ryan Reynolds: Ordinary Magic (1993) - Main Character (2020)

Gillian Anderson: Class of 96 (1993) - Sex Education (2020)

Daniel Radcliffe: The Tailor from Panama (2001) — Akimbo Guns (2019)

Will Smith: Go With the Flow (1992) - Bad Guys Forever (2020)

Johnny Depp: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) - Waiting for the Barbarians (2019)

Scarlett Johansson: North (1994) — Jojo Rabbit (2019)

Kate Winslet: Heavenly Creatures (1994) - Wheel of Wonders (2017)

Robert De Niro: Three Rooms in Manhattan (1965) — The Irishman (2019)

Hugh Jackman: Paperback Hero (1999) - Flawless (2019)

Milla Jovovich: The Confluence of Two Moons (1988) - Paradise Hills (2019)

Matthew McConaughey: High and Confused (1993) - Gentlemen (2020)

Dustin Hoffman: Exit of the Tiger (1967) — Girl in the Maze (2019)

Nicole Kidman: Christmas in the Bush (1983) - Scandal (2019)

Denzel Washington: Exact Copy (1981) — The Great Equalizer 2 (2018)

Helen Mirren: Herostratus (1967) - The Good Liar (2019)

Christopher Walken: Me and My Brother (1969) - Nowhere to Go (2019)

Samuel L. Jackson: Together Forever (1973) - Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019)

Dwayne Johnson: The Mummy Returns (2001) - Jumanji: A New Level (2019)

Angelina Jolie: Finding a Way Out (1982) — Maleficent: Lady of Darkness (2019)

Jack Nicholson: The Crybaby Killer (1958) - Who Knows... (2010)

Liv Tyler: Legends of Autumn (1994) - To the Stars (2019)

Joaquin Phoenix: Space Camp (1986) — The Joker (2019)

Jennifer Connelly: Once Upon a Time in America (1984) — Alita: Battle Angel (2019)