Nepo babies undoubtedly have an advantage in Hollywood, whether they admit it or not—and it's never more obvious than when they literally launch their careers in their parents' projects.
Even if it's just a small role, appearing in a high-profile project is something many actors don't even come close to – most people can't even get into the audition room for these projects unless they have a good agent and a lot of credits (and don't even ask me if they belong to the SAG-AFTRA union or not).
Here are 15 No-Remember babies who literally got their start from their parents… which essentially makes them the perfect No-Remember babies.
Her next role was in Other people: she was recommended for the role by casting director Allison Jones. Jones previously did casting for Judd Apatow Freaks and Geeks“The 40 Year Old Virgin,” “Talladega Nights,” “Knocked Up,” “Superbad,” “Funny People” and “This is 40″… and thus knew Apatow since Maude was two years old.
All of this led to a role in the film for Sam Levinson, who was himself a Nepo child (more on that later). Then he left her Euphoria, in many ways considered it a breakthrough role.
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Speaking of Sam Levinson…his father is Oscar-winning director Barry Levinson. His father leave him in his 1992 film Toys (starring Robin Williams) when Levinson was a child and then later helped him become a writer by asking him to co-write the 2017 drama. Wizard of Liesas Robert De Niro. Senior Levinson told Collider, “I discussed it (the project) with my son Sam and he put together 20 pages. I sent it to Bob and Jane Rosenthal and we met and they thought it looked good so I told them my son wrote it. Bob had known Sam since he was 10 years old, and he said, “Okay, okay.” That's what we did.”
Levinson, who only had one writing/directing credit on an independent film before his father asked him to work on Wizard of Lies — pushed away from the film to the dark satire of 2018. A nation of assassins. Euphoria quickly followed him.
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Gwyneth Paltrow was born to an actor mother and director/producer father… and her godfather is literally Steven Spielberg. Her first role was in the pilot of the series (by the way, with Zach Braff). called Tall written and directed To her father. Then she entered the professional stage. debut in 1990 at the Williamstown Theater Festival in Massachusetts, where her mother starred in several productions.
After small role in the John Travolta film Scream, she starred in her godfather's film Hook. She then completed several small projects before landing a larger role in Flesh and bones and, more memorably, Se7en – After that, her career took off in many ways.
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Sofia Coppola, daughter of Francis Ford Coppola, began her career as an actress. appearance in her father's films The Godfather, The Godfather, part 2. Outsiders, Rumble Fish, Cotton Club, Peggy Sue got married And The Godfather Part III (a performance that was criticized). Coppola later said Becoming an actress was never her dream and she was simply helping her father.
She later became a screenwriter/director, and here she also received help from her father, who asked her co-authorship his excerpt from the anthology film New York Stories – the remaining parts were directed by Martin Scorsese and Woody Allen. After directing short film and several music videos, Sofia read The Virgin Suicides and decided that she needed to adapt and make a film version. The film received critical acclaim and her career took off.
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Bryce Dallas Howard – child nepo extreme – Her mother is a writer, and her father is director Ron Howard. She is the granddaughter of actors, her godfather is Henry Winkler. Her first roles were: additional services in her father's films, including Academy Award-winning ones Apollo 13 And Beautiful mind plus box office receipts How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
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Blake Lively father – actor Ernie Lively, and her first role was in a film he directed called Sandman. Her mother is a talent manager. Her brother was also an actor, and received his agent * one summer sent Blake to “couples” auditions – that’s when she ordered Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (in which her father Also appeared in). Of course, from that moment on her career took off.
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Jessica Capshaw is best known now for her role as Arizona in Gray's Anatomy – This daughter actor/producer Kate Capshaw and stepdaughter of Steven Spielberg.
Her first role was in a film starring her mother. Locust. She had a couple more small roles before she was invited to her stepfather's film. Minority Report, which was hit.
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Will Smith's son Jaden Smith got my start starred with his father in Pursuit of happiness. After getting a role in panorama The Day the Earth Stood Stillhe was cast Karate kid which his parents produced, and again starred with his father in After Earth.
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Cooper Hoffman, son of Philip Seymour Hoffman, has grown up. manufacturing small films with his father's colleague and friend Paul Thomas Anderson and his son. Hoffman wasn't even interested in acting until Anderson told him about it. Pizza with licorice and asked him to read the script. Once Hoffman told Anderson he wanted the role, Hoffman went through a series of photo tests with the Haim sisters (which he said he would consider auditioning for “to see if I could actually do it”). He was only 17 years old and had no previous acting experience.
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Scott Eastwood can tried it so as not to profit from his surname by using his mother's surname originally, but I'm not sure that he deceived anyone (in fact, one director marked he looked exactly like “his father 25 years ago”). His first film or television role was in a film directed by his father, Clint. Flags of our fathers. He later appeared in his father's film Gran Torino And Invictus, and has since had a long and consistent career.
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Anjelica Huston – daughter directed by John Huston and granddaughter actor Walter Huston didn't even want to play, stating that she was given roles in her father's films “without much effort”. [her] consent.” Her first significant role was V her father's film Walk with love and death and her performance there was no was highly respected… but she had a long career in Hollywood and again worked with her father on Dead.
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John David Washington, whose father Denzel Washington, appeared in two small roles in his father's projects (including Malcolm X), then co-production one of his father's films before he started directing it himself.
John David's breakthrough role was in BlacKkKlansman, Spike Lee movie — Lee was frequent employee with Denzel and has already directed John David in Malcolm X.
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Another example: Ang Lee's son, Mason Lee. kit debut at a major (after a series small roles, including as a child in one of his father's films) in the upcoming Bruce Lee biopic to be directed by his father.
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Lastly, the three members of Please Don't Destroy (Ben Marshall, John Higgins and Martin Herlihy) were best known for their comedic TikToks before joining. SNL. It seemed like a Cinderella fairy tale to them – until it turned out that two of them had fathers. who were longtime writers and producers SNL.
To conclude this post, after their work on SNLit's a trio working about the film with Judd Apatow. They will write, star in and executive produce the film.
Do you think these unpopular kids deserve the start they got? Let us know in the comments!
