What were the stars of Iranian cinema doing before?

In Iranian cinema, famous actors or directors are usually reluctant to talk about their childhood, adolescence, youth, and poverty, and seem to consider it their deficit in the current situation. While the design of this obstacle of suffering and effort motivates the young generation, especially cinema lovers.

Did you know what weird jobs many famous actors and directors had before they became famous?

“The colorful and glamorous world of cinema leads many to mistake the fact that the life and business of filmmakers are always thriving and their money goes up a notch,” the newspaper continued. Of course, this usually applies to popular stars and first-rate directors, and their financial ability is undeniable, but not all filmmakers, especially in our country, have such a special financial situation, and only their activity in cinema and their name and reputation, this idea. Creates in the community.

Those famous and successful filmmakers, whose lives and careers are envied by some people, sometimes do not reach such a position overnight, and how many times they have gone through a difficult and difficult path and have gone through hard jobs; Jobs that are far and away from the colorful and glazed profession of cinema, and knowing that a movie star was once engaged in such a job and was sweating, is surprising.

One of the differences between world cinema and Iranian cinema is that the famous and popular figures there talk honestly and without embarrassment about the jobs they experienced to earn a living and even to this path and the sufferings that lead to success and achievement. They are proud of what they have dreamed of. But in Iranian cinema, famous actors or directors are usually reluctant to talk about their childhood, adolescence, youth, and poverty, and seem to consider it their shortcoming in the current situation. While the design of this obstacle of suffering and effort motivates the young generation, especially cinema lovers.

In this report, we went only as an example to some successful actors and directors of Iranian and world cinema who in the past had jobs that have nothing to do with their current status.

Alireza Khamseh

Hand seller
Alireza Khamseh, the popular and successful comedian of Iranian television and cinema, who is appearing tonight in a new form in the TV series “Woodcut”, is one of the few movie stars who honestly and proudly remembers his past and all the experiences he has with work. Acquired in various jobs, in acting and in various roles. You may not know that the actor in the role of Panjali, as a child and teenager, worked as a laborer in the summers to help support the family economy.

Manouchehr Hadi

Driver
Manouchehr Hadi, who is one of the most prolific directors in recent years and makes popular and best-selling works, and whose work is a coin, is one of the people who reached this stage with effort and perseverance. Hadi worked in the cinema procurement group for many years, and as he himself stated in an interview, he was the driver of Abolfazl Pour-Arab in the movie “Dandelion” (produced in 1996, directed by Qassem Jafari). Hadi gradually took a different path with motivation and will, and after assisting directors such as Kianoosh Ayari and Asghar Farhadi, he turned to directing.

Shahram Shah Hosseini

hair stylist
Shahram Shah Hosseini, a film and television director who is currently appearing on the home theater network with the star series “I Want to Live”, worked in a barber shop for a while in his early youth, but his interest in cinema led him to give up scissors and combs. Assistant directors such as Bahram Beizai and Rasoul Malakalipour, director of short films and later films. The crows, women are angels and the girl’s house is one of Shah Hosseini’s cinematic works.

Reza Attaran

Driver
Successful moviegoers usually experience irrelevant careers before their artistic and professional activities, but Reza Attaran is probably one of the few options who was forced to make a living after the airing of the Happy Hour series due to a ban on working. A Zamyad blue van to move cargo for supermarkets.

Reza Attaran

Khosrow Shakibaei

Tailor
Long live Khosrow Shakibaei Many years before Hamoon became popular in Iranian cinema, even long before he took the stage and appeared in the theater, he experienced jobs such as tailoring, canal construction and elevator construction.

Amir Naderi

Seed sale
Amir Naderi, the prestigious and world-renowned director of Iranian cinema, is a true love of cinema, and he ran a lot to achieve his dream of cinema, like the director of the movie Runner. In Abadan, he started selling seeds in front of the cinema, then became a cinema controller and apparatchik, and then came to Tehran and worked in a photography studio, and then photographed in the cinema, and finally became a famous director.

Parviz Parastou’i

manual worker
Do not see now that many filmmakers and directors are failing to collaborate with Parastavi. He worked for years to reach this position. While working in the theater, he worked as a secretary of justice for a number of years, and even previously worked to save and buy a house near the South Terminal.

Parviz Pourhosseini

Binding worker
The late actor, who has been caring for his elderly mother in recent years and refused to do anything at all this year because of his health and fear of getting a corona and transmitting the disease to his mother, lost his father very soon; At the age of 12. So he had to work hard; Including work in bookbinding.

What used to be the stars of world cinema?

Reading the biographies and interviews of world movie stars is as engaging and adventurous as their films; Especially when it comes to different and irrelevant jobs over the years without any consideration or secrecy, this fascination is accompanied by surprise and a little disbelief. Interestingly, many of the stars of the world who have had a painful Aqaba have best used these biological experiences in front of the camera and in the form of various maps.

Federico Fellini

the clown
The great director of Italian cinema experienced various jobs before entering the directing profession; Magazine cartoonist and circus clown who, ironically, later played a decisive role in shaping his unique filmmaking world. He also made a documentary in 1970 called The Clowns.

Dustin Hoffman

Typist
The great actor of cinema, as well as playing various roles, also experienced various jobs: waitress, dishwasher, newspaper salesman, typist, psychiatric assistant, etc.

The Bow Tie, All Men of the President, Marathon Runner and Stray Dogs are among Dustin Hoffman’s films.

Brad Pitt

Chicken clothes
Do you believe that even this popular and handsome actor has suffered to get to the cinema and has experienced unrelated jobs before? Pete’s financial situation was so bad that he had to hide his good fortune and stand in front of restaurants in chicken clothes and invite people to eat!

Brad Pitt

Clark Gable

factory worker
Before playing the role of Rat Butler in “Gone With the Wind” and becoming the “King of Hollywood”, and even long before he failed various acting tests, due to the critical situation of the family, he had to work hard in the oil fields and The rubber factory gave.

What Happened One Night, The King and Four Queens, vast Missouri, San Francisco, and the Ugly are among Clark Gable’s films.

Roman Polanski

manual worker
This famous filmmaker has a strange and bitter fate, and even now, despite his success and global prestige, the past does not give up on him. His wife was brutally murdered, which is once referred to as Tarantino in Hollywood. He himself is still wanted in the United States for raping a young girl years ago, and in later years, as a child, after his mother was killed, he was displaced and worked in various rural homes.

Brett Lancaster

Acrobat
The physique of this burly actor was the product of his activity in gymnastics that drew Lancaster to the circus. His mastery of acrobatics can be seen in many of his films.

Torch and Bow, Cheetah, Apache, Bandit, Fight in the Ocioral are some of Lancaster’s films.

Jim Carrey

Guard
How happy were the bosses, managers and workers of the factory where this world-famous comedian was the guardian of their factory.

Walt Disney

Ambulance driver
This famous director of animated films also has a history of various jobs, but it may be more interesting to know this one Disney job than the rest of his jobs; Ambulance driver.

Walt Disney

Anthony Quinn

boxer
The international movie star experienced various jobs years before he became famous; Slaughterhouse worker, painter and boxer. Interestingly, he later used these experiences in his roles in the world of acting; In A Lament for a Heavyweight, he was a boxer, and in Passion for Life, he played the famous painter Paul Gauguin.