The path to success is never easy. Before you climb to the top, you have to fall several times. You need to have patience and courage to cope with failures and overcome obstacles. Have to work hard. But the results are worth it. And there are several stories that serve as an excellent confirmation of this.
The most famous carpenter
On May 25, 1977, George Lucas's Star Wars movie was released. One of the main characters was played by Harrison Ford. To get a star role, a wonderful actor had to endure humiliation from directors for almost 10 years.
Harrison Ford has been trying to conquer Hollywood for 2 years. But the directors did not notice him. The dream of an acting career almost completely disappeared when Harrison Ford was called "unsuitable."
Harrison decided to abandon his acting career and became a carpenter. He worked for them for another 8 years. Still, he did not refuse the filming. He continued to attend views, received episodic roles. Often heard from the crew that it was not suitable for the main roles.
Harrison got his star role
.making fake floor in Francis Coppola's office. It was there that George Lucas ran into him.
Harrison previously starred in the movie Graffiti, directed by Lucas. But George was looking for completely different actors for his new film, Star Wars. And I did not plan to take those who starred in Graffiti. However, Ford made an exception. So Han Solo appeared in the performance of Harrison Ford. And after some time, the audience saw our hero in the image of Indiana Jones.
Fight for success
The film "Rocky" was a breakthrough for Sylvester Stallone. To achieve resounding success, the actor had to go a very difficult way.
Until 24, he went around almost all the movie studios in New York. He visited each studio 5-6 times. And he was constantly kicked out. The reasons why Sylvester could not get a leading role were his non-standard appearance and speech impediment.
If he acted in films, then in extras. In parallel, he worked as a cell cleaner in a zoo.
Once, sitting in the library, he saw a book - a biography of Edgar Allan Poe. After reading Sylvester decided to become a writer. He began to create scripts. But no one bought them. To sell 1 script for $ 100, Sylvester continuously wrote for several months. But this did not lead to success. The following scenarios were still not needed by anyone.
There was not even money to pay for the apartment. Therefore, he sold the jewels of his wife. He did it secretly, because of which the marriage finally collapsed. But this did not help either. Therefore, I had to sell my beloved dog. As Sylvester said, he loved the dog so much that he even cried at that moment.
Sylvester fell into a serious depression. Once, in order to at least somehow dispel, he attended a boxing match. And after 2 days, he wrote the script for the movie “Rocky” and sold it for 25 thousand dollars. What do you think he did after that? That's right, I bought my dog. Spent on it 15 thousand dollars. By the way, in the film, Sylvester starred with his favorite.
The film was a resounding success. And from that moment, Sylvester Stallone's career went uphill.