© Shutterstock

Asa Butterfield - Butterfield’s breakthrough role came at the age of 10, when he played Bruno in the film ‘The Boy in the striped Pyjamas’. Since then, he has starred in 15 movies in total. Not bad for an actor spotted at an after-school drama club.

© GettyImages

Will Poulter - Poulter said in an interview that he got the role in ‘Son of Rambow’ with the help of his drama teacher, who had encouraged him to audition for the movie by knocking on his English class window and mouthing "auditions," whilst pointing at a flyer.

© GettyImages

Freddie Highmore - Born in Camden, London, this 25 year-old came to prominence for his roles in ‘Five Children and It,' ‘Finding Neverland’ and ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’. Now starring in the TV series ‘The Good Doctor’, he’s really got the Golden Ticket!

© GettyImages

Craig Roberts - With his role as Oliver Tate in the comedy-drama ‘Submarine,’ this Welsh actor got off to a good start with his career, winning a BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Actor, and the London Critics Film Circle Award for Young British Performer of the Year.

© GettyImages

Aaron Taylor Johnson - On the set of 'Nowhere Boy,' Johnson was not only directed by Sarah Taylor-Wood, but later found himself married to her. The couple blended their surnames together and had two daughters together. He is also a stepfather to her two other kids.

© GettyImages

Thomas Brodie-Sangster - Not just Hugh Grant’s second cousin, Sangster has also starred in three movies with Colin Firth, and had established a short-lived film company by the name of ‘Brodie Films.' The company was established with his mother for aspiring actors, directors and writers.

© GettyImages

Jack O'Connell - O’Connell has already worked with top Hollywood stars such as Angelina Jolie, who directed him in the biographical war film ‘Unbroken.' He starred with George Clooney and Julia Roberts in Jodie Foster’s movie ‘Money Monster.’

© GettyImages

Dev Patel - Seems like nominations are a thing for Patel, as he has already starred in the Oscar-winning ‘Slumdog Millionaire.’ He won a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor for his role in last year’s drama ‘Lion.’

© GettyImages

Nicholas Hoult - He's played The Beast in three X-Men movies, a zombie in ‘Warm Bodies’ and Nux in 'Mad Max: Fury Road.' Hoult will now star as the famous inventor Nikola Tesla in ‘The Current War’ and the American writer J.D. Salinger in ‘Rebel In the Rye’.

© Getty Images

Kaya Scodelario - Aside from movies, Scodelario also has a number of music video appearances listed in her CV. She's starred in music videos for British musicians Plan B, The Ruskins, and Robbie Williams.

© GettyImages

Daniel Radcliffe - Who knew that American actress Jamie Lee Curtis would predict Radcliffe’s future? When playing a role in ‘The Tailor of Panama,’ Curtis pointed out to Radcliffe’s mum that he could be Harry Potter himself. We all know what followed after that!

© GettyImages

Emma Watson - Watson played the role of ‘Belle’ in Disney’s live-action adaptation of ‘Beauty and the Beast.’ However, she turned down the chance to play Cinderella as she didn’t connect with the character.

© GettyImages

Rupert Grint - Grint had only acted in one school play before landing the role of Ron Weasley in the 'Harry Potter' series. What’s more interesting is that in the audition tape, he performed a self-written hip-hop song to promote himself.

© GettyImages

Luke Pasqualino - Pasqualino has a knack for getting roles on TV series, already starring in ‘Our Girl,’ ‘Snatch,’ ‘The Musketeers,’ ‘The Borgias,’ and ‘Skins.’ He also had scenes in ‘Casualty,’ ‘Miranda,’ ‘Jo,’ ‘Inside No.9,’ and ‘Drunk History: UK’.

© GettyImages

Tom Holland - Most people now know him as Spiderman, however before his world flipped upside down, Holland’s career started in dancing. In June 2008, he made his West End debut in the musical ‘Billy Elliot,’ starring as Billy's friend Michael.

© Getty Images

Sophie Turner - On the set of ‘Game of Thrones,’ Turner had a tutor until the age of 16. She also adopted a Northern Inuit Dog that played her on-screen pet dire wolf, and was nominated for a Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV series as a Supporting Young Actress.

© Getty Images

Saoirse Ronan - By the age of 21, Ronan was not only the second youngest actress to get two Oscar nominations, but she was also the youngest actress to win a best actress award at NYFCC.

© GettyImages

James Buckley - This ‘Inbetweeners’ star became a father for the first time at the age of 24, when his wife Calire Meek gave birth to their son Harrison Buckley on October 26th, 2011. Their second son, Jude Buckley was born August 13th, 2013.

© GettyImages

Juno Temple - Director Julian Temple cast his daughter as Emma Southey in his 2000 movie ‘Pandaemonium.’ Whilst her mother (producer Amanda Pirie) saw the call for an open audition for ‘Notes on a Scandal,’ to which Juno got the role of Polly Hart.

© GettyImages

Taron Egerton - For some of Egerton's roles, he either had to buff up or be around buffed-up actors. In ‘Kingsman: The Secret Service’, his body fat went down five percent to 88 kilos. In ‘Eddie the Eagle,’ he said that Hugh Jackman’s arms were bigger than his head.

© GettyImages

Ed Westwick - Westwick’s life changed when he moved to LA for a month and got the role of Chuck Bass on the TV series ‘Gossip Girl’. For his role, he based his American accent on the character of Carlton Banks from ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.'

© GettyImages

Imogen Poots - Rather than being an actress, Poots had intended to be a veterinarian growing up. She abandoned this career path after fainting at the sight of veterinary surgery during work experience.

© GettyImages

Alex Pettyfer - After meeting Ralph Lauren at the age of 7 in a New York toy store, Pettyfer started modelling for Gap. He later modeled for Burberry to fund his own travelling. However, he turned down the title role for the movie ‘Eragon’ due to his fear of flying.

© GettyImages

Daniel Kaluuya - For the title role in the movie ‘Get Out,’ Kaluuya did about five takes for the key scene, where the character needed to cry. Director Jordan Peele said Kaluuya’s single tear came down at the exact time for every take. Peele gave him the role right then.

© Getty Images

Keir Gilchrist - Gilchrist said that he doesn’t do a lot of research for his parts, he just goes with it and usually pulls through. It’s quite hard to believe, especially when seeing him act as an autistic teen in the Netflix comedy-drama series ‘Atypical.’

© GettyImages

John Boyega - In January 2016, Boyega formed his own production company Upperroom Entertainment Limited. The company co-produced the sequel to 2013 movie ‘Pacific Rim’ titled ‘Pacific Rim: Uprising,’ where he played the lead role. The force is strong with this one!

© GettyImages

Douglas Booth - Booth underwent a physical transformation in ‘Worried About the Boy,’ shaving off his eyebrows and wearing heavy makeup to look like musician ‘Boy George.’ As well as that, Booth also got the chance to wear the singer’s real clothes from the 80's.

© GettyImages

Thomas Turgoose - By his own account, Turgoose had no desire to act. So when he auditioned for the role of Shaun Fields in the movie ‘This is England,’ he charged the director Shane Meadows £5. Luckily enough for him, he got both the money and the part.

© GettyImages

Jeremy Irvine - Irvine was very close to giving up on acting, until he got his big break in Steven Spielberg’s movie ‘War Horse.’ In an interview on CBS News, he said that he considered getting a different career path as an engineer.

© GettyImages

Jack Whitehall - Known best for stand-up comedy, in 2001 Whitehall had auditioned for the title role in ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.’ Despite not getting the role, he still managed to win the title ‘King of Comedy’ at the British Comedy Awards.

© GettyImages