Long before red carpets and box office receipts, plenty of now-famous faces were just broke twenty-somethings splitting an apartment. Some of these pairings read like fan fiction, except they actually happened.
Here's a look at real celebrity roommate duos, what their living situations were actually like, and how their friendships held up once the fame arrived.
Judd Apatow and Adam Sandler shared an apartment in the Valley Village neighborhood of Los Angeles in the late 1980s, when both were struggling stand-up comedians.
Apatow has said he used to record Sandler's phone calls and jokes around the apartment, material he later mined for his own comedy work.
Apatow and Sandler's early roommate friendship carried into their careers: Apatow directed Sandler in films like 'Funny People' and produced his Netflix special 'Adam Sandler: 100% Fresh.'
Connie Britton and Lauren Graham met in an acting class in New York City, but their time as actual roommates happened later, in an unfurnished Los Angeles house in the late 1990s.
Graham has recalled that during that Los Angeles roommate stretch, she and Britton were so broke they mostly ate Rice Krispies Treats.
Justin Long and Jonah Hill were roommates in Los Angeles in the mid-2000s, around the time they co-starred together in the 2006 film 'Accepted.'
Long has described Hill as a great roommate to laugh with but a messy one, and said he eventually moved out over arguments about cleaning up; the two remain close friends.
Al Gore and Tommy Lee Jones were randomly assigned as freshman roommates at Harvard University in 1965, sharing a dorm suite in Dunster House.
Tommy Lee Jones arrived at Harvard on a football scholarship from San Saba, Texas, and went on to play on the varsity football team while rooming with the future vice president.
Gore and Jones stayed friends for decades; Jones even delivered a eulogy at the funeral of Gore's son.
Stanley Tucci and Ving Rhames were roommates while attending SUNY Purchase College's acting conservatory in the late 1970s.
Ving Rhames, born Irving Rhames, has credited Tucci with being the one who first started calling him 'Ving' in college, a nickname that became his permanent stage name.
Tucci went on to star in films like 'The Devil Wears Prada' and 'The Hunger Games' series, while Rhames became known for 'Pulp Fiction' and the 'Mission: Impossible' franchise.
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