Famous people have a strange habit of knowing other famous people long before anyone else knows who they are. Sometimes they went to school together. Sometimes they were childhood friends, teenage sweethearts, struggling performers, or two kids who happened to land the same random modeling job. The best part is that a surprising number of them took pictures together, leaving behind snapshots that look completely different once you know what happened next. Nobody in these photos is posing at an awards show or promoting a movie. They are just friends, classmates and teenagers who have no idea how recognizable both faces will eventually become. Here are 15 famous people who were photographed together before either were famous.©RedditMatt Damon and Ben Affleck Were Just Two Boston TeenagersLong before Good Will Hunting, Oscars and decades of working together, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck were childhood friends growing up near each other in Cambridge, Massachusetts. One old photo booth strip shows the teenage pair wearing matching necklaces and looking very far removed from Hollywood.©RedditNicole Richie and Kim Kardashian Were Teenage FriendsReality TV did not introduce Nicole Richie and Kim Kardashian to the same social circle. They knew each other as teenagers in Los Angeles, and old photos show them hanging out years before either became a fixture of celebrity culture.©RedditTupac Shakur and Jada Pinkett Smith Were High School FriendsYears before Tupac became a rap icon and Jada Pinkett Smith became an actress, both attended the Baltimore School for the Arts. A 1988 school photo captured the teenage friends together, looking like exactly what they were at the time: a couple of arts students hanging out at school.©RedditAndy Samberg and Chelsea Peretti Go Way BackBrooklyn Nine-Nine did not introduce Andy Samberg and Chelsea Peretti. They grew up together in California, and an old childhood photo of the future costars even shows a young Samberg holding Peretti’s hand. Decades later, they ended up playing childhood friends Jake and Gina.©RedditRachel Bilson and Rami Malek Took a Teenage Trip to New YorkRachel Bilson and Rami Malek were friends at Notre Dame High School in California, and there is photographic evidence. Bilson once posted a delightfully awkward picture of the pair from their senior trip to New York, although the famously private Malek later asked her to remove it.©RedditMeghan Markle and Katharine McPhee Did Musicals TogetherBefore one became the Duchess of Sussex and the other an American Idol finalist and Broadway star, Meghan Markle and Katharine McPhee crossed paths in childhood theater. McPhee later shared a backstage photo of the two wearing bright stage makeup after performing in musicals as kids.©RedditScarlett Johansson and Jack Antonoff Were High School SweetheartsScarlett Johansson and Jack Antonoff attended New York’s Professional Children’s School and dated as teenagers. A recently resurfaced 2002 yearbook photo shows the future actress and producer standing together with their classmates, with Antonoff’s arm around Johansson.©RedditJennifer Aniston and Chaz Bono Were Childhood FriendsJennifer Aniston and Chaz Bono met as kids through their famous parents and became childhood friends. Old family photos captured them together years before Aniston had Friends and Bono had grown up in the public eye.©RedditLeonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire Met as Teenage ActorsLeonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire were still teenage actors going to auditions when they became friends in Los Angeles. Photos from their younger years look very different now that the two have spent decades as some of Hollywood’s most recognizable faces.©RedditMaya Rudolph and Gwyneth Paltrow Were Elementary School FriendsMaya Rudolph and Gwyneth Paltrow met when they were around seven and attended school together in Santa Monica. Years later, Paltrow used an SNL monologue to talk about their childhood friendship and showed off an old fifth-grade photo of the pair.©RedditBrooke Shields and Laura Linney Knew Each Other as KidsLong before Laura Linney was starring in movies and television, she was childhood friends with Brooke Shields. Shields eventually dug an old picture out of the archives showing the two girls smiling together on what appears to be a large swing.©RedditTina Fey and Amy Poehler Were Broke Chicago ImprovisersTina Fey and Amy Poehler met in Chicago’s improv scene in the early 1990s, years before SNL turned either of them into household names. Photos from those early comedy days show them posing with their improv crowd, back when the two were still trying to make a name for themselves.©RedditWes Anderson and Owen Wilson Met in CollegeBefore Wes Anderson had his unmistakable filmmaking style and Owen Wilson had appeared in dozens of movies, they met in a playwriting class at the University of Texas. They became friends and roommates, eventually turning their shared movie obsession into Bottle Rocket, the project that launched both careers.©RedditParis Hilton and Nicole Richie Were Friends Before The Simple LifeThe Simple Life made Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie one of the defining celebrity duos of the early 2000s, but their friendship was much older than the show. They grew up together in Los Angeles, leaving behind plenty of pictures from before reality television made the pair famous.©RedditKarol G and J Balvin Met as TeenagersLong before either became an international music star, Karol G met J Balvin at her cousin’s quinceañera in Colombia. An old photo captured the two teenagers together years before their names would regularly appear next to each other on the charts.The post 15 Famous People Who Were Photographed Together Before Either Were Famous appeared first on Den of Geek.