David Beckham, Tom Cruise and Angelina Jolie are today's superstars, but as it turns out, they had other plans in store career wise.
Jolie wanted to pursue a career of a funeral director after she became upset at the way her grandfather's funeral was conducted, the Daily Star reported.
Beckham has said that he wanted to become a soldier and used to march around his house and roll around in mud.
He even built a den in his bedroom with the help of his pals.
Cruise had looked at priesthood as a career, as he was interested in spirituality.
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