Before They Were Stars
From Rich To Richer: Stars Who Grew Up Wealthy
Everyone loves a "rags to riches" story - especially in Hollywood and all its stories of a talented, young kid plucked from an underprivileged life and thrown into super stardom. But what about the "rich to richer" celebrities? Not every A-List actor or Billboard pop star waited tables to scrape by until they got their big break. Some of them had more than a little help from their well-connected family or a top-notch theater programs at elite (and expensive) colleges. Click through this gallery to find out who had it a tad easier breaking into the fame game over other stars who struggled to find fame. By Aaron Rasmussen
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Lars Ulrich—Then
THEN: Before Lars Ulrich became a hairband mainstay, he was just a typical Danish kid from an upper-middle-class family. Rather than a pair of sticks, the future drummer spent his youth swinging a tennis racket, just like his professional tennis player father.
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