Hollywood may seem large, but it’s actually really small. So small, in fact, that some celebs attended school together!
This includes childhood BFFs you wouldn’t expect, like Jonah Hill and Adam Levine and even crazy rivalries like the one between Matthew Perry and Justin Trudeau.
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Grab a pen and take some notes because school’s in session. Here are 10+ celebs who actually met at school.
1. Cameron Diaz and Snoop Dog
The actress and rapper went to Long Beach Polytechnic High School together.
“He was a year older than me … I remember him, he was very tall and skinny,” she said on Lopez Tonight .
“He wore lots of ponytails. I’m pretty sure I bought weed from him, I was green even in high school!”
2. Naomi Watts and Nicole Kidman
Both actresses went to North Sydney Girls High School. Ever since then, they’ve remained close.
“I was lucky that Nicole Kidman was always there to support me, console me, keep my spirits up, and help me believe in myself,” Watts once said about Kidman.
3. Lenny Kravitz, Nicolas Cage, and Slash
Beverly Hills is home to a lot of celebrities, so of course, the Beverly High School would be where these three stars got their education!
Each of them attended the school during the ’80s.
4. B.J. Novak and John Krasinski
These two stars of The Office both attended Newton South High School in Massachusetts.
But that’s not all. They were on the same little league baseball team!
Maybe that’s why their chemistry on screen was so amazing!
“John Krasinski and I have known each other our whole lives in the weirdest, most coincidental way,” Novak told Ellen DeGeneres in 2014.
This makes their characters’ rivalry on The Office that much funnier.
Are you #TeamRyan or #TeamJim?
5. Ed Helms and Brian Baumgartner
Novak and Krasinski aren’t the only The Office co-stars who have a history together.
Helms and Baumgartner both went to the Westminster School where they even both starred in high school plays.
No wonder everyone got along so well!
“Brian rules. Back in high school we used to ride around in convertibles and hit mailboxes with baseball bats. Oh no, wait. That was the movie Stand By Me,” Ed revealed on Reddit.
“We were in a couple of plays together. He is actually NOTHING like Kevin and is a smart, hilarious, down-to-earth fella. And a freakishly good golfer.”
6. Ben Affleck and Matt Damon
No wonder they’ve always been BFF! They both went to Cambridge Rindge and Latin School.
“Those times were fun!” Affleck once told People . “We had a great time! We were young, we didn’t have the kinds of fears that you have when you get into your 40s if you haven’t gotten to where you want to go.”
7. Adam Levine and Jonah Hill
“Our dads met in the principal’s office in junior high,” Hill told Howard Stern in 2014.
“We were in carpool, we lived at each other’s houses.” Hill even officiated Levine’s wedding! How sweet is that? Friends forever.
8. Rami Malek, Kirsten Dunst, and Rachel Bilson
All three actors attended Notre Dame High School in California.
Malek has even revealed that he had a crush on Kristen Dunst when they used to do musical theatre together. What an interesting group of people!
9. Robert Downey Jr., Sean Penn, and Charlie Sheen
During the ’80s, all of these award-winning actors were classmates and friends at Santa Monica High School!
We’d put money on the Brat Pack being the coolest guys in school. Oh, to have been a fly on that wall.
10. Camila Mendes and Cole Sprouse
These Riverdale co-stars both attended NYU. They even went to some parties together, although Cole doesn’t remember.
“I saw him around and there was a time when we had class in the same building so I would always see him outside,” she told Office magazine.
“He was a weirdo! He had really long hair down to his butt cheeks. He was really shy too.”
She continued:
“I would see him at parties sometimes and I always kind of randomly talked to his brother, but I never got a chance to talk to him because he was more to himself.”
11. Ansel Elgort, Timothee Chalamet, and Lourdes Leon
All three stars attended New York City’s LaGuardia High School of Music and Art and Performing Arts.
“It’s really crazy, Timmy and I played on the same basketball team, we had the same drama teacher, Mr. Shifman, we had the same science teacher, Mr. Singh, and then in the same year, both of us are nominated for a Golden Globe!!!” Ansel wrote on Instagram in 2017.
As for Madonna’s daughter, Lourde, there’s speculation that the *Call Me By Your Name* star dated her!
“Next question, I’m outta here,” Timothée laughed when Watch What Happens Live host, Andy Cohen, asked him about dating Lorde.
12. Tom Hiddleston, Eddie Redmayne, and Prince William
When they were growing up, all three guys were classmates at Eton College, a boarding school for boys in England.
They were even on the same rugby team! If that doesn’t say class and power to you, I don’t know what would.
“He’s a wonderful man,” Redmayne told *Glamour* about being on the same team as Prince William.
“I always felt slightly sorry for him because everyone wanted to tackle the future king of England. He took all the hits,” he said .
Aww, Poor William! Hopefully, it was nothing too bad!
13. Justin Trudeau and Matthew Perry
Here’s a fun fact: Matthew Perry is practically a Canadian.
He grew up in Ottawa and went to the same school as the Prime Minister of Canada.
I don’t know about you, but I would have never expected this!
Turns out, though, that the *Friends* star used to beat up Justin!
“I think he was excelling in a sport that we weren’t, so it was pure jealousy,” Perry said on Jimmy Kimmel Live .
“I’m not bragging about this, this is terrible. I was a stupid kid, I didn’t want to beat him up. In fact, I think at one point I tried to turn it into love play.”
14. Owen Wilson and Wes Anderson
Owen and Wes first met while they were attending college at The University of Texas. They became fast friends after meeting in a playwriting class and were roommates shortly thereafter.
It was here that the two budding stars came up with the idea for their first film, Bottle Rocket .
15. Al Gore and Tommy Lee Jones
Tommy Lee Jones first met the former Vice President while the two were attending Harvard University.
While they never actually roomed together , they did live in the same dormitory for a period of time and maintain their friendship today.
16. Parker Posey and Sherry Stringfield
Both Sherry and Parker were students at The State University of New York and as fate would have it were placed into the same dorm room.
The two young actresses became best friends in almost no time at all.
17. Stanley Tucci and Ving Rames
It turns out that Ving Rames owes a lot to his dear friend, Stanley Tucci.
While the two young men were away at school together, it was Stanley who suggested that Irving Rames change his name to Ving.
18. Holly Hunter and Frances McDormand
In University, Holly and Frances’ boyfriends at the time also happened to be best friends.
The two couples decided to move into the same building and purchased neighboring apartments. When each couple broke up, Frances and Holly moved in together.
19. Robin Williams and Christopher Reeve
Robin and Christopher met while they were studying at Juilliard. By all accounts, they were more like brothers as opposed to best friends.
Reeve said in his memoir that they were the living embodiment of opposites attracting.
20. Dan Stevens and Rebecca Hall
Dan and Rebecca are lifelong school friends and have even appeared on film together in the romantic-dramedy Permission .
Both Dan and Rebecca have stated that their chemistry helped to make the movie-making experience all the more enjoyable.
21. Matthew Morrison and Kristen Bell
Matthew and Kristen both attended the Tisch School of the Arts and even dated for a brief period of time. Back then, Kristen would even refer to Matthew as ‘ Matty .’
Their romance didn’t last long but their friendship has remained in-tact.
22. Kyle Mooney and Beck Bennett
Saturday Night Live mainstays Beck Bennett and Kyle Mooney first met on the grounds of the USC campus .
It was here that the comedy duo created and performed many of their early sketches before their big break on SNL .
23. John Mulaney and Nick Kroll
Shortly after John arrived at Georgetown University , his talents were noticed by the director of the Georgetown Players Improv Group.
The director’s name was Nick Kroll. John and Nick have been friends and collaborators ever since.
24. Rachel Bloom and Ilana Glazer
Long before the stars of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and Broad City got their own shows, they shared a roof in a small New York City apartment .
Does that mean we may live to see a crossover? Only time will tell…
25. Jada Pinkett Smith and Tupac Shakur
Jada and Tupac first met in the halls of their high school.
Over the years, rumors began to swirl and circulate about a romantic involvement, but each maintained that they were just very good friends.
26. Liv Tyler and Kate Hudson
Kate and Liv both attended Crossroads School For Arts and Sciences high school with one another and quickly formed a tight-knit bond.
Here’s an interesting piece of trivia: Kate’s character Penny Lane in Almost Famous was based on Liv’s mother, Bebe Buell.
27. Winston Duke and Lupita Nyong’o
Winston was a freshman at Yale Drama School and Lupita was the one who gave him his school tour!
They even went to watch the first Avengers film in theaters together. Do you think that Duke had any idea at the time that he’d be starring in Black Panther ?
28. Gwyneth Paltrow and Kerry Washington
Gwyneth was the head of an acapella group called the Triple Trio in grade school. One day, a young Kerry Washington showed up to audition and completely blew Gwyneth away.
The two women have been besties ever since.
29. Neil Diamond and Barbara Streisand
Who would have thought that two of the most iconic singers of their respective decade would have not only attended the same school but were also friends?!
According to comments made via Mirror , Neil said that “We were two poor kids. We hung out in the front of Erasmus High and smoked cigarettes.”
