Alexis Bledel
Bledel's true intentions were to become a model before she starred in Gilmore Girls. She got scouted by a modeling agency at a mall when she was younger, but she couldn't sustain the job. In order to pay for her tuition at NYU, she had to do something different to pay the bills.
She Was Born to Act
Sometimes, the universe just steers people in the right direction by accident. Bledel started applying to every job she could find. She applied to waitress jobs, barista jobs, administrative assistant jobs, and a couple acting jobs just to round it out. She unknowingly walked into her audition for Gilmore Girls thinking it was just a commercial spot. She even had the flu at the time, and she didn't really try particularly hard during the interview. Regardless, she was cast anyway.