Before many of our favorite actors were famous, before they won their awards and our acclaim, they starred in really ridiculous commercials which can never be forgotten.
The best part about these commercials, aside from realizing these actors used to be young once, is how serious they were. We know a good actor becomes the character, gives their best performance, blah blah, but when we're seeing a young Bryan Cranston intensely talk to us about Preparation H or a teen Naomi Watts way too excited about a tampon, it's like an SNL parody…but then we remember, this is real.
Here are some adjectives that best describe the videos below: embarrassing, hot, informative, misleading, surprising, sexy, expressive, sentimental, awkward.
Did you know Hunger Games star Stanley Tucci used to be really sexy? Watch this and see for yourself. This Levi's 501 Jeans ad shows an extremely fit Stanley wearing a tight white tank top with his bulging biceps as he's oh-so-casually strutting down the streets of NYC.
How the hell did Matt Le Blanc make ketchup so hot? Give us ketchup, like right now.
There have been so many Coca-Cola slogans but "Coke is it!" has to be amongst the top. And by top, we mean the most hilarious. We get to see a super-cute jock-type Keanu Reeves sitting on the porch of a home the night before a big bike race getting a pep talk from an older guy who is way too close to his face. We later find out this dude is his father (making their intimacy a little less creepy) and that Coke helped Keanu win, yay!
Do Preparation H commercials still exist? Hmmm… not sure, but thankfully this one did because now we know how to relieve hemorrhoidal tissue!
In this early '80s ad Bryan Cranston wears a suit like he's a professional businessman (with a secret). As he turns the corner out of what seems to be an office building, he explains the benefits of this ass cream in the most serious way. And his glasses are awesome.
Brad Pitt was so damn sexy. He still is, but wowzers, an early twenties Brad? Ouch! Too hot. Although the scantily clad ladies are supposed to be the focus of this ad as Brad looks through his Pringles canister, no one cares about these women because you can't help stare at Brad's bare chest.
"Growing up life is just one big hassle," a pubescent Naomi Watts tells us in this Tampax commercial as she discusses the woes of becoming a woman. "Life is less of a hassle with Tampax."