Where Boston-area celebrities got their starts
From off-Broadway plays to ketchup commercials, not all of them skyrocketed to fame.
Boston’s most notable names didn’t ascend to stardom overnight. In the early 2000s Mindy Kaling co-wrote and co-starred in a play about Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. A decade prior, Affleck and Damon got their own starts in showbiz with Burger King commercials and bit parts in movies.
We took a look at IMDB and biography.com to see the early, lesser-known roles of celebrities with local roots.
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