They live lavish lifestyle most of us can’t even dream of, but these superstars nearly threw it all in for a religious life.
If she hadn’t changed her mind, Anne Hathaway could have been Sister Anne, getting around in a habit rather than an Oscar gown.
Madonna decided she wanted to be “a nun or a movie star” when she was in the fifth grade, and Tom Cruise spent a year in a Franciscan seminary before discovering the silver screen and later Scientology.
Click through for some more surprising celebs who could have been clergy.
Anne Hathaway, Tom Cruise and Madonna all longed for a holy life.
“When I was younger I wanted to be a nun” Anne Hathaway could have been Sister Anne.
Eva Mendes “drifted into acting. My first ambition was to be a nun”.
When Madonna was in the fifth grade she knew she wanted to be a nun or a movie star.
Long before signing up to Scientology Tom Cruise spent a year in a Franciscan seminary.
Martin Scorcese’s desire to become a priest gave way to a career in cinema.
Anjelica Huston rebelled against her father’s aetheism and longed to be a nun.
Puff Daddy used to be an altar boy.
Director Danny Boyle’s first calling was the church as well.
TV host Jimmy Fallon wanted to be a priest.
Actress Jenny McCarthy had hopes for life in a habit.
Actor Michael Fassbender was an altar boy in Ireland.
Catherine Keener was attracted to the “simple lifestyle” of a nun but never made the leap.
Tony Abbott spent three years as a priest-in-training.
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