How These Famous Celebrities Were Discovered – Some Of Them Got Really Lucky!
Eva Mendes – Discovered By A Scout Through A Friend’s Portfolio

Most of you probably know actress Eva Mendes for the roles she had in movies like 2 Fast 2 Furious, All About the Benjamins, and Ghost Rider. She was studying marketing in college but she later dropped out because she had aspired to become an actress. After a talent scout saw a photo of her in the portfolio of a friend, Mendes was invited to an audition and later bagged roles on Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror and A Night at the Roxbury. Her recent role was in the movie Lost River in 2014 and it seems like she is now busy raising her two kids with Ryan Gosling.
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