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Earning My Ears
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Former cast members who made it big
Do you know any celebritiy or famous people who was once a cast member? I just found out that Kevin Richardson from the Backstreet Boys was a backstage tour guide at Hollywood Studios, and also a character for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, Aladdin, Tigger, and Sweetums. He also referred to his time in WDW as one of the best memories of his life, and if he didn't work at Disney he wouldn't have met the person who asked him to join the Backstreet Boys. That's awesome! Do you know any other famous people?
Here's a video of him talking about it http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...mz8pgus#t=256s |
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04-18-2012, 11:56 PM
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An older I am Dorky Wafflebrains
I really need to pay attention when I am walking I named my goldfish Horsey and Donkey 
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Jennifer Hudson was a performer on the Disney Wonder
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04-18-2012, 11:58 PM
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Steve Martin work in the Magic Shop on Main Street at Disneyland
Jennifer Hudson worked for DCL in the stage shows
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04-19-2012, 12:06 AM
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Eden Espinossa was Pocohantas in Disneyland she went on play Elpheba on Broadway in Wicked and she was the lead in Brooklyn the musical.
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04-19-2012, 12:36 AM
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John Lasseter did pretty good for himself.
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04-19-2012, 01:27 AM
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I don't mean those kind of gestures!
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Kevin Costner was a Jungle Cruise skipper at Disneyland.
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04-19-2012, 07:59 AM
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Joey Fatone was a CM in Spectromagic.
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04-19-2012, 08:24 AM
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Robin Williams was a DL Jungle Cruise Skipper
I've heard actress Traylor Howard used to work in Fantasyland. She is from Orlando and went to FSU but there is no info on WDW employment. I was a CM in the late 90's and people talked about it then. http://www.wdwfanzone.com/2012/01/be...-cast-members/
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04-19-2012, 08:29 AM
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Not Disney, but Blair Underwood got his start in one of the musical stage shows at Busch Gardens VA.
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04-19-2012, 09:22 AM
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Not Disney, but I know some of the band members from which ever one Justin Timberlake was in (sorry, I always get NSync and Backstreet Boys confused) worked at Universal Studios.
OP, sounds like you were watching the Biography channel. I watched a bio on both NSync and Backstreet Boys and how the bands formed.
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04-19-2012, 10:12 AM
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Here's another list.
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/101320
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04-19-2012, 12:21 PM
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1937, what a year that was
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Wayne Brady was Tigger.
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04-19-2012, 09:44 PM
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everything went to "H*** in a handbasket
Keep me off the high horses! Suffers from theme park dyslexia 
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Although they're not known names, there are several musicians on both "Dancing with the Stars" and "American Idol" who got their start as performers in the Disneyland All-American College Band.
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