Many celebrities had their start from places and jobs you may not probably think they ever did since they're all so famous and probably such posh socialites right now. Who would imagine a famous action star used to be a garbage truck driver? Well, it's best not to judge.

These stars also tried to pay their bills before they became famous. John Boyega is not an exception. The Star Wars star was once a stock photo model.

One wouldn't have imagined it but someone at the University of Nebraska saw an ad in their university and spotted Boyega. He shared the discovery online via Imgur with the caption:

...was a bit surprised to see Finn from Star Wars on a poster at my University

The person responsible for the ad is photographer Chris Schmidt who acknowledged his work by posting it online via Facebook with this description:

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... I did an education themed stock photo shoot with a bunch of teenage students; it turns out John Boyega did quite well afterwards. The force is strong with this one...

Boyega used to model for Getty Images in an education theme. He was doing this stint before he was discovered to play his now-famous Star Wars role. One of his pictures featured him posing on a bench wearing a sweater with other models. 

The images trended and it wasn't long until Boyega got a hold of this news. In a social media response, using his Twitter handle @JohnBoyega, he retweeted the trending news and responded accordingly:

Yep. Used the money for new trainers.

So he used the money to buy new shoes. Boyega may had small goals at the time but it led him to bigger things like Star Wars. Let this be a lesson to aspiring actors and actresses to not give up and to always make use of their talents. It's not easy getting to the top but you have to start somewhere like John Boyega did.