“I know this sounds insane, but the psychic told me that I’m going to play Michelle Pfeiffer’s daughter.”<\/h2>\n
The future can be unpredictable — which is why some people turn to psychics for a little guidance about what\u2019s to come. Plenty of celebrities have admitted to believing in psychic abilities and quite a few have seen those prophecies come to fruition. In fact, these stars say that psychics totally predicted their career paths, from how they\u2019d become famous to when they\u2019d land their big break. While not everyone has faith in these fortune tellers, these stars say they got it all right.<\/p>\n
Find out what these stars were told by psychics\u2026<\/p>\n
Mariska Hargitay<\/h3>\n
Before Mariska Hargitay<\/strong><\/a> made it big, she always thought she would be a comedic actress or a sitcom star — that is, until a psychic told her otherwise. Looking back, Mariska says she was living in L.A. auditioning for shows like Seinfeld and Friends but during a trip to New York, she met with a psychic who told her she needed to pursue drama.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m in L.A., struggling actor [wondering] what am I going to do?\u201d Mariska said on Amy Poehler\u2019s Good Hang podcast<\/a>. \u201cI came to New York … And then I met with this psychic. Everyone said to me, \u2018Oh my gosh, Mariska, you have to meet with this psychic. He\u2019s amazing.\u2019 … I drove out somewhere on Long Island to this man and I went there and he started saying all this amazing stuff to me.\u201d<\/p>\n She continued, \u201cI was listening to him really intently like this. He said to me … ‘You see that face you\u2019re doing right now? You see that face?’ I said, \u2018Yeah.\u2019 He goes, \u2018You\u2019re going to be famous for that face. You\u2019re moving to New York and you\u2019re gonna be famous for that face.\u2019 I said, \u2018Uh, no.\u2019 I live in L.A. and I\u2019m going to be a comedian. Six months later, swear to God\u2026 I got SVU.\u201d<\/p>\n Melanie Lynskey<\/strong><\/a> received a message from a psychic about the future of her career before the premiere of Yellowjackets. Looking back, Melanie says the psychic predicted that the show would be a breakthrough moment for her — and they were right.<\/p>\n \u201cThis sounds so crazy but I talked to a psychic, who I love, and she told me this was gonna happen,\u201d she told InStyle<\/strong><\/a>. \u201cIt had been months and months since we shot the [Yellowjackets] pilot, and she said, \u2018That show\u2019s gonna get picked up and it\u2019s gonna be really big, and you\u2019re gonna enter into a time in your career that you thought, if this didn\u2019t happen when you were 25, it was never going to happen. It\u2019s about to happen.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Brittany Snow<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s meeting with a psychic changed the trajectory of her career. While she was in the process of auditioning for Hairspray, she admits that she completely \u201cbombed\u201d when it came time to sing. Looking back, Brittany admits she was \u201cnervous and [her] voice cracked\u201d — and even director Adam Shankman told her it wasn\u2019t good.<\/p>\n Brittany almost gave up on the role until she remembered what a psychic had told her a few years prior. That psychic had predicted that the actress \u201cwas going to be in a huge movie with an iconic, beautiful blonde woman playing my mother.\u201d Realizing Michelle Pfeiffer<\/strong><\/a> would be the one to play her mom in the movie, Brittany called Adam and begged for a second chance.<\/p>\n \u201cHe will attest to this because it\u2019s such a crazy story. I said, \u2018I went to the psychic. And I know this sounds insane, but the psychic told me that I\u2019m going to play Michelle Pfeiffer\u2019s daughter, basically. And he said, \u2018That is the craziest story. You\u2019re so insane that I\u2019m gonna let you audition again,\u2019\u201d she told Variety<\/strong><\/a>. \u201cThat\u2019s how I got the role. So when in doubt, go to a psychic.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Why Presenters Eric Dane, Sofia Vergara Skipped Emmys — Along with The Bear’s Jeremy Allen White, Ayo Edebiri – Click image for related story<\/p>\n Deborra-Lee Furness<\/strong><\/a> grew up in Australia but after graduating from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, she decided to move to Hollywood to try to get her big break. But after years of rejection, she was growing tired of America and decided to seek guidance from a psychic. Those words of advice ended up changing her life.<\/p>\n \u201cI had it with Hollywood and I saw a psychic and she said, \u2018You have to go back to Australia. Just don\u2019t question me, you have to go back. So I came back and literally everything the psychic said came true. Like the work was in abundance and then I got this show Corelli. They told me this guy [Hugh Jackman<\/strong><\/a>] was going to be my costar … and the rest was history,\u201d Not An Overnight Success<\/strong> podcast<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Before Greg Wise starred in the 1995 movie adaptation of Jane Austen\u2019s Sense and Sensibility, he was told by a psychic friend that the next role he accepted would be life changing. He ended up joining the cast of the film, where the psychic said he would meet \u201cthe one, the love of [his] life\u201d on set. While he at first thought it was his costar Kate Winslet<\/strong><\/a>, it ended up actually being Emma Thompson<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cBefore he did the job, he went to see a friend of his who was a bit witchy and she said he would meet his future partner on the film,\u201d Greg said on The Graham Norton Show<\/strong><\/a>. \u201cHe assumed it wasn\u2019t me because I was married and quite a lot older than him so he thought it might be Kate.\u201d<\/p>\n She added that Greg and Kate went on a date, revealing, \u201cShe was so bored, and he thought, \u2018This isn\u2019t going to work, who can it be?\u2019 Then things happened [between us] that probably shouldn\u2019t have happened and it\u2019s been 25 years in May.\u201d<\/p>\n The first time Tina Turner<\/strong><\/a> met with a psychic, they predicted her future career. Looking back before her passing, Tina says that in the \u201960s, a psychic told her that she was going to be a massive star — and predicted her future husband Ike Turner\u2019s fall from grace.<\/p>\n \u201cYou will be among the biggest of stars. A partner of yours will fall, like a leaf from a tree in autumn. You will survive and go on,\u201d she recalled the psychic saying, per People<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Before Billy Bob Thornton<\/strong><\/a> made it big, his psychic mother predicted that he was going to be a star. Looking back, Billy Bob says his very \u201cintuitive\u201d mother told him he was destined to win an Oscar, long before he even considered acting.<\/p>\n \u201cShe said a lot of things to me that were really interesting over the years but back in the old days … back when I [was] only playing music. I was a kid. She told me one time that one of these days I was gonna get close to Burt Reynolds<\/strong><\/a> and that was gonna help me out somehow in my career and she told me I was going to win an Academy Award before I ever became an actor, which was wild. So when she said those things to me, I didn\u2019t believe it,\u201d he told People<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\nMelanie Lynskey<\/h3>\n
Brittany Snow<\/h3>\n
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Deborra-Lee Furness<\/h3>\n
Greg Wise<\/h3>\n
Tina Turner<\/h3>\n
Billy Bob Thornton<\/h3>\n