14 celebrities who knew each other in high school

The INSIDER Summary:

• Despite their hectic schedules, these celebs have managed to stay friends with one another since their high school days.
• From Justin Timberlake and Ryan Gosling's Mickey Mouse days to Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie's wild antics, these are the celebs who knew one another before they made it big. 

High school friends come and go, but for some celebrities, their childhood best buds followed them straaaaight to the Hollywood hills. That's right — there are a handful of A-listers who knew each other long before the fame, fortune, and industry success.

For example:

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Ryan Gosling and Justin Timberlake

Gosling and Timberlake met on the set of the "Mickey Mouse Club," and the rest is star-studded history.

Timberlake told"The Jonathan Ross Show" in 2013 that he and Gosling were "partners in crime" back in the day and — dare he say it — "so gangster."

“We, like, skipped tutoring," Timberlake recalled. "We’d have milkshakes."

Gosling actually ended up living with Timberlake briefly when his mom moved back to Canada. 

(Although I'm not sure how his mother could leave him in good conscious knowing he was hanging out with someone as ~wild~ as Timberlake... )

Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera

Spears and Aguilera's friendship was also a product of the "Mickey Mouse Club."

The iconic pop stars remained "frenemies" throughout their high school years, eventually going separate ways with their prospective careers.

Tobey Maguire and Leonardo DiCaprio

Maguire and DiCaprio have a lifelong friendship that is arguably "the greatest bromance Hollywood ever told." 

The duo met as child actors in the late '80s. However, their friendship was presumably tense in the beginning because they auditioned for the same roles. 

(And unfortunately for Maguire, DiCaprio usually was the one cast. Womp, Womp.)

Fortunately, they both eventually bonded over what DiCaprio called "humble beginnings" (and it didn't hurt that Maguire started going for roles he knew DiCaprio wasn't after) and they have remained close friends ever since.