Bizarre moment Oscar-winning Hollywood star shares loaf of bread with Spanish local who's no idea who he is – would you?
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AN OSCAR-winning Hollywood star has shared a loaf of bread with a Spanish local who had no idea who he is.
The star sighting happened as the two men shared a bench together with the star offering his snack - but would you have known him?
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An Oscar-winning Hollywood star has shared a loaf of bread with a Spanish local who had no idea who he is
Credit: Facebook/ @jaredleto
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The star sighting happened as the two men shared a bench together with the star offering his snack
Credit: Facebook/ @jaredleto
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With his baseball cap and being spotted in such normal circumstances, it might be hard to recognise this screen icon
Credit: Facebook/ @jaredleto
With his baseball cap and being spotted in such normal circumstances, it might be hard to recognise this screen icon.
But he is a very familiar face in recent movie history.
Although he has always been the lead vocals, rhythm guitar, and songwriter for American band Thirty Seconds to Mars,
His first appearances on screen were guest appearances on the short-lived television shows Camp Wilder (1992) and Almost Home (1993).
But his break through television role was in My So-Called Life in 1994.
Since then he has appeared in various movies and is best known for starring as The Joker in Suicide Squad,
He won an Oscar and Golden Globe for Dallas Buyers Club.
You must have guessed it now? But here's another clue - just in case.
The star has two big-budget films being released in the coming months at Disney and Amazon MGM, Tron: Ares and Masters of the Universe.
Yes, it's none other than the Hollywood legend Jared Leto.
Jared posted the video on his Facebook account and captioned it: "Breaking bread in Barcelona🇪🇸"
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The video showed Jared offering some bread to a Spanish local who broke some off and ate it.
Jared's fans were swift to comment on the kind gesture and one wrote: "The man is sharing a snack with Jared Leto and doesn't even know it ."
Another added: "This man doesn't know how lucky he is yet."
"The man has no idea who just shared his food with him," wrote another.
A fourth added: "This man definitely doesn't know who he is."
"What common curtesy. Goes-to show the sweet reverence of Jared Leto," said another.
While another said: "How lucky this man is!.. that never happens to me when I sit on a bench in Barcelona."
Jared has recently denied historical claims of sexual misconduct.
The star, 53, was accused by nine women, including some who were teenagers at the time.
His $20 million abandoned military compound that he's turned into his private home was also recently revealed.
The eerie property once housed nuclear weapons and remains a guarded fortress in the Hollywood Hills, as the actor faces the sexual misconduct allegations.
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Jared accepted the Best Supporting Male award for Dallas Buyers Club onstage during the 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards at Santa Monica Beach
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Jared's The Joker in Suicide Squad
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Jared is the lead singer of Thirty Seconds to Mars
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