Louis Tomlinson actually auditioned for The X Factor three times before making it through in 2010 at age 18. Louis loved to be on stage while he was still in school, performing in a number of productions, including as Danny Zuko in Grease. He also met James Corden when James was on the show Fat Friends and Louis's mom was a chaperone on it. Louis had a few parts in the show, so when Louis went on The X Factor in London, Louis's mom called up James and asked him to look out for her son in the big city. When he was younger, Louis also had a few different jobs, including one at Toys R Us that he spoke about in One Direction: This Is Us (he said it might be the only one he wasn't fired from) and one with the Doncaster Rovers football club that years later he ended up playing for.