In fact, it’s all happening – to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of writer and director Cameron Crowe’s hilarious and moving masterpiece. Almost famous – One of the best music movies ever made and undoubtedly the best movie about a Rolling Stone writer (sorry, Perfect superfans): We organize a one-of-a-kind meeting.
In the nearly hour-long conversation, Crowe is joined by stars Kate Hudson (who played “Band Aid” Penny Lane), Billy Crudup (who played rock star Russell Hammond) and Patrick Fugit (who played the journalist. teenager William Miller) to remember The often tiring process behind the movie, reminiscent of classic scenes (including an in-depth breakdown of the bus song “Tiny Dancer,” which took two full days to film), speculate on what might have happened to the characters over the years. after the movie and much more.
“The amazing thing was that we got engaged to that song, and it was the right song, and it wasn’t even that famous a song,” says Crowe of the bus scene. “And you loved Elton John, because as soon as he saw the movie, he said, ‘I always liked that song! Your understand that song!’ And she started playing it on her show, and she never stopped playing it. He gives us credit for it. Meanwhile, Fugit says that whenever he’s in a place that has a jukebox, someone tends to put on “Tiny Dancer” and watch him until he reacts.
The meeting was co-moderated by Rolling Stone senior writer Brian Hiatt and James Andrew Miller, behind the scenes podcast host origins, who has dedicated his current season to an extensive look at the realization of Almost famous.
