Amy Heckerling’s Fast Times at Ridgemont High turned out to be one of the most important comedies of the 1980s, and not just because it was the directorial debut of the filmmaker that would go on to helm cult classic Clueless over a decade later. It also marked the first script from Jerry Maguire and Almost Famous‘ Cameron Crowe, the screen debut of unknown actor Nicolas Cage and the maiden lead role of Sean Penn’s career.
The idea of an actor with Penn’s intense persona headlining a comedy seems hard to believe these days, but his performance as Jeff Spicoli saw the character become an endlessly quotable counterculture icon, and it still ranks among the finest work he’s ever done almost 40 years later. A virtual table read was recently held to raise money for Penn’s humanitarian organization, and while he didn’t play Spicoli this time around,...
The idea of an actor with Penn’s intense persona headlining a comedy seems hard to believe these days, but his performance as Jeff Spicoli saw the character become an endlessly quotable counterculture icon, and it still ranks among the finest work he’s ever done almost 40 years later. A virtual table read was recently held to raise money for Penn’s humanitarian organization, and while he didn’t play Spicoli this time around,...
- 9/20/2020
- by Scott Campbell
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