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Lindsay Blake The media spotlight has certainly been shining on “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” as of late, nearly 40 years after its 1982 debut. First, Dane Cook hosted a celeb-filled virtual table read of the original script in September with such power players as Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Morgan Freeman, and Jeff Spicoli himself, Sean Penn.

Nicole Kidman could have had a very different career path.

Nicole Kidman was just a girl, standing in front of a casting director, trying to win the lead lady role in! In a piece for the 53-year-old actress chats with her co-star, Hugh Grant, and reveals that she once longed to play opposite him in one of his most iconic films. «I really wanted the role that Julia Roberts played in ,» Kidman admits, referring to the 1999 film in which Roberts played famous American actress Anna Scott. «Did you?» inquires Grant, who played bookshop owner William Thacker

Marie Claire published on Tuesday. “But I wasn’t well known enough, and I wasn’t talented enough,” she added, also admitting to Grant that she was going to do a small part in “Love, Actually,” in which he played the British prime minister.The two reminisced about their first time meeting in their 20s at the Ivy in London, when Kidman was still with Tom Cruise and Grant was still together with Elizabeth Hurley.Of course, the two actors would each play a villain in the “Paddington” franchise:

Nicole Kidman wanted to be a rom-com star.

Halle Bailey was cast as Ariel in the studio's live-action, now Yara Shahidi has been tapped to play Tinkerbell in a new take on, ET can confirm.Titled, the live-action take on the boy who wouldn't grow up hails from director David Lowery () and stars newcomers Alexander Molony and Ever Anderson as the titular duo alongside Jude Law as Captain Hook.Shahidi joins the ranks of past Tinks that includes Margaret Kerry (who served as the live-action model for the 1953 animated classic), Julia Roberts

Dane Cook began to put together Feelin’ A-Live, the virtual live table read of Fast Times at Ridgemont High, he had no idea which talent would agree.

Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt caused a social media meltdown with their appearances during the Feelin' A-Live: A Virtual Table Read Of Fast Times at Ridgemont High. They joined Julia Roberts, Matthew McConaughey, Morgan Freeman and other stars for the session.

Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston were all smiles during the virtual live table read of Fast Times at Ridgemont High.The charity event was hosted by Dane Cook on Thursday, September 17, and raised money for two different nonprofit groups.

After what has felt like forever (at least in coronavirus time), Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston finally reunited!

Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston, Julia Roberts and more stars are joining forces for a Fast Times at Ridgemont High virtual table read 38 years after the film’s release as part of Dane Cook Presents Feelin' A-Live. The hourlong fundraiser will feature scenes from the 1982 film read by an all-star cast with a message from Fast Times director Amy Heckerling and screenwriter Cameron Crowe.

It’s a Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston reunion! The former couple participated in Dane Cook’s “Feelin’ A-Live”, a virtual live table read of “Fast Times at Ridgemont High”, on Thursday.

Dave McNary Film ReporterThe 1982 world of “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” came to life Thursday night in a fundraising table read that included Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston, Jimmy Kimmel, John Legend, Ray Liotta, Julia Roberts, Shia LaBeouf, Morgan Freeman and Henry Golding.The hour-long streaming event took place on the Facebook page for Penn’s nonprofit CORE (Community Organized Relief Effort) and LiveXLive as well as criminal justice reform group Reform Alliance.

table read, Pitt played Brad Hamilton, the role originated by a young Judge Reinhold in the 1982 cult teen comedy, and Aniston took on the part of Linda, the girl a drooling Brad lusts after.The former married couple, who’ve practically gone on tour since their warmhearted reunion at the SAG Awards in January, had to act out one of the most embarrassing scenes in the film.You might recall when Brad takes an, ahem, private moment in his bathroom, or as narrator Morgan Freeman said with blunt