Almost Famous by revealing that legendary musician Neil Young nearly had an incredible cameo in his beloved comedy drama.Released on September 13, 2000, in the United States, Almost Famous is Crowe’s semi-autobiographical tale of a teenage music journalist going on tour with the fictitious rock band Stillwater. Billy Crudup played lead guitarist Russell Hammond in Almost Famous, and during a recent interview with Rolling Stone Crowe admitted that Young was supposed to star in a scene as his