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- He was confirmed in the movie after a quick chat that took place before the scheduled audition. Sean Penn was 22 when he played Jeff Spicoli.
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- Fast Times at Ridgemont High began as a non-fiction book. While a freelance writer for Rolling Stone, screenwriter Cameron Crowe spent a year secretly embedded at Clairemont High School in San Diego, California under an assumed name (and in cooperation with the school’s administration) to gather stories for a non-fiction book with the same title.
- The inspiration for Mark “The Rat” Ratner would go on to become a real-life computer guru. Crowe based the geeky Rat on then-Clairemont High School student Andy Rathbone.
- Fast Times is Amy Heckerling’s directorial debut. Heckerling, who would go on to direct Look Who’s Talking and Clueless, was hired to direct Fast Times at Ridgemont High based on her AFI thesis film.
- Jennifer Jason Leigh also did a bit of undercover work to prepare. Twenty-year-old Leigh took a job at the actual Perry’s Pizza in the Sherman Oaks Galleria mall, where parts of the movie were shot, to get into character as Stacy Hamilton.
Fast Times at Ridgemont High is a 1982 American coming-of-age comedy film directed by Amy Heckerling (in her feature directorial debut) from a screenplay by Cameron Crowe, based on his 1981 book Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A True Story, and starring Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Phoebe Cates, Brian Backer, Robert Romanus ...
Aug 11, 2017 · August 11, 2017. Fast Times at Ridgemont High might be a teen classic now, but 35 years ago it was an irritating thorn in Universal’s side. The studio didn’t give writer Cameron Crowe and...
- Jennifer Jason Leigh (61) Stacy Hamilton. Jennifer Jason Leigh played 15-year-old Stacy Hamilton, who worked at Perry’s Pizza. Perry’s Pizza was a real place and Leigh actually took a job there to prepare for the role.
- Sean Penn (62) Jeff Spicoli. While Penn played a stoner in Fast Times at Ridgemont High, he has mostly turned to more serious and dramatic roles as his career went on.
- Phoebe Cates (60) Linda Barrett. Phoebe Cates just turned 60 on July 16, 2023, and played Linda, Stacy’s best friend at Perry’s Pizza who gives her lots of dating advice in Fast Times At Ridgemont High and of course that infamous daydream sequence of jumping into the pool.
- Judge Reinhold (66) Brad Hamilton. Judge Reinhold played Stacy’s older brother and boyfriend to Lisa. He also appeared in Gremlins with Cates as well as Beverly Hills Cop and the Santa Clause movies.
- Jennifer Jason Leigh (Stacy Hamilton) Jennifer Jason Leigh played Stacy Hamilton, a 15-year-old freshman with a job at Perry’s Pizza. Leigh went on to star in Backdraft and Short Cuts throughout the 1990s.
- Sean Penn (Jeff Spicoli) Fast Times at Ridgemont High’s lovable stoner, Jeff Spicoli, was played by Sean Penn. After getting his start in this comedic role, Penn went on to become a respected dramatic actor.
- Judge Reinhold (Brad Hamilton) Judge Reinhold played Stacy’s older brother, Brad Hamilton, a popular senior bouncing from job to job. Brad isn’t a great boyfriend to Lisa, but he makes up for it by being a supportive brother to Stacy.
- Phoebe Cates (Linda Barrett) Linda Barrett, Stacy’s best friend and Perry’s Pizza colleague, who gives her advice about sex and dating, was played by Phoebe Cates.
He was confirmed in the movie after a quick chat that took place before the scheduled audition. Sean Penn was 22 when he played Jeff Spicoli. And he was fully immersed in the role to the point that he didn't allow the crew to call him by his real name - he was Spicoli 100 percent of the time.
Aug 17, 2022 · As Jeff Spicoli actor Sean Penn turns 62, find out what the 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High' cast is up to (and looks like) 40 years later. By Wonderwall.com Editors 1:00pm PDT, Aug 17, 2022....
