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Cameron Crowe opens up about Phillip Seymour Hoffman’s performance in ‘Almost Famous’

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Almost Famous performance to mark the film’s 20th anniversary.The actor, who died in 2014, played acclaimed music critic Lester Bangs in the film which was based on Crowe’s own early experiences as a young music journalist for Rolling Stone.In a new interview with The Independent, Crowe recalled Hoffman’s performance saying “as brilliant as you think he is, he was more” and described the late actor’s death as an “enormous loss.”Crowe revealed: “Phil Hoffman was sick with the flu when he shot his scenes.

He had earbuds in almost every minute on set…what a gift that he played Lester. Lester would probably agree. They had a similar world view…and both burned brightly…two comets streaking across the sky.”Patrick Fugit, who starred as young.

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