After Deadline revealed last weekend that the 80-year old Don Phillips died of natural causes on Thanksgiving Day, two actors whose careers he played a key role launching have written a tribute for us.
Phillips was renowned for his eye, in casting and/or producing such films as Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon (he encouraged holding out for relatively unknown John Cazale to be available), Animal House and Melvin and Howard, Phillips was integral in McConaughey getting the breakthrough role of Wooderson in the Richard Linklater-directed Dazed and Confused, and Penn getting the role of Spicoli in Fast Times At Ridgemont High.
Read more on deadline.com
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