The celebrity-studded hour-long table read included Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston, Jimmy Kimmel, John Legend, Ray Liotta, Julia Roberts, Shia LaBeouf, Morgan Freeman, Sean Penn, and Henry Golding and it took place on the Facebook page for Sean Penn’s nonprofit CORE (Community Organized Relief Effort) and LiveXLive as well as the criminal justice reform group Reform Alliance.

The event was hosted by Dane Cook with Freeman narrating the unrehearsed read, which was surprisingly flawless.

The table read was actually scheduled a month ago, but put on hold due to “technical difficulties”. The best part of the event was Pitt and Aniston reuniting 15 years after their divorce. Pitt played Judge Reinhold’s Brad Hamilton and Aniston played Phoebe Cates’ Linda Barrett. They even re-enacted the film’s awkward swimsuit sequence and Freeman appropriately ad-libbed “Lord, have mercy.” 

As for the rest of the celebrities, Roberts voiced Stacy Hamilton, the perky younger sister of Brad Hamilton, LaBeouf voiced Penn’s iconic Jeff Spicoli character, Liotta played Spicoli’s antagonist Mr. Hand, Legend voiced football star Charles Jefferson and his little brother, Golding played science teacher Mr. Vargas, McConaughey voiced Mike Damone, Penn played Taylor Negron’s Pizza Guy, and Cook played Mark “Rat” Ratner.

The table read raised more than $135,000 for CORE and Reform Alliance and attracted an audience of four million viewers.

Don’t miss out of this one-of-a-kind event. Check out the virtual table read below.

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Neither can we.

Before Ang Lee signed on as director of the Oscar-winning picture, Don’t Worry He Won’t Get Far On Foot director, Gus Van Sant was approached to direct the project.

Now, Van Sant revealed just how difficult it was to cast the 2005 picture, with many prominent actors turning down the chance to star in the film about two gay cowboys who start an affair behind their wives, backs.

Talking to IndieWire, the 65-year-old filmmaker said, “Nobody wanted to do it. I was working on it, and I felt like we needed a really strong cast, like a famous cast. That wasn’t working out. I asked the usual suspects: Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Ryan Phillippe. They all said no.”

Both Heath and Jake were nominated for Best Lead Actor and Best Supporting Actor, respectively, at the Academy Awards, while the film ended up winning Best Original Score, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Director for Lee.

The post “Brokeback Mountain” Could Have been Very Different appeared first on thestarsworldwide.com.

The celebrity-studded hour-long table read included Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston, Jimmy Kimmel, John Legend, Ray Liotta, Julia Roberts, Shia LaBeouf, Morgan Freeman, Sean Penn, and Henry Golding and it took place on the Facebook page for Sean Penn’s nonprofit CORE (Community Organized Relief Effort) and LiveXLive as well as the criminal justice reform group Reform Alliance.

The event was hosted by Dane Cook with Freeman narrating the unrehearsed read, which was surprisingly flawless.

The table read was actually scheduled a month ago, but put on hold due to “technical difficulties”. The best part of the event was Pitt and Aniston reuniting 15 years after their divorce. Pitt played Judge Reinhold’s Brad Hamilton and Aniston played Phoebe Cates’ Linda Barrett. They even re-enacted the film’s awkward swimsuit sequence and Freeman appropriately ad-libbed “Lord, have mercy.” 

As for the rest of the celebrities, Roberts voiced Stacy Hamilton, the perky younger sister of Brad Hamilton, LaBeouf voiced Penn’s iconic Jeff Spicoli character, Liotta played Spicoli’s antagonist Mr. Hand, Legend voiced football star Charles Jefferson and his little brother, Golding played science teacher Mr. Vargas, McConaughey voiced Mike Damone, Penn played Taylor Negron’s Pizza Guy, and Cook played Mark “Rat” Ratner.

The table read raised more than $135,000 for CORE and Reform Alliance and attracted an audience of four million viewers.

Don’t miss out of this one-of-a-kind event. Check out the virtual table read below.

The post “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” Fundraiser Reunites Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston appeared first on thestarsworldwide.com.

Neither can we.

Before Ang Lee signed on as director of the Oscar-winning picture, Don’t Worry He Won’t Get Far On Foot director, Gus Van Sant was approached to direct the project.

Now, Van Sant revealed just how difficult it was to cast the 2005 picture, with many prominent actors turning down the chance to star in the film about two gay cowboys who start an affair behind their wives, backs.

Talking to IndieWire, the 65-year-old filmmaker said, “Nobody wanted to do it. I was working on it, and I felt like we needed a really strong cast, like a famous cast. That wasn’t working out. I asked the usual suspects: Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Ryan Phillippe. They all said no.”

Both Heath and Jake were nominated for Best Lead Actor and Best Supporting Actor, respectively, at the Academy Awards, while the film ended up winning Best Original Score, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Director for Lee.

The post “Brokeback Mountain” Could Have been Very Different appeared first on thestarsworldwide.com.