Sleeping Angel in Fast Times movie

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Originally Posted by Macfan4life

There is another Fleetwood Mac connection to Fast Times. Sean Penn was turned down to play Jeff Spicoli twice. He wanted the part so bad. There was a Fleetwood Mac costume party that Penn was invited to in CA. I don't remember if the creator or director of Fast Times was going to be there. But Penn wanted the part so bad that he lived the part of Jeff Spicoli even at the Fleetwood Mac costume party where everyone else was dressed like members of the band. After other auditions failed to cast Jeff Spicoli, Sean Penn's hard work paid off and he finally got cast in the role.

It's so interesting that he wanted the part so badly because almost every character he played afterwards was the complete opposite of that role!