Entertainment
Philip Seymour Hoffman’s son stars in Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘Licorice Pizza’
The late actor and Anderson had been longtime collaborators, and now Cooper carries on the custom alongside singer Alana Haim (of the band HAIM) within the Nineteen Seventies interval piece set within the San Fernando Valley.
The film is written and directed by Anderson and reveals a highschool romance between teen actor Gary Valentine (Hoffman) and Alana Kane (Haim) and their struggles to be collectively and be comfortable.
Anderson filmed “Boogie Nights” in the identical space of Los Angles; a movie that earned important success for him and Hoffman.
“Licorice Pizza” additionally stars Maya Rudolph, Sean Penn, Tom Waits and Bradley Cooper.
Hoffman joins one other younger actor following in his father’s footsteps. Michael Gandolfini performs the younger Tony Soprano in David Chase’s prequel movie “The Many Saints of Newark.” His father, James Gandolfini, performed Tony Soprano on “The Sopranos.”
