A celebrity-packed, benefit table read of 1982’s Fast Times at Ridgemont High included Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston, Jimmy Kimmel, John Legend, Ray Liotta, Julia Roberts, Shia LaBeouf, Morgan Freeman, Sean Penn, and Henry Golding.
The event, which was an hour-long, 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.
Dane Cook hosted and Freeman narrated the unrehearsed read of the coming-of-age-dramedy.
The event was originally scheduled for a month ago, but was delayed due to “technical difficulties” and the focus was on Pitt and Aniston performing together, 15 years following their divorce. Pitt voiced Judge Reinhold’s Brad Hamilton and Aniston played Phoebe Cates’ Linda Barrett. The pair even re-enacted the film’s swimsuit sequence and Freeman ad-libbed “Lord, have mercy.”
Roberts voiced Stacy Hamilton, the perky younger sister of Brad Hamilton, LaBeouf played Penn’s iconic Jeff Spicoli character, Liotta played several scenes as Spicoli’s antagonist Mr. Hand, Legend voiced football star Charles Jefferson and his little brother, Golding played science teacher Mr. Vargas, McConaughey took on Mike Damone, Penn played Taylor Negron’s Pizza Guy, and Cook played Mark “Rat” Ratner.
The event attracted four million viewers and raised more than $135,000 for CORE and Reform Alliance.
Watch the full table read below.
