Hoffman is the son of late Academy Award-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, who appeared in five of Anderson’s films. Haim plays in the rock trio Haim along with her two sisters.
After weeks of previews, “Licorice Pizza” finally opens in Nashville on Christmas Eve.
I call my mom being like, ‘Oh my God, what’s going on?’ And she was like, ‘Critics Choice!’ And I immediately started crying with her.
Your mother was also Paul’s art teacher in elementary school, and they never forgot about each other.
I feel like I say it all the time, and it’s so weird, but it really did feel like my siblings, my whole family, and Paul had kind of been orbiting around each other for so long.
I was like, ‘Of course, out of all the stories I’ve told Paul in my lifetime, this is the one that he wants to put in a movie.’ Shooting the scene, we could not get through one take without busting out laughing.
And I was so obsessed with the soundtrack, I actually thought that it was like a “Now That’s What I Call Music” compilation…that’s really kind of where it all began.
We kind of do it a little bit on “The Steps,” but not anywhere close to the epic guitar riff on “Let Me Roll It.” I love that moment.
“Licorice Pizza” is your acting debut, and in an alternate universe, you could have starred opposite a super-experienced actor that had done tons of film and television.
100 percent.
And then finally, I remember sitting at a dinner table, and Paul turned to Cooper and said, “You’re Gary Valentine.” We all cried, and it was very sweet.
And then he turned to me like, “All right! Your turn!” And I was like, “No way.” So it really did take me months.
Me and my siblings, after going to a rock show on the east side, would come back to the Valley, go to Du-pars and have the best pancakes.
So it was really fun to have everybody together, blow out some candles and have a dance party.