The roles of Russell Hammond and Penny Lane were originally set to go to Brad Pitt and Sarah Polley. Polley dropped out to work on her own project, and Pitt, for whom writer/director Cameron Crowe had written the part of the "guitarist with mystique", worked with Crowe for months before finally admitting, according to Crowe, "I just don't get it enough to do it." The original title for Almost Famous was actually "Untitled", however Dreamworks would not allow this, so ...[Read Story ]