Alana Haim makes acting debut in star-studded Paul Thomas Anderson film

• Published date: 29 September 2021
• Author: GABE FRIEDMAN/JTA

Alana Haim, guitarist of the famed band made up of three Jewish sisters, is set to star in director Paul Thomas Anderson's latest film, "Licorice Pizza." Its trailer was released on Monday.

The coming-of-age film stars the youngest Haim sister as a teenage actor in Los Angeles' San Fernando valley — the exact location where the Haim family grew up.

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Its impressive cast includes the late Philip Seymour Hoffman's son Cooper, along with Jewish director Benny Safdie (part of the brother duo behind "Uncut Gems"), Sean Penn, musician Tom Waits and Bradley Cooper — who plays Barbra Streisand's former boyfriend Jon Peters. In a memorable moment in the trailer, Cooper's character corrects a mispronunciation of Babs' last name.

Anderson is one of Hollywood's most respected...