Actor, UNC alum Billy Crudup will never get sick of hearing 'I am a Golden God'

Posted Nov 12, 2015
Fifteen years after rocking the role of Russell Hammond, Billy Crudup has one memory that stands out in his mind when it comes to filming Cameron Crowe’s Almost Famous. “We spent five or six weeks rehearsing together,” Crudup said. (Entertainment Weekly)

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