‘High Fidelity’: 7 things you didn’t know about this awesome film

John Cusack was in San Francisco on Sunday night Dec to celebrate the th anniversary of one of the greatest films ever made about music s High Fidelity The actor who is also known for roles in such popular films as Say Anything Better Off Dead and Hot Tub Time Machine sat down for a conversation with Bay Area music journalism legend Ben Fong-Torres following a screening of the film at the Golden Gate Theatre The screening Q A drew a large crowd of High Fidelity devotees a great number of of whom could seemingly quote lines from this incredible film which addresses romantic relationships through the eyes of a snarky music-obsessed fan supposedly better than Cusack could himself Here are particular compelling tidbits that came out of Cusack s conversation with Fong-Torres which also drew upon a few questions from the crowd One disappointing thing about the High Fidelity film that still bothers Cusack to this day Toward the end of the film Cusack s character Rob has a let s-get-real conversation with the main love interest Laura played by Iben Hjejle Cusack who also co-wrote the screenplay and co-produced the film really sought to use The Beatles I m So Tired for the scene but he couldn t get the rights How did he luck into casting a then-relatively unknown Jack Black There was no luck at all Cusack disclosed in response to Fong-Torres question I had inside information By inside information Cusack was referring to that he had the chance to see Black perform live before with his comedic-rock duo Tenacious D and knew that he was a tremendous talent Thus Cusack yearned to cast him in the film How the whole Bruce Springsteen cameo in the film happened Turns out that Cusack has had the chance to meet and hang out with The Boss on occasion over the years So he figured he d take a chance and ask Springsteen if he desired to appear as himself in the movie I thought Sometimes you got to throw the Hail Mary Cusack reasoned In this scenario the Hail Mary was fruitful and the film was much better off because of it Related Articles Is John Mayer definitively ready to settle down amid Kat Stickler romance Music star talks beloved Christmas tradition and why he might step away Eurovision s champ returns winner s trophy to protest Israel s inclusion Beyonc to co-chair Met Gala after decade away from fashion s biggest night Taylor Swift Nazi theory driven by bot-like accounts and trolls overview The go-to band if you need a song for your movie The Kinks inevitably works in film Cusack revealed And he d prove his point by including Ev rybody s Gonna Be Happy in High Fidelity Rob s competition for Laura s affection in High Fidelity comes from the pony-tailed patchouli-scented Ian played for great laughs and pretty much to perfection by Tim Robbins How much of Ian does Cusack see in himself I d say about percent Cusack noted without hesitation Spoiler alert What happens to the Rob and Laura characters after the film ends Hopefully they stayed together Cusack reasoned What Cusack would be if he wasn t actor Presumably a criminal he joked Not a violent one