Michelle Trachtenberg

There has been a big cast modification. Michelle Trachtenberg has replaced Jena Malone who, due to filming conflicts had to drop out, and will now be playing the role of Debbie. The rest of the cast and a description of each role are following:

· Thora plays Julie, the wife of Matt, the lead member of the band.

· Shane West will play Jimmy, one of the members of the band. This will not be a huge stretch for West, who fronts the band Jonny Was in real life.

· Jonathan Rhys-Meyers will be playing Matt opposite Thora. He will be playing Thora’s husband and lead singer.

· Michelle Trachtenberg plays Debbie, the girlfriend of another band member, who starts out as a naive good-girl type from the right side of the tracks who in the end gains a lot of rock ’n’ roll spirit.

· Dominique Swain plays a groupie who is hot after the band’s lead singer.

· Anna Faris plays the pregnant girlfriend of yet another band member.

· Rosario Dawson is cast as Sarah. After five years of standing by the band and her fiancé (bass player, David), Sarah ultimately faces a major decision in her life.

· Lukas Haas plays Charlie, the band’s sensitive drummer who unwittingly falls in love with pregnant girlfriend (Faris) of West’s character.

· Marla Sokoloff plays a bartender who comes between one of the couples.

· Henry Thomas will be playing David, the bass player, opposite Rosario Dawson.

Despite the title of the film, which suggests that the movie is set in the past, it’s actually set in modern-day L.A. According to FilmStew.com, writer and director Richard Zelniker believes that "the title is a reference to the glory days of rock n’ roll, when the leading voices of the art form were self-evident and the securing of an all-important recording contract, or "vinyl," was a true source of pride. Today, Zelniker suggests, with rap and hip-hop dominating the charts and airwaves, many are wondering where the next real emblems of rock n’ roll will come from."

It is also interesting to note that this script has been re-written several times over the past decade or so, and has almost been produced with different actors at different times as well.

Production is scheduled to begin filming in Los Angeles on July 6, 2004.