The OC Star Adam Brody Inspired by Ryan Phillippe  6/9/05

The OC star Adam Brody was inspired to become an actor after watching Ryan Phillippe in the film I Know What You Did Last Summer. While the majority of his counterparts credit more profound projects for inspiring them, Brody admits the 1997 thriller - which starred Jennifer Love Hewitt - led to his life-changing decision to pursue a career in entertainment. 

He says, "Truly, I wish I could tell you that... (Robert) De Niro in Raging Bull changed my life. It's not true at all. It's actually maybe like Ryan Phillippe in I Know What You Did Last Summer. "I saw that and I said, 'Those kids are having so much more fun than I am and it seems like such a great thing.' And truly, that was like a huge inspiration in me moving up (to Los Angeles) and trying to act. "I wanted to date Jennifer Love Hewitt and I wanted to have a BMW like they did in that movie."