25 years later: the ‘Empire Records’ cast, then and now

A quarter of a century ago, people still went to stores to buy things, tunes weren’t available at the click of a button, and music store employees were deemed impossibly cool. Or at least that’s the nostalgic vibe many fans still get from the cult classic film that is Empire Records.It might not be Rex Manning Day, but September 22 does mark the 25^th anniversary of the film’s debut, and that’s enough reason to put on a record and jam out to a little Queen Sarah Saturday. Feel like taking a little trip down memory lane while you get your groove on? Here’s the entire main cast of the 1995 film, then and now.[gallery ids="/content/dam/bellmedia/more-etalk-ca/images/movies/2020/09/22/empire-records-cast-now-then-liv-tyler.jpg,/content/dam/bellmedia/more-etalk-ca/images/movies/2020/09/22/empire-records-cast-now-then-Ethan-Embry.jpg,/content/dam/bellmedia/more-etalk-ca/images/movies/2020/09/22/empire-records-cast-now-then-robin-tunney.jpg,/content/dam/bellmedia/more-etalk-ca/images/movies/2020/09/22/empire-records-cast-now-then-renee-zellweger.jpg,/content/dam/bellmedia/more-etalk-ca/images/movies/2020/09/22/empire-records-cast-now-then-anthony-lapaglia.jpg,/content/dam/bellmedia/more-etalk-ca/images/movies/2020/09/22/empire-records-cast-now-then-Johnny-Whitworth.jpg,/content/dam/bellmedia/more-etalk-ca/images/movies/2020/09/22/empire-records-cast-now-then-Rory-Cochrane.jpg,/content/dam/bellmedia/more-etalk-ca/images/movies/2020/09/22/empire-records-cast-now-then-Brendan-Sexton2.jpg,/content/dam/bellmedia/more-etalk-ca/images/movies/2020/09/22/empire-records-cast-now-then-debi-mazar.jpg,/content/dam/bellmedia/more-etalk-ca/images/movies/2020/09/22/empire-records-cast-now-then-Maxwell-Caulfield.jpg"][video_embed id='1790137']RELATED: Renée Zellweger says she doesn’t remember most of her 30s [/video_embed]