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Titolo: Biggs, Hannigan e Scott parlano di American Wedding

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July 30, 2003 - After two highly successful films, the so-called finale of
the American Pie trilogy, American Wedding, is about to hit theaters. While
so many sequels bring an end to a series quickly, American Pie 2 not only
made a whole truckload of money   it also received critical acclaim. Most
importantly, the fans loved it, in many cases more than the original. Can
they pull off a third go-round?
We got a chance to talk to the three stars of American Wedding, Jason
Biggs, Alyson Hannigan and Seann William Scott, to discuss the third film,
including intimate details on the shaving of privates and eating caca.
First off, returning to the series was never a sure thing for any of the
actors. None were originally contracted for Wedding. There was also the
fear of being pigeonholed and whether there was even a story left to tell
about these guys.
With her star status already firmly established from a certain bloodsucking
TV show with just a few diehard followers, Alyson Hannigan may have had the
most reservations about a third Pie. "I was very hesitant. ...What got me
back for all three movies actually was the script. Adam [Herz]...he's
amazing. ...I was thrilled when I read the script. It's just like, 'How
does he keep doing this?' It just has all the elements that people love,
yet it's not the same movie."
For Biggs, star treatment was a big factor for his return: "Trailer size. I
got DirecTV in my trailer, which is very exciting," he jokes. "I have to
agree with Alyson. The first place you start is the script. The script is
pretty funny. Herz did a really good job."
One thing that may surprise audiences of Wedding is that, despite the
title, this could nearly be called American Stifler. Seann William Scott's
star status has grown exponentially with this role. Steve Stifler even gets
a chance to grow as a person in this film. Okay, well, sort of. "I don't
know why people liked the character," Scott says. "I think it's because...
the way that they [his friends] played off that character because, if they
would have dismissed him and just treated him as an utter a**hole... as an
audience member you're like, 'Whoa, he's just a jerk.' ...They just play
with him and they accept what he does and they connect... I think there's a
moment of humanity. ...Obviously he cares about the kids but he's still the
same guy... One thing I like about it though, ... when he's in the car and
they've kicked him out of the party, it's one of the first times you've
ever seen him react to being treated like a d*ck. And so I think that was
..kind of interesting, if it worked... He hasn't changed that much. I
really liked that."
One of the funniest scenes involves a dance-off with Stifler in a gay bar.
I don't want to give away too much here, but, suffice to say, Scott gets a
chance to flex his Travolta-esque skills. "They brought in a real
choreographer... They would show me some stuff and I was like, 'Oh, that's
really funny.' ...I was like, 'I want to do the butterfly!' I thought it
would be funny, but I couldn't do it."
One tradition of the Pie series has always been a scene involving the
mutilation and/or humiliation of Jim (Jason Biggs) and his penis. Biggs
knew writer Herz would be cooking up something good for American Wedding.
"I wake up every morning and wonder what I'm gonna do with my genitals." If
you've seen the trailer for American Wedding, you probably saw Jim's brush
with bareness. Biggs actually says this is the toughest scene yet for him
in the Pie trilogy. "The shaving. ...just the angles with which we shot.
There was a few more peeks from my boys, let's put it that way. I gotta
tell you the truth, the blades were still there and sharp. And I actually
did end up pulling an ass hair or two out. Maybe not ass hairs," he
backtracks. "I don't have ass hairs."
Scott's character, Stifler, has, in many respects, had it worse than Biggs
in the films. With the "milky" beer drinking in the first film and a urine
shower in the second, there's really only one bodily function left to
cover. Scott himself was a little hesitant when he first read this scene in
the script. "...It was kinda too gross. It was kinda funny, but I was like
'Great, now I'm gonna be that guy?' ...In the first two, there's something
sexual about the grossest thing that Stifler did. The pee and the semen...
But this is just, like, eating s**t. And then, I was wrong... what made it
work was Eddie's (Eddie Kaye Thomas who plays Finch) reaction... In the
first two movies... something bad happens to him [Stifler] right away. In
this movie, he's just been a jerk for so long that he really deserves a
little caca."
DVD fans will be excited to learn that American Wedding was shot with the
DVD in mind almost as much as the theatrical release. A video crew followed
the cast for the entire shoot to get their thoughts on all three films. For
the bachelor party scene, two extra days were taken to film footage for the
unrated DVD. Biggs talks about the DVD: "It's called Beneath the Crust. The
wit never ends with us. ...We had a DVD crew with us the whole time during
American Wedding... We did a lot of behind-the-scenes stuff catered
specifically to our experiences from the first two movies. There will be
two DVDs specific to each of the first two films just loaded with great
stories, behind-the-scenes stuff... Tours of sets... and I think its gonna
be pretty kickass..."
The Pie trilogy has helped to launch the careers for a group of actors
primarily unknown before the trilogy. Where would they be without it? Jason
Biggs has a few thoughts on this. "My guess is that Alyson would probably
have been a big TV star in a really long-running TV show that had cult
status... But me, I really don't know. Porn comes to mind." Hannigan
laughs, "It's just amazing to be a part of something that our kids will
hear about, need therapy for."
It's a tough thing for many actors to escape the trappings of playing the
same character more than once. While Hannigan was already well known for
her role on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, it looks like Biggs and Scott are
doing just fine. Biggs will soon star in Woody Allen's next film, Anything
Else. "I gotta tell you, the Woody Allen thing, it happened very quickly...
I was doing The Graduate in Boston... We had an under five-minute
conversation in the doorway. And we exchanged pleasantries... And then he
went right into the script. He was like, 'I have this script and you'd be
playing this kind of character.' And he kept saying, 'You'll be playing
this. You'll be this kind of character and you'll be doing this.' And he
made some comment like, 'And you'll be in every scene in the movie. You'll
be working every day.' I made what I thought to be a joke and said
something like, 'So I guess it will be a cakewalk, huh?' And silence.
Crickets. And then he said...'Okay, great...Really nice to meet you. We'll
have the minions work it out and I'll see you on set.' ...So, unbeknownst
to me, he had cast me before I even went in the room. ...He said the only
movies he had seen of mine were American Pie and Loser. So, to ask if
American Pie for me has been a detriment would be like...absolutely not.
I'm proud of my performance in it."
 
Scott got a chance to work with The Rock in this fall's The Rundown. "It
was great. When you see it, [the title] really works. The Rock plays...a
bounty hunter. I'm actually the rundown, the next job... Working with The
Rock was awesome. He's a great guy."
Is there more American Pie on the way, or is this really the end? Hannigan
smiles brightly. "I said 'no' to every single movie. So no, this is it. Oh
yeah, they can't do a sequel. And here we are, we're in a trilogy. So I'm
just going to keep saying no because it keeps working out for me." Biggs
deadpans, "I'm in the process of throwing around ideas for a prequel.
(Laughs.) So we'll see how that goes. I'm joking. A prequel, Jesus. I
guess, puberty. You know, there's a funny set piece with some balls
dropping.
Hannigan's role has grown from a near cameo in the first film to front and
center on the posters for American Wedding. Is Hannigan really done with
the films and all her creative endeavors with instruments? "Michelle really
evolved. She had a long way to go to. I mean, she's still Michelle. But
she's come into her own. Grown out of such the dorkiness..."
Scott laughs as one reporter mentions a Stifler spin-off. "Will Stifler go
on in his own movies? No... (laughs) ... (more seriously) No. That'd be a
big career ender. No, I think it's the end, but we've said it before. I'm
sure they'll try it if it does well, but I think it's the end. No, I had so
much fun on the third one."
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