by urnofosiris » Sat Aug 23, 2003 9:27 am
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Cut to Anthony holding a microphone standing in the media line at the premiere. He interviews the rest of the American Wedding cast. Then he says "Here comes my friend Alyson Hannigan." Aly walks right past him and all the other interviewers, smiling and waving, but without stopping to talk to any of them.
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Coffee, Food, Kisses and Gay Love........Get it while you are hot
by kajo 2000 » Sat Aug 23, 2003 11:17 am
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Alyson Hannigan
American Pie: The Wedding
11th August 2003
Interviewed by Alana Lee
Alyson Hannigan made her acting debut in "My Stepmother is an Alien" before going on to make a handful of TV movies. She later landed a regular slot on popular TV series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", fitting it in between two slices of "American Pie". In "American Pie: The Wedding" she says 'I do' to Jason Biggs.
What persuaded you to come back for the third film?
I am thrilled with the development of the character. To be honest, I thought she was a one shot deal. After the first film, they talked about a second film, and I thought Michelle wouldn't be a part of it because she kind of left at the end of the first movie. But then I got this script for the sequel and Michelle was still a very big part of it, and now here we are again.
Do you think "American Pie" fans are going to buy into Jim and Michelle getting married?
I think people are really going to root for them to get married. It's such a sweet relationship, and they're each so traumatisingly odd that I think they just deserve each other. You know, they're just so perfect for each other.
What's your favorite moment from this film?
I got my first scene with Eugene Levy [who plays Jim's dad] and it was just the most thrilling moment of my career. He's just brilliant.
These films are famous for pushing the envelope. Any worries that this one may go too far?
You know, I think our fans expect it, and you do have to raise the bar. The thing with these movies is that there's so much heart to them. There's definitely an element of raunchiness, but you genuinely care about these characters. You root for them. They're genuinely trying to do the right thing. They're just clumsy.
"American Pie: The Wedding" is released in UK cinemas on Friday 15th August 2003.
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"American Wedding's" Bride and Groom Discuss the Third "Pie" Movie
Interview with Jason Biggs and Alyson Hannigan
by Rebecca Murray
In Universal Pictures' "American Wedding," Michelle, our favorite band camp geek, and Jim, the goofball nerdy guy, are tying the knot. Some, but not all, of the "American Pie" gang are attending the wedding. Stifler, Finch, Kevin and Jim's parents return along with a new central character, Michelle's sister Cadence (January Jones).
Did you two grow closer from making the three "American Pie" movies?
ALYSON HANNIGAN: No, because the restraining order really keeps us apart.
JASON BIGGS: Yeah, and then Alexis [Denisof] finding out about the affair.
ALYSON HANNIGAN: (Laughing) He keeps saying that.
JASON BIGGS: I'm all about the truth.
ALYSON HANNIGAN: But yes, definitely. It's funny how similar ["Buffy"] feels to the three movies. Usually you do a movie, it's three months and then you don't see the people again until the press comes out. You never see the crew again. But this we keep coming back and it's really become much more of a family as the TV show was very much like a family.
Do you miss "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" yet?
ALYSON HANNIGAN: I miss my friends. It's just starting to sink in, because last night Alexis got his script for "Angel." I was like, "Oh, I would have been getting a 'Buffy' script right now." But it's kind of liberating.
With Willow and Michelle you've had complete character arcs. Are you excited to let those characters go and explore what's next for you?
ALYSON HANNIGAN: I am, yeah. I will treasure both of those characters, always, and I'm so grateful to have been a part of two amazing projects.
Was there more pressure to measure up this time around?
ALYSON HANNIGAN: I think there's a higher expectation level, coming back for the third movie.
JASON BIGGS: Yeah, sure.
ALYSON HANNIGAN: Because the first one, it was just like, "Oh, well, this is what I wanna do." And then the second one you're like, "OK, well, I hope everybody's gonna like it." You start getting a sense of the outside world. But then the third one, I don't know. I didn't have that as much as with the second one.
How do you guys fight typecasting from these well-known characters?
JASON BIGGS: I haven't been trying to fight it too much. I hate when people sit down and are like, "Yeah, I'm going to try to break free from this character. I really think I can do this dramatic work." I hate when people talk like that. I don't know, I'm just going to knock on the right doors, I guess. I'm going to have to work pretty hard and persevere, because it's not going to be super easy. People want to cast you in what they know you to be able to do. I love doing what I do. I always want to do comedy. I don't ever want to stop doing it, so I don't know.
Does working with Woody Allen ("Anything Else") and Kevin Smith ("Jersey Girl") help?
JASON BIGGS: Yes, absolutely. Woody Allen cast me off of "American Pie" and "Loser." Those are the two films that he saw and he cast me from [them]. So in that regard, "American Pie" itself is helping me break the typecast of "American Pie." Right? I'm proud of my performances in these movies, despite the fact that they've, to an extent, pigeonholed me.
ALYSON HANNIGAN: But it's not like you're "Ernest."
JASON BIGGS: What's that?
ALYSON HANNIGAN: You know. Remember, like "Ernest Goes to Jail?"
JASON BIGGS: Oh (laughing). Because I thought, you know, I'm a pretty earnest guy.
When you get the "American Pie" scripts do you flinch at what they have you do or is it more like, "Bring it on?"
JASON BIGGS: I love it. I'll do anything for the funny. You know, going to those extremes, I love it. I think it's great fun. It's very unique - this character and his involvement in those scenes. But I'm the guy who does it. No one else will. That's my thing. I got that and I'm pretty damn proud of it. No, I have no qualms, so long as it works and people laugh, then cool. Awesome. At this point the bar has been raised and the expectations have been set. When I read the script for this one and the previous one it was like, "What do we have? How do we top or at least hold a candle to the previous set pieces?"
Alyson, in this one you get Eugene Levy all to yourself. Were you excited about that?
ALYSON HANNIGAN: I was thrilled. That was just one of the peaks of my career, thus far. I was just on a natural high for days. It was so much fun and just such a gift. I was just completely inspired. I love him. I want to be him.
Jason, how was working with Eugene over the course of three movies?
JASON BIGGS: It was great fun. I like to think that I've learned quite a bit from working with him. The thing I respect the most about his comedy is his timing, which is something that you can't really learn. It's something that you have or you don't. You can hone it, so I'd like to think that I do have some timing and I was able to hone it working with the likes of Eugene Levy because his is perfect. I really admire his cadence, [the] sort of vocal gymnastics that he plays. He sort of choreographs his facial reactions with his cadence. It's brilliant. And that with his timing, it's just a comedic extravaganza. From the neck up, it's brilliant.
Jason, do you have trouble dating because of this character?
JASON BIGGS: I had a girlfriend forever and I'm just recently sort of getting back into the dating world, so I have my own issues to deal with. I guess it can be difficult. It can be difficult [but] not because of the type of character I play. I don't really worry about people thinking of me as the 'pie guy' and not wanting to date me because they think I'm a loser or sexually inept. It's more about, "Is the girl into you because you're cool and because she likes you and because she's able to separate you from your work? Or is my film work or recognition a distraction to her, or something she's not able to put aside? Is that the only reason she likes me?" Those questions that come into play, not so much my concern over being perceived as a bumbling, goofy guy.
Could you do one more "American Pie" movie, even if it evolves from the franchise and is just about your characters as a couple?
JASON BIGGS: Damn. If it works, I'm open to anything. I'm certainly open to the idea of working with Alyson Hannigan again.
ALYSON HANNIGAN: Aww.
JASON BIGGS: For the record, I'm just saying that for the press.
ALYSON HANNIGAN: (Fake crying) No. We'll never work together ever again. He sucks.
Was it difficult not having the whole cast back this time?
JASON BIGGS: It was weird. We definitely miss them. But it was something that it just sort of made sense for the story, it was a natural progression of the story. You could tell even in the second movie that a lot of the characters were on the periphery of the storyline.
It was almost borderline forced with some of the characters. Here in the third installment, it would've been forced; it would have been obvious. In order to concentrate on the wedding, it was just the natural way to go. Unfortunately, some of these characters fell by the wayside. We missed them. Was it noticeable on set? A bit, yeah, you know.
For me it was more about [Chris] Klein. Klein's a good buddy and I worked with him quite a bit in the first two films. I didn't work with any of the other girls. Shannon [Elizabeth] I worked with, so that whole story [of] not working with Shannon was for me a little bit more obvious that that was missing. But Alyson's really the girl I worked with in the first two films and really liked working with. I mean, I liked working with Shannon, but Alyson was my girl. So, I had Alyson and it didn't matter. I missed Klein, though. I definitely missed Klein. But he understands as well as anybody. He was very much involved. It was his decision not to come back. He got it better than anybody that Oz just didn't make sense here.
Did you miss the flute?
ALYSON HANNIGAN: No, actually, I didn't. I will never live that down. I'll always hear it. My poor kids.
Do either of you have a favorite moment from the "Pie" movies?
ALYSON HANNIGAN: My personal favorite would be my scene with Eugene [Levy] because that was the first time in all three movies that I actually had a scene with him. I didn't meet Eugene until the premiere of the second movie. I hadn't met him.
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American Wedding: An Interview with Jason Biggs and Alyson Hannigan
It's been a few years since the first of the American Pie films came out and made stars out of the cast. Jason Biggs has parlayed his comical role into leading roles such as Loser and Saving Silverman. He even landed a role in the theater production of The Graduate last year. Meanwhile, Alyson Hannigan changed her whole image when her character turned out to be a crazy sexpot. It definitely increased her awareness on the Buffy, the Vampire Slayer TV series. Together again for the third time, Jason and Alyson reprise their roles as Jim and Michelle in American Wedding, in which their characters are set to get married. In an interview with blackfilm.com, both actors spoke about getting back into the roles.
Were you happy that your character was a little less geeky?
AH: Yeah. I worried that we might have departed a little too far from the original Michelle. But that was more of a concern I had for the second movie. But she's still her true self, I think, but just awkward.
The director talked about the two of you being sort of the centerpiece of the fairy tale he was trying to create in this one, and in the midst of all the bizarre stuff going on he still wanted it to be a sweet fairy tale. With that, did you sense that, that's whom you were and that you do anything to make sure that you kept it sweet in the midst of the poop eating and all that?
AH: Yeah, I think that's one of the major focuses of all three movies. It's that you have to have the sweet factor so that you believe the gross factor and you kind of root for Jim. It's like 'Jim is glued to himself, how is he going to get himself out of this one' but you have to care and you do. I really care about all of these characters. It's the heart that makes it. I don't know, the gross is funny but you've got to have the heart or you really just don't have anything that people respond to, I think.
Well as actors, did it help that the cast was somewhat paired back and it wasn't like 20 people and 20 name characters like in American Pie? Not that you didn't miss your co-stars from American Pie 2 but I mean the fact that you were able to get into your characters and do a little bit more this time around with them and that there was kind of a central thing going on around this. Did that help?
JB: I think so. As American Pie concentrate, it was like the rest of the cast, we missed them and they were a very big part of the creation of this franchise and what it is today. However, even for the sequel, the second one started to feel like some of these characters were on the periphery of the story line and sort of maybe started to feel maybe a little bit forced. So thematically coming into the third one and have the storyline be a wedding, it would have been too forced for a lot of the characters and it would have been too obvious. So to sort of pair it down and concentrate on the themes and the story points that we wanted to hit on, it just seemed more natural, I suppose.
AH: Yeah, and to give every character the justice they deserve, it would have been a 5hr movie and so they just kind of stuck to the wedding and got into that.
Were there any sour grapes from those who are not in the film?
JB: I've only spoken to [Chris] Klein who is so cool, the coolest guy, he's so psyched for us, that we got to come back to do it again, he misses doing it with us but he knew it was their decision not to do it. So he' cool, I haven't spoken to anybody else, I have no idea as to sour gapes or not.
AH: I spoke to Natasha [Lyonne] once. She's fine.
With the first movie, did you think, "Oh God, this is going to embarrass my family?" Did you think anything like that?
JB: No, I was concerned about being embarrassed watching it with my parents and I was a little nervous but upon seeing their reaction within the first ten minutes of the film, which was delight and hilarity, I knew that it was all good. So now with each of the subsequent films, the bar has been raised so high. It's so different from the first movie that they are expecting to see some of these absurdities and embarrassing situations so it doesn't matter that I'm their son. And one would think it'd be pretty weird to see their son getting intimate with a pie or crazy-glueing his hands to the penis, they love it. That's weird, actually (he laughs).
The big embarrassing moment for you in this movie is of course the opening scene, where it's always something with your dad around and there's always some big embarrassment type of thing. Did you have any input? I mean obviously the pie became synonymous with you for a little while but you've managed to overcome that.
JB: Have I? (He laughs) Oh, I overcame it, that's for damn sure.
But this one, obviously, people are going to be talking about this, this restaurant scene and obviously Michelle, it might have been well embarrassing for you too. But did you have any input at all as to how that would be done or what would be your scene this time around that would be the big embarrassing one in front of a lot of people?
JB: Well if you compare the three films and look at the formula, I mean they are kind of surreal. The opening scene is, getting embarrassed - Eugene or parents walking in embarrassing me. There's similarity the whole way through, formulaically. So for me, I guess the pie scene, crazy-glue scene, it would be the shaving of the genital scene that would be that one. Then there's the dog scene, which is like kissing Sean in the second and the Internet scene for the first one.
Was that a prosthetic in the first opening scene?
JB: In the first movie? Oh, in this one. It's the second time I've shown a hard-on in my pants. It wasn't a prosthetic.
AH: It was actually a funnel with tape around it.
But do you get any input into like those sorts of things. I mean at this point, I would think that you're so familiar with the character and you have a new director coming in, that you would give your input as to how you think the scene should be and how Jim would behave.
JB: Oh absolutely. I mean we were very outspoken and we were sharing ideas and creatively, we were involved to the extreme. With each film, we became more and more creatively involved and outspoken. You know, who knows the characters better than us? And with Jesse who is in a very tough position to come in as the new guy, to come in and sort of try to take over the directing job of a film that has a cast that knows that this is their time playing these characters. So we really did take the lead in terms of character decisions.
AH: Then Adam [Herz] was there all the time so that really helped out.
At the same time, having done three of these movies and sort of like a several movie hit correspond from the success of this opportunity. Are you relieved to be done with this? Are you sort of intentionally going try to go against this; this sort of the hapless, coming of age guy? Are you relieved to be through in a sense, just so you can move on and do other things?
JB: I'm sort of ambivalent to be honest. I'm not like thank God this is over, I can finally move on to other things. I've had other great opportunities during the last five years, while I was continuing to play this character. I am sad because I've had such a wonderful experience in all three of these films and if in fact this is the last one, which it certainly seems to be and certainly feels like it, I am sad that I might not have the opportunity to work with this entire cast together again. Perhaps, individually I will, that would be great, but I've had such wonderful experiences. So to say goodbye to the experience is sad, to say goodbye to the character is also sad, I've had a great time with my character. But you know, I'm not going to be the guy that sits here and is like I'm trying to break free, blah blah blah. I hate when people talk like that. It's like you know what, I'll figure it out. If I only play this character for the rest of my life, or I continue to act and be successful for the rest of my life, so be it man, I'm a lucky son of a bitch, it's all good, I don't care. Whatever.
So there are more pies in your future?
JB: Pies, I don't know about pies. For the character or me?
When actors set out, nobody really has a crystal ball to say what's going to be a sequel-three, four, five installments and it starts to make you have this waiting, as I am talking about the business of film making and your responsibility of making sure it truly is better than this, that or the other, does that feel like a burden to you and get you away from talking about your craft?
JB: Well for the first movie, there was none of that. I remember how sort of carefree and laid back our experience was in the first one. There was no talk of box-office, no talk of expectations. There was nothing. It was such an easy thing. We were literally there just to have fun and make the best possible movie that we could. And while we knew it had a lot of potential, it exceeded all, we had no expectations, it just was not tainted by the business in any way. And while each of the subsequent films for me was a wonderful experience, or for all of us, the fact that the business began to become pervasive it did get burdensome.
AH: It was odd. So when we were doing the second one, I just remember traveling in the van like from the trailer of the sets, and one of the drivers was talking about how the opening weekend is going to be huge and da da da and I was like wait it's like the first day of shooting and people are already predicting what the box-office numbers are going to be! So it was like a really strange wake up call of no no, you're doing this with expectations instead of like he was saying with the first one, which was just fun, let's just have fun and make it through this script.
Alyson, you're getting married. How does it feel playing this character when you're going through the same things?
It was definitely interesting. There were very similar moments, not the proposal scene. It was very cool. I was very glad that Alexis [Denisof] and I are engaged and were engaged while doing this movie because I really just had a lot to draw from and yeah, it was really cool. I learned a lot about the stuff I don't want in my wedding, it was cool. I liked the parallel.
This is kind of bittersweet for me with this film being the third and probably the final one. Did you have that kind of feeling at all when you were making it?
JB: When we had finished principal photography, I think that was a little bit of the bittersweet symphony.
Thank you.
AH: Thank you.
JB: Thank you.
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"I want to be Byron... because I want to date young boys." Amber Benson
by Willowlicious » Mon Aug 25, 2003 1:17 am
by Incarnadine » Mon Aug 25, 2003 7:01 am
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American Pie: The Wedding press conference
Words: Matthew Turner
The third installment of the original gross-out teen comedy opens on Friday and, in the interests of exhaustive research, we caught up with the stars of the series…here's what they had to say - when they could be bothered to talk to us and not each other.
January, if I start with you as the newcomer to the group - how was it? Was there trepidation for you to be joining such a successful troupe of performers?
January Jones (JJ): Er, well, it was surprisingly easy. I was a little nervous coming in but after the first day, I guess everyone was just very welcoming and supportive. Everyone gets along so well in the cast it was just fairly easy.
Seann, the "chocolate truffle" scene that's clearly going to haunt you for the rest of your career…
Jason Biggs (JB): But, you know, don't worry, dude…
Seann William Scott (SWS): Thanks. What do you want to know?
I was watching that scene in the cinema and I could see several others look away in horror and I just wondered, when you were doing that scene it must have shot through your head just how horrible it would have been if it hadn't been a stunt item…
SWS: Er…yeah! What's the question?
Alyson Hannigan (AH): It's better than being in a love scene…
SWS: No, it was fun. I remember reading it and I thought it was pretty gross - I didn't know if it was going to be funny. But the other actors in the scene are so funny, all the improv and so on, and I liked the scenes leading up to it which really built it up well but it was play-doh…it didn't really taste like chocolate. It tasted like shite! It was a day I'll never forget, I guess…
AH: Seann does a lot of really gross stuff in this movie...
SWS: No, that was the only one!
AH: Nooo…Granny?
SWS: Oh, ah…well there's a lot of stuff that didn't make it in the movie. I sucked on her toes for no reason! I hope it's on the DVD.
AH: And you played with her pancake boobs…
SWS: Well, that wasn't the actress, that was a double and I just played with the pancake boobs. It wasn't my idea!
AH: Was the toe-sucking your idea?
SWS: Yeah, that was my idea. A really bad one. I think it's Jason's question now…
Jason, in the production notes you indicate that you had some misgivings at first about whether or not it was a good idea to go onto a third part and where, in fact, your character could go in this movie. So what won you over?
JB: Well, what won me over was the script for sure. Adam Herz, who wrote the previous two films came back and wrote the third and it made sense thematically, it was the logical next step for the characters to get married.
It's very simple, you know, we've certainly seen marriage before as the way to end a franchise, in a TV series or something. It just seemed to make sense. And the other important script note was the set pieces and making sure that we were going to push the same buttons and go to the same comedic extremes without getting gratuitous…which some might argue that we have.
But I don't think we have, because on paper the characters are so easy to get invested in - it's a sweet underlying story despite all the other craziness. Very approachable and endearing.
Anyway, formulaically it was exactly like the other two films in terms of the balance between the raunch and the sweet and so I was very confident on my first read that this was going to make sense. Then…I'm giving you the abridged answer by the way - if you want the long version later, I'll give it to you…but then making sure that everyone was going to come back who was involved in this storyline.
Of course some people didn't come back because their characters weren't really involved in the storyline, unfortunately.
Jason and Seann, after three American Pie movies, what are your most memorable gross-out moments?
SWS: Probably drinking the semen in the first one…that stuck with me for a while…
What did they use for that?
SWS: Egg white.
EL: You think? You know those crazy prop boys…
SWS: Yeah…thanks, Eugene. Actually, it was like on an action film when you have a gun and they show you there's no bullets in there - they were like 'It's okay, dude, it's just egg white, see?'
What about you, Jason?
JB: I don't know…nothing made me cringe - all the set-pieces that I was involved in, I didn't have to go above and beyond in terms of what I may have ingested…I mean he's got the semen and the Play Doh…
SWS: I got peed on too…
You had to get naked on the roof…
JB: It didn't make me cringe though. I lost a layer of skin…
No-one laughs
JB: Er…and that joke. I guess the pie, just in the moments leading up to the filming of the scene I was a little nervous, but in the watching of it it didn't make me cringe as much as Seann's scenes.
SWS: Thanks…
JB: I mean the dog and the poo was probably the first time in any of the three films where watching it in the cinema was like "Oh, man! No!" because everything else we're directly involved and we know the mechanics of it - it's hard to be objective I suppose. But that was the first time I actually sat there and was grossed out.
SWS: Thanks, man.
JB: No, thank you…
What about the ladies - are there moments when you have to avert your sight when they're watching any of the three movies?
AH: Probably the poo…
JJ: Yeah, the poo…
AH: When it's in his teeth it's just too gross…
That was superb acting the way you managed to hold that bit just at the top…
SWS: I think that was take 100…
AH: You know what really puts me on edge is Eddie's reaction to it because that's exactly what you want to do…gag.
Seann, last time you were all here you said it was highly unlikely there would be a Pie 3 because it would probably be when they all got to a certain age and were going to require the services of Viagra. So…are you already on Viagra and do you see Pie 4 happening in the future?
AH: He's on it right now…
Seann slowly lifts up his leg
SWS: No, I'm not on Viagra right now. Yeah, the script was so funny. I didn't think that we would come back because I thought we were so fortunate that the first two were so well-received but the script was just really funny and it made sense and I thought that we had an opportunity to do a trilogy of comedies and finish off with a bang so…I changed my mind.
It just seemed like so much fun - the character had more to do and was able to interact with other characters and I thought there was kind of a different energy to be able to have in each scene so I thought it was a good opportunity.
Viagra aside, where do you see Stifler in ten years time?
SWS: I don't know…dead? In an insane asylum or something.
Question for the whole cast - I just wondered if you shed a tear or how you commemorated the last scene you shot and also if you could be tempted back for a fourth movie, the pregnancy perhaps?
EL: I got kind of emotional, yes. It was a good ride. I'm glad I got to work with some of the other characters in the movie because in the first two it was just me and Jason doing our thing. I mean I don't think I actually got to know the people in the cast till like the second movie - there were so many three-name names…I just got everybody confused.
In this one I got a chance to work with everybody…and listen, it's a good group. These guys are pros, they take their work very seriously.
It's bizarre, when you're talking about dog turds, to talk about how someone really takes their work seriously but it's a really good group of people to work with. Not just the cast but also Adam and the producers, they're all a group of people who can put together a product that works, you know.
This is touchy subject matter and I think it works so well because they were kind of in the right hands from the beginning, you know, Paul and Chris Weitz, which is what kind of sold me on doing the first one.
I knew it was in good hands, they didn't seem like the kind of guys who would put out a stinker of a movie, they were too smart so it was true, they just knew where that line was. They were always on the good side of bad taste. So yeah, it was a good group and I'm kinda sad…what was the question?
Alyson, what about you, because you seem to be going through a period of saying goodbye to things - it's farewell to Willow too…
AH: I'm sure I'll have a nervous breakdown in the next few months, but right now it's been a very bittersweet time in my life but I'm excited about the future and I'm just still thrilled that I got to be part of an amazing show and an amazing trilogy. So I'm very blessed and I feel grateful for the opportunity and I'm excited about the future.
January, was it odd for you to be joining the team just as the team were getting ready to break up with the last movie?
JJ: Well, I kind of thought of it as a separate movie because I didn't want to psyche myself out. I mean, I'd met Seann before and I knew Eddie and everyone was just so welcoming when I came in, just warm and supportive and they made it a lot of fun. And it's a great movie and I'm very glad to be a part of it.
SWS: The last scene I did was the one where it's the one time you ever see Stifler react to being treated like a dick. I mean the only reason I have a career is because of these guys and everyone involved and this is the one time you see that character act a little human.
It was just remarkable because all the people from the town were out there, just watching us and you could see it had just gotten so big and I was able to talk to Eugene - it was one of the only times we were really able to talk to each other on set.
I was driving home pretty sad because it kind of hit me but then I was excited because I knew we'd be doing this again and it would be a whole other adventure but I'm sure like Alyson said when it's all over I'll have a nervous breakdown…
JB: I couldn't WAIT to stop working with these people. I mean, the first one was fun and all...
Laughter
JB:...but if it wasn't for the big trailer, I'd never have come back… satellite TV…
EL: You had satellite?
JB: Yeah. Yeah, I did. "American Pie 4: Jim's Dad…" No, I'm just going to reiterate, it was of course incredibly sad and it's just been an incredible experience for me and for all of us. It's one of those things, it sounds so corny but it's an interesting bond, a very special thing that we all share, I mean American Pie was tremendous for all of us and the fact that we've been able to come back twice more was above and beyond the original blast that we had and these guys have been so amazing to work with.And you know, if not the American Pie franchise…
(to Eugene) JB: though I may make a cameo appearance in Jim's Dad, if you're interested…
EL: I hadn't thought of it. But let's talk…
JB: I have a good book idea too, by the way - it came to me this morning…But yeah, I certainly hope that there will be other opportunities for me to work with these wonderful actors again, so we'll see…
We already know that Alyson has a landmark wedding coming up but have any of you attended any memorable weddings?
Silence…
Eugene?
Laughter
You celebrated your silver wedding last year I believe…
(miles away) EL: Yes! Yes, it was memorable…I'm trying to think. Well, from the time we decided to get married and the actual date was about two weeks so we didn't even send out invitations, we just phoned relatives and stuff.
A lot of relatives I hadn't talked to in a while so that was awkward. "Hi, it's Eugene…your, er, nephew?" So we had the wedding and I had a little reception - I met my wife at the Second City theatre where I started and she started working there so we had a little reception upstairs in the dining room, because, you know, there are a lot of pictures of me in the building…because I worked in the building so I thought it was a good way to impress my family. But that was it, it was very low-key and there was no honeymoon but it was wonderful and I would do it again…
AH: I went to a wedding where they were serving wine out of a box…Champagne in a box, that's what I want…
Seann, one of the best scenes is the dance-off in the gay club. Were you classically trained or how did you prepare for that?
SWS: Well, I travelled the world and went to a lot of different gay clubs for research…no, I practiced for about a month, a couple of days a week, with a great choreographer. I really can't dance at all but I was trying to tell them that I thought that would work because Stifler thinks he's good and he really isn't and it just makes it all the weirder. So we didn't show anybody till the day we shot it and thank God they liked it. But I really couldn't walk for about a week afterwards.
JB: And that was because of the dancing or…?
SWS: Well, you know, Bear just got a little rough…he got into his character…
In the first one they have you drinking semen and in this one you're getting down in a gay club - do you think the producers are trying to push him in a certain direction?
SWS: I always thought I was a little ambiguous…
American Pie 5: Stifler comes out?
AH: Stifler takes it up the aisle! I guess that'll go straight to video…
Jason, what's the most outrageous thing you've done or seen at a party?
AH: That birthday party for your nine year old niece?
JB: At that gay club? No, most of the crazy parties I don't remember. They were too crazy… Although I went to Paul Weitz's bachelor party at this really nice Japanese restaurant but I couldn't go on to wherever they went afterwards because I was doing a play. But I turned up at the restaurant and went "BOOBIES! Oh…I'll have the omakase…"
AH: No, the parties I like to go to are sort of Game Nights…My favourite is Running Charades…running from room to room and so on…That's not too crazy, I guess but it's really fun to do.
EL: I'm like Alyson, most parties I go to aren't that crazy. I've only ever been to one bachelor party and I thought it was going fine and then all of a sudden someone was stepping on my tongue…
January, what about you? Are you going to continue the theme of sainthood or do you have something more interesting?
JJ: I went to a party at the Playboy Mansion once. For a Halloween Party. And everyone wasn't in costume, or if they were they were little bunnies or something, and I went as Michael Jackson…so that was interesting.
It was a collaboration of his different careers - I had the mask and the red jacket and the shoes and my hair dyed black and put in a pony-tail but I had to wear the glove.
JB: She took a little Cabbage Patch Kid and kept dropping it…
Seann, can you top that?
SWS: No. I really don't have a good story. Er…my brother had a bachelor party…
JB: …but I'll tell one anyway!
SWS: No! I had to say something! You guys were just staring at me - I had to say something. Anyway, my brother - he had a bachelor party and it was in a trailer. You can just imagine, in Minnesota, the strippers were beasts, I was like seven years old, these big women came in and started putting their boobs in my face. I ran out and they came after me and pulled me back in… No, it's not true, but I had to say something!
It's not true? Pity, I could see the 'Seventh Heaven for Seann' headlines already.
SWS: Well, some of it's true, some of it's not…
Jason, you recently acted opposite Bennifer (Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez), I was wondering what that was like and whether you see them staying together. And Seann, you recently made Bulletproof Monk - what's the transition from comedy actor to action star been like?
SWS: Well, I don't really know what I'm doing in either genre…
JB: Yeah, you answer first, dude…
SWS: It didn't seem like a transition at all. They're both a little fun - there's a little bit of comedy in each movie.
We were hoping you'd segué into your experience of working with Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson…
SWS: Oh, he was great! The movie's going to be awesome. Christopher Walken is in it. It's a little bit like Midnight Run, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid…that sort of tone…
Jason, there was a rumour you were going to be in Kill Bill…
JB: Yeah, the imdb made a mistake. I don't know what happened…
AH: Didn't Lucy Liu get it?
What about Jen and Ben?
JB: I really have nothing. I came in, I was a visitor, I worked ten days if that. I had maybe two quick montage shots with Jennifer, I met her briefly, I think I saw them once together and they were affectionate, you know. Goddamn paparazzi though, wouldn't leave me alone…
Alyson, is there any hope of a Willow spin-off?
AH: I don't know, I don't think so. I'm just so happy to have been part of the show that I was in but I don't think there's anywhere else for her to go. She had such a great arc, I've done everything - saved the world, tried to destroy the world, saved the world again…It was tiring.
What are you each doing next?
JJ: Havana Nights and then Love, Actually.
EL: Um…The Mighty Wind comes out here soon…it may be backed up…
JB: Have you tried fibre?
EL: Ha ha…it might just be The Small Burp now, I don't know, but it premieres at the London Film Festival in October.
AH: I'm going to watch their movies…I'm getting married I guess…
Figure out how many boxes of wine you need to buy…
JB: Jersey Girl and then the Woody Allen film Anything Else premieres in Venice.
SWS: The Rundown with The Rock and then a movie I'm producing with Lauren Schuler Donner, a remake of a French film called Gregoire Moulin Against Humanity which I'm starring in as well.
Alyson, were you disappointed by the lack of musical instruments in this film?
AH: No, I was alright with it…
JB: I was disappointed…
AH: He was hoping they'd incorporate a tuba or something…
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by xita » Mon Aug 25, 2003 11:12 am
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"Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose."
-Me & Bobby
McGee
by urnofosiris » Mon Aug 25, 2003 1:26 pm
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AH: Stifler takes it up the aisle! I guess that'll go straight to video…
I had no idea that they spent so much on publicity, 30 million, that is obscene, but I guess it paid off. It did make me cackle gleefully when I thought about how much they much have spent on Gigli. That movie cost as much to make as AW and I bet they spent at least the same amount on publicity, if not more. When I was in LA I saw the entire side of a big building had been turned into one huge Gigli poster, and what did their great story get them? Not exactly nada, but close enough if you compare it to what it must have cost. 
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by kajo 2000 » Mon Aug 25, 2003 2:03 pm
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Star Interviews
ALYSON HANNIGAN: AMERICAN WEDDING INTERVIEW
Date: 01-01-2003
By Prairie Miller
It's a good thing Alyson Hannigan has a great sense of humor, what with those funny-in-the-extreme guys she has to put up with in her new movie, American Wedding. Buffy star Alyson got together to talk about her big wedding that is the centerpiece of the third and last of the Pie trilogy. She also talked about how her upcoming real-life "I do's" to TV Angel honey Alexis Denisof will be the total opposite of the extravaganza in American Wedding.
So here you are again.
ALYSON HANNIGAN: Yes. Deja vu!
Did you have fun doing the third Pie movie?
AH: I think so. But there were quite a lot of distractions going on, from each other. And it was quite difficult to keep a straight face.
How will your own real life wedding be different than this one in the movie?
AH: Well, it will be very different. And I don't ever want to walk down the aisle, as much as I did that day! I just want to do it once, and be done with it. We did so many takes. It was just back and forth, in a big, fluffy dress. But I'm completely the opposite. My wedding will be a small, small affair. No big, frilly dress. Unless Jason comes! But no, it won't be so elaborate.
Was it the wedding in the movie that turned you off to big weddings, or are you just turned off to big weddings?
AH: No, I'm just more the outdoors-y type. Yeah, I'm just a tomboy. And I want my wedding to be a really fun experience. You know, you can't have fun when you're wearing that huge dress! I had to like make sure it wouldn' t get dirty. So people had to help me. And I don't need that. I had to sit on an apple box with like the ruffles all around. It was a piece of work, that dress! I want a dress that I'll be able to move in, and experience. So no, I've never been the frilly dress type person.
Now about that great dance scene in the movie, you guys are great dancers.
AH: Oh. We had to practice, actually. And Jason had to practice. He like threw me into a mirror! He was so bad. But no, we rehearsed for about twenty minutes, and that was it.
Are you disappointed that American Wedding is the last of this trilogy?
AH: No, this is a nice way to end the series. Not that it was a series. Even if it hadn't been the third American Pie movie, it still would have appealed to me. And I like that, you know, that Jim and Michelle wind up getting married. And I just really love this movie. I do.
Um, guess you got too used to that "I do" thing there! But do you think this 'Pie' stuff is definitely over?
AH: I think so. But I've said that after every single movie! I'm always like, sequel? No, are you crazy? But here we are! So....
What was the hardest part for you about doing American Wedding?
AH: Hmm. Just that I was doing Buffy at the time, so the schedule got a little crazy for me. Because I was working seven days a week, and going from one set to the other sometimes. But everybody was so accommodating. And aside from not being able to see my friends and family for the ten weeks, it was okay.
It seems like the cast of American Wedding is almost a family.
AH: Yeah, it is. Especially Jason and the boys! They're crazy. It's like a little frat house. And you should see Jason's trailer. You think the set is bad? Whew! It's got gold stripper poles! And K-Y on the floor. Bad. But I wasn't there for the strippers.
In what kinds of ways do these guys bond off camera?
AH: They like to hit each other in the....groin! That's kind of their initiation. It's like, who can hit each other the best!
Ouch! How did it feel to have your character move more to center stage?
AH: Oh, it felt good. It felt very nice. You know, I was shocked that I was in the second movie, just because at the end of the first movie Michelle takes off. And leaves him there, all by himself! So I just figured, that was fun, it was good. People responded to it. And it was nice to just be a part of such a great movie. And then with the sequel, I was just like, wow. Okay. That sort of works. Because I was really hesitant for the second one. I just thought, you can't do anything more with Michelle. But I've really loved her evolution. And now she's getting married. To him. Sweet! But you know, this was actually a way we could just all come together.
What would you do at an American Pie reunion, say 25 years from now?
AH: I don't know. Get drunk?
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by Incarnadine » Mon Aug 25, 2003 2:13 pm
by urnofosiris » Mon Aug 25, 2003 2:41 pm
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It's a good thing Alyson Hannigan has a great sense of humor, what with those funny-in-the-extreme guys she has to put up with in her new movie
I am surprised they "only" spent 20 million on Gigli's advertisement. It seemed like I came across at least as many posters for it as for AW, and I saw more of Gigli on TV. Ah well, it crashed and burned pretty badly as it is. It's better than I had hoped for. -------------------------
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by kajo 2000 » Wed Aug 27, 2003 9:31 am
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by jixer » Wed Aug 27, 2003 12:34 pm
by tyche » Wed Aug 27, 2003 12:57 pm
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Bye, bye ... (we'll miss) American Pie!
As American Pie: The Wedding arrives, the happy couple, Jason Biggs and Alyson Hannigan, take 'Empire' through their American Pie experience, from their first bite to the final slice...
[...]
While Biggs was always in the frame as the pastry-poking Jim, Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Alyson Hannigan was originally asked to play Heather (the role which eventually went to Mena Suvari.) But on a reading of the script, she savvily lobbied fro the role of idiosyncratic flautist Michelle, reasoning that while the character only boasts one gag line in the movie, it just happens to be the movie's thermonuclear crowd-pleaser.
"Oh yeah, and this one time, at band camp, I stuck a flute up my pussy," reiterates Hannigan, revisiting her early triumph. "I instantly fell in love with Michelle. I loved that pay-off at the end, and as soon as I read it, I could hear her voice in my head. She's a character who is in her own world, but she's fine with that."
[...]
Movie number three, which despite studio objections to it being described as such, has all the signs of being the last in the series, ("If we went on from here, it would be nothing new", says Herz), sees the boys - apart from Chris Klein's Oz - reunited, but has dispensed with many of the female characters. No Tara Reid. No Mena Suvari. No Shannon Elizabeth. No Natasha Lyonne. "I know there are people who will miss those characters," admits Hannigan, "but it kind of makes sense that the boys would come back for the stag party. And it was going to be difficult to fit all those different characters' storylines into one movie."
by kajo 2000 » Wed Aug 27, 2003 2:28 pm
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by annila » Fri Aug 29, 2003 1:24 pm
by LostWithoutTara » Fri Aug 29, 2003 2:30 pm
Every time you walk away, I pretend that I'm okay
by kajo 2000 » Sun Aug 31, 2003 1:26 pm
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by annila » Wed Sep 03, 2003 1:10 am
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by kajo 2000 » Sat Sep 06, 2003 3:49 pm
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American Pie 3: Cast Interviews
25 August, 2003
Posted By Richard
With the third installment of the smash-hit comedy: American Pie going into UK cinemas at the moment, Funny.co.uk caught up with the cast to find out about their experiences with the film.
JASON BIGGS (Jim) & ALYSON HANNIGAN (Michelle)
How does it feel to be finished with American Pie?
Alyson: It feels good, it's bittersweet, but I'm excited that we're going out on what I think is a very high note.
Jason: I agree. I think we're going out on a high note. It's kind of sad, we've had such an amazing time working on all three films, they've been the best times and I've enjoyed working with this cast immensely. It's going to be a bummer, but hopefully we'll find something else to do together. Actually, I'm just kidding. I hope we never work together again.
Would you say American Pie has been like a family for you?
Alyson: It's like a family-meets-frat house.
Jason: A very dysfunctional family.
Alyson: Yes, the kind of family that you really want to get away from, or maybe be adopted away from.
How do you feel about the film going three episodes strong?
Alyson: It was just 'the little engine that could', it just kept going and going and getting better and better, and here we are.
Jason: Are you talking about the movie…..?
Alyson: No, your ego.
What's it like working with each other?
Alyson: We're like a brother and sister.
Jason: But with other benefits….. It's HOT!
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by Incarnadine » Sun Sep 07, 2003 12:58 pm
by xita » Sun Sep 07, 2003 1:02 pm
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"Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose."
-Me & Bobby
McGee
by urnofosiris » Wed Sep 10, 2003 3:15 pm
This really is a must see for anyone who likes her. She was superb. The movie itself was quite enjoyable as well. Just some not so clean, often disgusting, but at times very sweet, fun. I especially liked the big gay guy and the dance scene. -----------------------------
She's so anally retentive she wouldn't sit down for fear of sucking up the furniture.
--Patsy Stone
by Warduke » Wed Sep 10, 2003 3:24 pm
by xita » Wed Sep 10, 2003 8:28 pm
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"Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose."
-Me & Bobby
McGee
by Rocktoddy » Thu Sep 18, 2003 9:23 am
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"It's like Buffy, but not really."-Amber
"See, I just came here to lip-sync."-Alyson
by urnofosiris » Thu Sep 18, 2003 1:18 pm
It should be easy enough, Aly alone is worth it, and the rest of the movie was pretty damn amusing in a disgusting sort of way. -----------------------------
She's so anally retentive she wouldn't sit down for fear of sucking up the furniture.
--Patsy Stone
by Rocktoddy » Fri Sep 19, 2003 6:29 am
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"It's like Buffy, but not really."-Amber
"See, I just came here to lip-sync."-Alyson
by willowlove » Fri Sep 19, 2003 1:13 pm
"You forgot the first rule of mass media...give the people what they want!"--James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) to Elliot Carver (Jonathan Pryce) in "Tomorrow Never Dies" (1997)
by Incarnadine » Fri Sep 19, 2003 6:41 pm
by Little M » Sat Sep 20, 2003 2:34 am
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