The Stifmeister! Seann William Scott completely talked to Us Weekly about his iconic American Pie character, Steve Stifler, and revealed whether or not he’d ever reprise the position.
“I just love that character and everybody involved [with the movie],” the Final Destination actor, 46, shared with Us on Wednesday, May 24, whereas selling his upcoming movie The Wrath of Becky, which hits theaters on Friday, May 26. “I think that could be really fun to see that character again, but it’d have to be, like, a perfect script.”
Although Scott famous that he didn’t know whether or not his return to the American Pie franchise “would ever happen,” he spoke of his expertise taking part in Stifler fondly. “That’s the most fun character I think,” he mentioned. “Cause he is such a weirdo. He’s such a weirdo that, like, he can kind of get away with anything. But deep down, he just wants to be loved.”
The Dude, Where’s My Car? star isn’t the one American Pie solid member who has hinted at wanting to choose up the place they left off. Jason Biggs — who performed awkward protagonist Jim Levenstein — completely advised Us in February 2020 that he hadn’t “entirely given up hope” of doing extra movies.
“I think there is a world in which — if all of the things fall into place that need to fall into place — there’s a world in which we can make another one,” the Orange Is the New Black alum, 45, mentioned on the time.
Both Scott and Biggs appeared in all 4 of the unique movies, final showing in 2012’s American Reunion. The franchise has additionally produced 5 spinoff movies so far, none of which the 2 OG actors participated in.
Jason Biggs and Seann William Scott in ‘American Pie 2’ Moviestore/Shutterstock
Scott could have risen to prominence taking part in the loudmouthed jock within the comedy movies, however the Minnesota native feels simply as residence on this planet of drama, if no more so. In The Wrath of Becky — a sequel to the 2020 movie Becky — he performs a neo-Nazi named Darryl. Along together with his fascist group The Noble Men, Darryl goes head-to-head with the 16-year-old titular character (Lulu Wilson) after breaking into her residence and kidnapping her canine.
“I really liked playing a more dramatic, kind of serious character,” Scott advised Us of his expertise on the movie. “I don’t know what this says about me, that it was easier for me to tap into this kind of character than most of the comedies, but I think comedies are more challenging for me, just because [you] either are gonna make it funny or not, you know?”
Despite having fun with the darker subject material, the Lethal Weapon alum famous that he doesn’t “relate to anything” about his villainous character. “That would make me kind of a psycho. … I relate to his beard. Because sometimes I have a beard that’s similar and I like his beard,” he joked. “But that might be it.”
Not solely did Scott’s portrayal of Darryl supply him the “opportunity to do something pretty different than what I’ve done throughout most of my career,” however the movie marks “one of the rare times” he’s executed press for a film with out feeling “like a fraud.” He advised Us: “Cause there’s times where you’re like, ‘Go see the movie. It’s great.’ And inside, you’re like, ‘Ah, [I’m] lying to them.’”
The Goon actor — who has been married to inside designer Olivia Korenberg since 2019 — added that he thinks viewers will benefit from the movie even when they didn’t see the OG Becky.
“I saw it in a theater a couple days ago with my father-in-law who’s 75, who’s just awesome. He was laughing. He was, like, shocked. He was freaking out. He was kind of scared. And this isn’t really his type of movie,” Scott defined. “It’s funny, it’s dark. There’s a little bit of wish fulfillment.”
The Wrath of Becky hits theaters on Friday, May 26.
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With reporting by Leanne Stanton
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