15 interesting facts about the cult youth comedy "American Pie" (10 photos + 1 video)

In the late 90s, there was literally a BOOM in the genre of “Youth Comedy”. Films about high school students and students, as well as their love affairs with humorous content, were very popular with audiences back then.





1. Actress Alyson Hannigan was originally cast to play chaste chorus girl Heather. But after reading the script, she asked to be given the role of flautist Michelle. And they went to meet her.

2. Remember the scene when Jim pulled his sock on... well, you get the idea. So, in fact, the sock contained a sausage, strung on a pencil and wrapped in foil. Actor Jason Biggs, who played Jim, admitted that when he put the sausage between his legs, it was still hot, which was terribly unpleasant.



3. It was the movie "American Pie" that popularized the acronym MILF. We won't tell you the transcript. You'll find it yourself if you don't need it.

Specifically, in one of the scenes, actor John Cho says this abbreviation and its decoding while looking at a portrait of Stifler’s mother. Now this term is constantly used in relation to attractive mothers 35+.



After the premiere of the film, children kept shouting the word MILF at actor John Cho, which greatly embarrassed and then annoyed the actor.

4. The same “milk” shake that Stifler drank was beer with beaten eggs.



5. The same pie that Jim abused was baked by his mother in the story. But in fact, they just bought it at the nearest supermarket.



6. Screenwriter Adam Hertz created Stifler based on the behavior of his classmate named Brian.

7. Jason Biggs, who played Jim, received the most for filming - $1 million. But Shaw William Scott, who played Stifler, received only $8,000, since at that time he was not known to anyone at all. With the money he earned from filming, the actor bought himself a used car.



By the way, on our separate film channel “Kinostalgia” there is a separate article about the smallest fees of actors for filming films. I recommend reading and of course subscribing.

8. Actor Eugene Levy, who played Jim's father, was disappointed with the way his character was written, since according to the original script, his character was almost narrow-minded and dim-witted.



It even got to the point where Eugene wanted to leave the set. But the filmmakers stopped him and sat down at the negotiating table. In the end, they all decided that Eugene could make some changes to the character of his character, which suited Eugene Levy quite well. Therefore, in most scenes, Levi simply improvised.

According to the actor, he wanted to make his character adequate, but obsessive. That is, according to his idea, his son should be ashamed to hang out with such a father.

9. Screenwriter Adam Hertz wrote the script for his cult film in just 6 weeks and received $650 thousand for it.

10. With a budget of $11 million, the film American Pie grossed as much as $235.5 million worldwide.



11. The film was originally planned to be called "Great Falls" in honor of the school where the main characters study. But after test screenings, the audience said that the film turned out great, but the title was not so great. Then the creators found out that the most interesting, funny and unexpected scene for the audience was that very moment with the pie. That's why it was decided to call the film "American Pie".



12. There was no written dialogue for Jim and Michelle's prom sex scene. All the lines that Michelle said during this scene were purely improvised by her. But the creators liked these lines so much that they were left in the film.



13. All main characters were assigned a stunt double for sex scenes. But there was a problem with Jim's stunt double.Shortly before filming, the stunt double underwent surgery, which left his stomach with a 20-centimeter scar. Naturally, this did not fit in with Jim, so the double was fired, and actor Jason Biggs performed all the sex scenes himself. This is probably why he earned the most money.

14. Seann William Scott told his mother to never watch the movie American Pie in her life. But judging by the stories, this only fueled her interest. One day, she even came into the store and asked if they had American Pie, then added, “I'm Stifler's mom,” which caused laughter from employees and customers. I don’t know how true this is, but such information exists.

15. The film "American Pie" became so successful that in the end there were already 3 sequels with the same cast, as well as 5 spin-offs.

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