Both Seann William Scott and Eddie Kaye Thomas star as Stifler and Finch in the American Pie movies, and they definitely brought their A-game when it came to humor!
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While in the American Pie series, they were bittersweet frenemies, they’re pretty close off-screen!
We caught up with Seann and Eddie to talk about the upcoming film American Reunion, their characters, and who’s changed the most.
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Check out the interview below.
GlobalGrind: Are Stifler and Finch easy characters to slip back into?
Eddie: Once we were all back together it didn’t take long for us to remember where we fit in.
Seann: I was a part of the process early on so I was excited to play the character. But the first day I didn’t really know what I was doing, I was tripping over myself a little bit. But after about a day, it was pretty easy to get back into it.
Seann, do you find Stifler an exhausting character to play?
Seann: The first couple days I over-thought it like, would he be as high energy? I was like, I’m 35 now, I don’t know how to do that. But after I stopped drinking so much caffeine to try and keep the energy up, it all just felt easy and it was a lot of fun.
Eddie: It’s very easy and relaxing playing Finch. They call it cool and sophisticated but I think it’s just me being lazy.
Now that you’re much older, what life experiences were you able to bring to your characters 13 years later?
Eddie: This one didn’t so much feel like a fourth one as it did an homage to the first one. We understood that the first one touched on this great period in everyone’s life when you’re in high school and you’re terrified you’re not cool enough. You’re like, I’m gonna graduate high school a virgin and there’s nothing worse than that. Now this movie touches on the fact that I’m 30 years old and I’m nothing like I hoped I would be. I think it takes getting older to capture that terrifying, awkward feeling.
Seann: Stifler hasn’t really grown up a whole lot, but I think that my sense of humor has changed. I’m sure all of us as we get a little older get a little more self-awareness. I think bringing that self-awareness to this made Stifler less one-dimensional. It definitely would have been different had I filmed it five or six years ago.
Most franchises run out of steam fairly early on but this is still going strong. Are you still up for another two or three?
Eddie: That’s not really for us to decide. We just keep doing what we do and since 1998 when we made the first one, it was just about making us laugh and making the crew laugh. If America responds, great! If not, I guess it’s time to hang up our Finch and Stifler hats.
Seann: I like this movie so much and I hope this movie is well received and people dig it as much as we do. Having this much fun with these guys means more to me now as an actor than it did back then. I’m never gonna win an Academy Award anyways so I might as well have fun with my friends!
Eddie: I think a lot of the stuff that Seann does is a lot more difficult than what dramatic actors have to do. It’s hard to get laughs.
Seann: You’re being sweet, Eddie.
Who do you think is going to enjoy this movie the most: the people who grew up with this franchise or today’s high schoolers?
Eddie: I think when the first one came out a lot of middle-aged people liked it as well as high schoolers, so I think there’s universality to it. I think that’s what makes it work.
Out of all the cast members who has changed the most in 13 years?
Eddie: I felt like everyone was themselves. People stay pretty consistent. Seann’s beard is getting pretty grey though.
Seann: Yeah, a lot of grey.
