In July 1999 I saw the light American Piea film directed by the brothers Paul and Chris Weitz that became a success acclaimed by several generations around the planet. The last year of high school of the group of friends formed by Jim, Oz, Kevin, Finch and Stifler was seen by millions of people until it raised 235 million dollars at the box office and gave way to a large saga of titles, which is why it is so surprising. the small amount that one of the protagonists received for his work.
Sean William Scott He had barely done a handful of acting jobs when he got the chance to play the controversial Steve Stifler. At first, the objective was to create a profile that was “too stupid”, so he changed some aspects to create “a guy that people, much to their regret, end up loving.””. Her performance garnered her countless accolades and a Teen Choice Awards nomination for Best Antagonist.
But for all that alone received $8,000, a figure that nonetheless “was a lot of money to me at the time”. This was stated by Deadline, also adding that he invested between 5,000 and 6,000 of those dollars in a Ford Thunderbird and does not know what happened to the rest: “I don’t know, because I ended up working at the Los Angeles zoo selling churros. Maybe it was less than 8,000 ″, he confessed. Yes indeed, his character was so acclaimed that he was also in many of the following and for his work in American Pie: The Reunion already received 5 million dollars.
Typecast because of Stifler
Scott thought that the success of American Pie would allow him to land roles in big productions away from comedy, but it didn’t. “Not that I thought Martin Scorsese was going to cast me for his next project. (…). I understood why they didn’t call me for those kinds of movies. I would have just distracted the audience. I ended up typecast, but I felt lucky to be able to make people laugh.” Later he would make more movies loaded with humor like road trip either Dude, where’s my car?
