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Alyson Hannigan spent just seven days filming her scenes inAmerican Pie.
The clapboard might as well have read straight to DVD.
This lovely little thing just turned into an amazing part of history.
More like an amazing slice.
Their quest to get touched for the very first time led to much hilarity.
Jock Oz (Chris Klein) sang James Taylor to woo shy choir student Heather (Mena Suvari).
But Hannigans Michelle delivered the most consistent laughs.
Given that middle-age spares no one, Jim and Michelle ended up as exhausted married parents in 2012sAmerican Reunion.
I should pull it out and see if I can still squeeze into it!
Now Hannigan bares all (metaphorically, jeez!)
People are very divided.
So I was very intrigued, obviously.
I think it was calledEast Grand Rapids Highor some hard-to-remember name.
I loved Michelle right away.
Why did she appeal to you?I loved the way she talked.
I could hear her voice in my head immediately.
And she was quirky.
I was already playing, like, the perfect person onBuffy,and Michelle was the opposite.
But he was like, Okay, now lets do that again, but dont make her so quirky.
We want to believe that [she and Jim] should be together.
He told me to make her normal when I read for the directors.
I was confused and really frustrated.
Im totally throwing the casting director under the bus, but this is what happened.
So the decision was really made by my bladder.
How did you meet the cast?
You were a bit older than them.I auditioned with Jason, but I hadnt heard of him.
I got to meet everybody at the table read and see who was cast.
I remember sitting next to Seann William Scott, and we were all in this big circle of chairs.
We read the script, and I was really excited.
I told my friends that the movie was going to be good.
Did you sense any solidarity among them?I dont even think I saw the girls during filming.
I dont even remember if I met any of them.
Just for press junkets and stuff.
I was very isolated in my scenes.
I just remember the boys.
I have a memory of the boys bonding really quickly and already being best friends.
That was their big game.
So it was me and a bunch of high-school boys.
Did the lack of girl bonding bum you out?I didnt even think about it.
Those are just how the scenes worked.
It was like a 36-hour day or something.
What was your relationship like with Jason?I loved him right away.
He was adorable and sweet.
There was an A-tier and a B-tier.
I think I was on the bottom C-tier with Seann.
Wait, what does that mean?In regards to pay.
So its just scale plus 10 [percent to an agent].
Theres no negotiating on the C-tier because the character is not that important.
I was like, Okay, fine.
It was seven days and it was more of a passion project.
Then, in the contract, there was a sequel clause.
I said, Look, Im getting paid scale plus 10.
Im not going to sign for a sequel.
That doesnt make sense.
I sound like I was being really difficult, but I just thought it was silly.
There were a couple smart things I did back then.
Its so much fun!And then they started doing test screenings, and it tested off-the-charts positive.
it was going to be a winter release, but they moved it up to the summer.
But it was up against the summer ofStar Wars[Episode 1: The Phantom Menace].
I thought that would be the death of us.
So you were surprised by its success?Completely!
And then the numbers continued to get better and better.
Sarah was polite and was like, Its not really my cup of tea.
But Seth and I had a sillier sense of humor.
He enjoyed it and said his friends were going to love it.
And decades later, Taylor Swift loved it too.
Youre a proud Swiftie, so go ahead and walk us through this seminal moment.Yes!
So I had my little countdown waiting for the album to drop.
!I thought maybe I was still sort of sleeping and imagining it.
But when I heard it, I was freaking out.
I woke up my entire family who seemed less enthusiastic than Id like them to be.
Then I called a friend, and she and I had a nice freakout together.
I was so happy.
Basically, I was on the date with Travis [Kelce] and Taylor.
Youposted something on Instagramtoo, no?So Sasha [Farber] was my partner onDancing With the Stars.
It was the two of us driving around listening to So High School.
He posted it on his feed, and it was liked by Taylor Swift!
Like,Why wasnt it on my feed?!
And I always say that it depends where I am.
like say theres some sort of cast text chain in which you all talked about this.There isnt!
But I should have texted Jason.
So do you ever see anyone in the cast?I dont, actually.
Im going to be friends with you if our kids go to the same school.
But the bond is still there.
And if I saw anyone in the cast, it would feel like we did the movie yesterday.
