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• Exclusive movie trailers More entertainment news & events • Local band & bar guides McHenry County Band of the Week Check out what’s new • Make It POP blog & POPcast online ... Local movie showtimes SIDETRACKS on Find these features & more at NWHerald.com/sidetracks screen FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 2012 Stifler and the gang from East Great Falls class of ’99 reunite for a final slice of ‘Pie’ By DAVID GERMAIN • The Associated Press Has it really been 13 years since a teenager got it on with an apple pie to launch one of Hollywood’s most-successful gross-out franchises? “American Pie” came out of nowhere in the summer of 1999 to become a $100 million smash and continued with 2001’s “American Pie 2” and 2003’s “American Wedding.” Hollywood figures it’s time for another slice. “American Reunion” brings back all the principal cast for the first time since “American Pie 2” for an outrageous reunion weekend. Here’s a look at what the actors and their characters have been up to in the last 13 years. Jason Biggs “Jim” Since “American Pie,” Biggs starred in Woody Allen’s “Anything Else” and had roles in Kevin Smith’s “Jersey Girl” and such films as “Saving Silverman,” ‘’Prozac Nation” and “Eight Below,” while giving the small-screen a try with the TV comedy “Mad Love.” But he’s still best known for his role as a horny teen who pleasures himself with a pie. In “American Reunion,” Jim’s settled in with Michelle (Alyson Hannigan), whom he married in “American Wedding.” Despite having a young son, Jim’s still finding himself in compromising sexual situations, this time with the hot 18- year-old who had a crush on him when he babysat her as a child. “In terms of headspace, I think he’s surprised to find himself in really a simi- lar sort of scenario as the first film, and frankly, all the films, which is to say, he is sexually frustrated,” Biggs said. “He’s like, ‘You know, haven’t I grown up? I’ve got a wife and a kid. How is this possible?’” Alyson Hannigan “Michelle” Should you Already a fan favorite as bookish Willow on “Buffy attend this the Vampire Slayer” when “American Pie” came out, “American Reunion”? Hannigan has continued her TV success with the comedy “How I Met Your Mother.” Read the movie In “American Reunion,” the adorable band-camp review on geek of the first “American Pie” has grown into a tender mom, who happens to be married to a guy who page D3 keeps stumbling into embarrassing sex-capades. Hannigan has a pretty good idea of where Michelle might be at if there were another “American Pie” movie 13 years from now. “She’ll probably be worried about her son being a teenager, because he’s got half of Jim’s genes,” Hannigan said. “So maybe she’ll be like, looking at boarding schools, military schools, like on a remote island. Where all the girls will be safe.” Seann William Scott “Steve Stifler” After party-boy Stifler, Scott has kept a busy big-screen career going with “Dude, Where’s My Car?”, “Road Trip,” ‘’The Dukes of Hazzard,” ‘’The Rundown” and “Role Models.” His latest, the hockey tale “Goon,” has just opened. As “American Reunion” begins, Stifler’s the only one of the gang who hasn’t got- ten on with his life. He’s just thrilled for a chance to relive the glory days of keggers and mayhem with his old pals. “I think Stifler’s been waiting for the high school reunion since the day he gradu- ated high school,” Scott said. “He doesn’t grow up a whole lot. It’s just enough where he, in this movie, he becomes a little bit more human. ... For him, high school was awesome, and he doesn’t really know how he fits in. I don’t know how much he’s go- ing to change after we see him in this movie. I think that’s probably enough for him for the next five years.” Mena Suvari “Heather” Suvari was an all-American breakout star in 1999, following “American Pie” just months later with her role as Kevin Spacey’s teen temptress in “American Beauty.” She had a recurring role on TV’s “Six Feet Under” and appeared in such movies as “Loser,” ‘’Sugar & Spice” and “Beauty Shop.” “American Pie” cast Heather and Oz (Chris Klein) as the perfect high school couple, whose relationship is tested as graduation nears. Thirteen years later, they’ve gone their separate ways, only to find old feelings resurface. Suvari reflects on old feelings of her own as she considers the success of “American Pie.” “It was the first studio film I’d ever done,” Suvari said. “I was so green I had honestly no idea what it all meant, what I was really doing. I was just excited and thrilled to have a job. I honestly thought that every movie made a hundred-million dollars when it came out. People were like congratulating me. I was just thinking, like, OK, thanks.” See REUNION, page D3.

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