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Seann William Scott's Antics

By Rome Neal

August 4, 2003 / 2:41 PM EDT / CBS

To many, Sylvester Stallone will always be known as Rocky, Julia Roberts as the "Pretty Woman", Leonardo DiCaprio will forever be "The King Of The World" and to a generation of movie audiences, Seann William Scott may well be Steve Stifler in the "American Pie" film series.

Luckily for fans, Scott and the rest of the gang are back in the weekend's No.1 film.

Unlike the obnoxious Stifler, Scott tells The Early Show co-anchor Julie Chen he was a quiet kid.

He says, "I played sports. I was like voted most friendly in high school. So I think people were quite surprised when I played this character and I went back home and they were confused. They were like, 'Wait, was he like this the whole time?"

In "American Wedding," the East Great Falls High gang reunites after college for the marriage of Jim (Jason Biggs) and Michelle (Alyson Hannigan). But the wedding is far from ordinary, and the rivalry between Stifler and Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas) has added fire. They find themselves at war over Michelle's beautiful sister, Cadence (January Jones), who is in town to help her sister as maid of honor.

Scott describes his character as the guy who gets himself into every situation. He says, "He was not even invited to the wedding. He just shows up and starts teaching Jim how to dance, has sex with Jimmy's grandma, does something with some dogs. The guy is all over. He's a little crazy."

After the last "American Pie" movie, Scott said he was not going to come back. But he says after reading the script, he changed his mind.

Scott explains, "The script was one of the funniest scripts I have ever read. I was doing a couple other things and I thought it was an opportunity to make the third one the best movie. Now that I have done some comedy there's so much for me to do with this character, that I thought it was a great opportunity."

But don't expect to see him again if there is an "American Pie 4." Scott says, "I don't think so. They're going try. People loved the movie so much. I feel I did everything I could with this character. I think it ends really well. It's like 'Star Wars' of this age."

Some Facts About Seann William Scott

Scott was born in Cottage Grove, Minn. on July 12, 1977

In 1996, Scott moved to Los Angeles following his senior year in high school and was discovered in a talent competition in Los Angeles; subsequently headed to New York City to audition for the ABC soap "All My Children"

In 1997, Scott acted in an episode of The WB's sitcom "Unhappily Ever After"; he made his television-movie debut in the fact-based NBC drama "Born Into Exile"

In 1999, the actor co-starred as Stifler, a distasteful troublemaker, in the popular teen-sex comedy "American Pie"

In 2000, Scott played an awkward class clown spared from a plane crash but pursued by the specter of death in the teen thriller "Final Destination"; he also starred as one of a group of college guys who hit the highway on a cross-country trek in a bid to retrieve an incriminating videotape in the comedy "Road Trip."

In 2001, Scott reprised his role as Stifler in the sequel "American Pie 2"; he co-starred with David Duchovny, Julianne Moore and Orlando Jones in the sci-fi comedy "Evolution" and appeared in "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back."

In 2002, Scott signed a first-look producing deal with Universal Pictures for projects he can both star in and produce; he hosted "Saturday Night Live."

In 2003, Scott made a cameo role in the comedy "Old School," starring Luke Wilson, Vince Vaughn, and Will Ferrell; he co-starred with Chow Yun-Fat in the action film "Bullet Proof Monk."

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