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Seann William Scottcontinued taking odd jobs in Los Angeles even after he filmed the firstAmerican Piemovie.
The actor’s alleged $8,000 payday for his feature film debut as Steve Stifler in the original 1999 sex comedy came up during a 2022 interview with radio talk show host Rich Eisen. With the SAG-AFTRA strike still ongoing, Scott’s revelation resurfaced Saturday after the showshared a clip to YouTubeof the actor, now 46, saying the sum proved “a lot of money at the time for me.”
“I don’t know what happened to the other $2,000, because then I ended up having to work at the L.A. Zoo," he added. “I was a churro guy. So maybe it was even less than $8,000.”
A representative for Universal Pictures did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment Monday.
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American Pieearned $102.5 million at the domestic box office and $235 million worldwide following its release in July 1999 and was considered an instant success, given its $11 million budget, perBox Office Mojo. The film franchise that followed spawned three direct sequels that also featured Scott as Stifler, as well as theAmerican Pie Presentsspin-off series, which last releasedGirls' Rulesin 2020.
“It was before [American Pie] came out,” Scott told Eisen of his stint selling churros at the Los Angeles Zoo. “So I shot the movie, we’re waiting for it to come out. I got the Thunderbird - maybe I spent all of it on the Thunderbird, maybe it was like the entire $8,000 or $7,000, and then I had another odd job. And then I worked at the L.A. Zoo waiting for the movie to come out.”
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While it’s unclear how Scott was compensated forAmerican Pie 2orAmerican Wedding,The Hollywood Reporterreported back in 2011 that both he and castmate Jason Biggs negotiated $5 million paychecks to reprise their roles for 2012’sAmerican Reunion.
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“They didn’t even tell me I was in it when they invited me to the premiere,” he wrote in posts to Twitter that have since been deleted. “In the first contract for part one there was a section the stated they owned the footage and could use it in the future. I assumed for press. I was wrong.”
Hollywood actorsbegan strikingat midnight on July 14, leaving most major productions at a standstill. Hollywood writers also been on strike since May; a number of independent productions continue to film after they were granted exemptions via SAG-AFTRA’sinterim agreement, which allows members to resume filming without violating strike terms.
source: people.com
