‘American Reunion’ premiere: The gang’s all here, one more time
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The cast of ‘American Pie’ knows what a lot of people think when they hear that the gang from the 1999 teen classic is reuniting for yet another spin-off of the franchise: ‘Really? ‘American Pie’ again?’
At least that was actor Eddie Kaye Thomas’ reaction to the news that Universal wanted to bring back the gang for ‘American Reunion,’ which hits theaters Friday and premiered Monday night at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
‘That’s probably not a good idea. Let’s leave well enough alone,’ the actor recalled of his initial response.
After all, there have already been a handful of ‘American Pie’ installments in recent years -- the second of which was the most successful. Two sequels hit theaters with the same cast, but then there were the four direct-to-DVD titles that followed featuring lesser-known actors.
Alyson Hannigan, the ‘How I Met Your Mother’ star who in the movie plays the wife of Jason Biggs’ character, said she liked the idea of a reunion but ‘worried that it wasn’t going to be as good’ as the first film.
‘My favorite was always the original one, so I was just concerned,’ said the actress, who showed off her growing baby bump on the red carpet.
She and the rest of the cast said they were swayed into jumping back on board because of the quality of the ‘American Reunion’ script, which tells the story of -- shocker -- the gang returning to its hometown to attend a high school reunion. The franchise also held a lot of sentimental value for its stars, since ‘American Pie’ launched many of their careers in Hollywood.
Chris Klein, for one, said that when he landed the role of Oz more than a decade ago, he had ‘just enough money to last in this town for two more weeks.’
‘I was auditioning for acting roles, and I got cast in the very first ‘American Pie,’ which means I got to stay here,’ he said with a grin.
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-- Amy Kaufman