THC: American Pie was huge for all of the cast, but playing Steve Stifler got you a cult following, Sean. Were you prepared at all for success?

Sean Scott: We were filming American Pie when There's Something About Mary came out and Jason Biggs was like, "You know what, our movie could make $100 million easy." I mean we were making a movie like Dumb and Dumber. Kids like this stuff. But still, I was totally shocked. I couldn't go anywhere after it. It's wild because I thought I had a small part, but I played a guy that everybody knew in high school.

THC: And in this one, you again play a guy that everybody knows in college. It's the same basic part. Aren't you worried about typecasting this early in your career?

SS: I just wanted to keep working. American Pie was my first thing, but this was such a big part. I mean I wanted the characters to be different-this character has more of a sweet, charming side. I don't know what I'm going to do next. I actually always wanted to drama, but now I'm addicted to this comedy thing-hearing people laugh at something you say is great, you know?

THC: When I saw the movie this week, when your character walks in, everybody recognized you. The kids were screeching.

SS: I heard that and I was like, "You're kidding me." There was just an amazing following for Steve Stifler.

THC: Paulo, you play the intellectual. You look sort of like an intellectual. Let me guess. You were the nerd in school.

PC: Absolutely not. I was terrible. I was a terrible student. I didn't want to learn the things that school wanted to teach. I was more interested in the social stuff, learning about people. But you know what, I was an outcast at first. Like freshman year, I was really shy-but then I decided to be popular. I was like, "I want girls to like me, I want to be outgoing." So I made a conscious decision to be popular and I started being more flirtatious and rebellious. But I was still a terrible student.

THC: So Sean, you basically went from anonymity to stardom overnight in American Pie. Did the girls start calling?

SS: It was weird. When American Pie came out, I was in Vancouver shooting Final Destination. It had so much hype and I got back to Los Angeles right at the peak of Pie-dom and it was insane. My roommate and I don't really go out much, but when we'd go to clubs the girls would surround us. They'd never talk to me before but now they were all over me. So I didn't really take it too seriously. But my roommate did-he's like "Well I have this untitled tennis project coming out and I'm doing Urban Legend 4, etc. etc."

PC: It's easy to get laid when you're in a movie.