Seann William Scott’s breakout ‘American Pie’ role only earned him $8,000, worked at the zoo after film

Seann William Scott this week revealed that he only made $8,000 for his infamous portrayal of Stifler in the 1999 teen comedy “American Pie” and had to take a job selling churros at the zoo after the movie wrapped. 

“It was a lot of money at the time,” the 46-year-old said on Peacock’s Rich Eisen Show while playing “Celebrity True or False.”

“I remember afterwards I bought a used Thunderbird for like $5,000 or maybe $6,000, I’m like, ‘Oh yeah, baby’,” he said. “I don’t know what happened to the other $2,000 because I ended up having to work at the LA Zoo as a churro guy, so maybe it was even less than $8,000.”

He joked that he worked at the zoo for two days and “sold five churros.” 

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Seann William Scott admitted this week that he only made $8,000 for 1999’s “American Pie.”  ( John Lamparski/WireImage)

The movie went on to make $235 million at the box office, according to Deadline. 

Scott played Stifler in three more “American Pie” sequels, including 2001’s “American Pie 2” and 2003’s “American Wedding.” 

And he reportedly made around $5 million for “American Reunion,” which marked his latest feature film turn as Stifler. 

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He has also starred in 2003’s “The Rundown,” 2005’s “The Dukes of Hazzard,” 2008’s “Role Models” and voiced the opossum character Crash in the “Ice Age” movies. 

Scott recently reunited with “American Pie” co-star Jason Biggs this year for a DoorDash commercial in which crashes Biggs’ party and they debate about whether their “best summer ever” was this year or when they were in high school together. 

Scott also told Comicbook.com in May that the cast could return for a fifth installment of the franchise. 

“I just love the character so much,” Scott said of the sex-obsessed Stifler. “Comedy is tough, and they have always been tough, but you know, comedies have really changed. But I think, honestly, we have been talking about an idea. I had one and I still have one that we’ve literally just recently started talking about.”

Seann William Scott played the raunchy and sex-obsessed Stifler in 1999’s “American Pie.”  (Getty Images)

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He said he’d like to see Stifler “in his mid-forties today trying to figure things out. A guy who hasn’t really changed that much, but the world has changed, you know, what would his life be like? … Is there a fun end to a story? I don’t know if it’ll ever happen.”