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Alyson Hannigan Explains Why She Initially Refused To Sign On For ‘American Pie 2’


One time, Alyson Hannigan almost missed the bus back to band camp.

Ahead of the 1999 teen movie’s 25th anniversary, the American Pie actress reminisced about her role as lovable band nerd Michelle Flaherty in the raunchy franchise and how she almost wasn’t in the sequels. Amid last year’s SAG-AFTRA strike, Scott — who starred as toxic hornball Steve Stifler — revealed he only made $8,000 for his work on the first movie, which grossed $235 million at the box office. When he strikes out with the sexy foreign exchange student Nadia (Shannon Elizabeth), Jim (Biggs) asks Michelle to be his last-minute prom date.

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