Seann William Scott at the Spike TV Scream Awards held at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, Calif. on October 18, 2008.

Surrounded by annoying do-gooders, Danny struggles to guide 16-year-old Augie (Superbad’s Christopher Mintz-Plasse), who is obsessed with medieval role play, through the trials of becoming a man. Meanwhile, charming Wheeler tries to cure his addiction to partying and women by assisting a fifth-grader named Ronnie (Bobb’e J. Thompson), in redirecting his foul-mouthed ways. If they can just make it through probation without getting thrown in jail, the world’s worst role models could end up changing the lives of Augie and Ronnie for the better.

Seann William Scott, the 32-year-old Minnesota native who is best known for his role as Stifler in the three American Pie films, spoke to MediaBlvd Magazine about who his own role models are and how he still feels like a kid at heart.

MediaBlvd Magazine> Who did you look up to as a kid? Who was your role model?

Seann William Scott> My dad was my role model. He was great. And my oldest brother, who was one of the guys who started The Onion newspaper. He was a really great mentor for me. All of my brothers were.

MediaBlvd> What lead your brother to start The Onion?

Seann> It wasn’t his idea. It was his two best friends in Madison, and then he came on right away and was one of their main writers. They had it for years and then they were like, “We’re sick of writing jokes.” They all wanted to start another paper, so they sold it for pretty much nothing. When you go and look at their books, my brother wrote most of those little jokes, along with his friends. I don’t know if they had any idea it was going to turn out to be as big as it was.

MediaBlvd> How many brothers do you have?

Seann> I have 4 brothers and 2 sisters. I’m the youngest of 7, but we’re all half brothers. We all share a parent, so it was The Brady Bunch. I was the naughty one.        

MediaBlvd> Did you get bullied by your older brothers, or were they nice to you?

Seann> Most of them were older. I had one brother who was 3 years older than me, and he beat me up a couple times. I was this size in 7^th grade. I’d go to basketball and football games, and they were like, “No, that kid’s 20 years old!” Some of the parents would feel bad for me and think, “He must be stupid. He must have been held back a few grades.” I was like, “Shut up! I’m just big.” Then, I got big enough where my brother was like, “Alright, I’m not going to touch Seann anymore because he’s gonna beat me up.” I was good. We were lucky. I had a good family.

MediaBlvd> When you go home for the holidays, like Christmas and Thanksgiving, is everybody a comedian in your family?

Seann> My dad was. My dad was hilarious. My dad was a Chevy Chase, Bill Murray kind of guy, and my brother is like that too. It’s crazy and dysfunctional.                

MediaBlvd> How much input did you have when you were talking with Paul about your character and the dialogue?

Seann> I was attached first to the script and they gave me a list of guys. There was originally another director attached. At that point, Paul was not as big as he is now. I thought he’d be a great straight man. He’s funny and really bright. We got Paul attached and then we went through a process. We got a bunch of writers on board and then, with his relationship with David Wain, Paul took a pass at the script, and then David Wain came on and he wrote the script with Ken Marino. I’d already had a year to think about the guy that I wanted to play. David wrote some fantastic dialogue, but we improvised a ton. He really let us just go off the page. My favorite moments in the movie were things we improvised. So, Paul had an idea of what he wanted to do and he wrote his stuff, and I wrote my stuff. I didn’t do anything for anybody else. Paul had a lot of influence on a bunch of things. What really worked was us being best friends, like in Wedding Crashers, which was so great because those guy would finish each other’s sentences. Paul’s idea, which I really think was a really smart one, was that we should be more of an Odd Couple, and that forced us to improvise in a different way. That was a really good idea on his part.

MediaBlvd> Do you think you would be a good mentor to a child?

Seann> Yeah. My nephew is eight, and I could totally be his dad I think. Although, when his dad’s away, I’ll have him watch American Pie movies, Road Trip and Old School. I have him watch all the crazy stuff because it’s awesome to hear him say “Uncle Seann!”  I’m like, “Come on, you’re going to be hearing this in five years, anyway. This is just to get you started now.”

MediaBlvd> Did you do anything with Bobb’e J. Thompson to bond when you first met him?

Seann> We bonded right away. I just adore the kid and, after a couple days, he let his guard down and just felt like he was in a groove, like I was. I felt more comfortable. I got the lines out, got my ideas out and got my writing out. He showed himself to be a sweet kid. We’d hug him all the time, just like he became my little buddy for real. We’d talk. I can’t imagine the pressure you’d feel being the lead in a movie like that, at 11 years old. He was just a really great kid.

MediaBlvd> Did you have a great rapport with him?

Seann> He’s a little bit crazier than my nephew. We had a great rapport. I ended up kind of being his big brother, in a way, because he’s got such a brilliant mind. He’s a stand-up comedian. He performed at Children’s Apollo, or something like that. I can’t imagine doing a film at that age. I would be so stressed and so freaked out. He reminded me of Eddie Murphy, just how spontaneous he is. The energy he had was like Eddie Murphy in Delirious. He had that same mouth too. I was like, “Dude, you’re making me seem like a saint!” But, after a couple of days, he let his guard down a little bit. He got more comfortable. He showed himself to be this sweet, 11-year-old kid, who swore all the time. I’ve never worked with a child before, and it’s so true, what they say about animals and children. Never again! With Bobb’e, because he has that mind, even at that young age, he has the ability and the instinct to just want to riff, which I love doing. Being a comedian at that age, he wants to say whatever is on his mind, and a lot of the stuff is fantastic. Sometimes, he had to stick to the script. But, I watch the movie now and he steals the movie. He’s so funny! Even if he wasn’t as awesome as he is, just hearing a little kid drop F-bombs is fantastic to me. To me, it’s the whole reason to see the movie.

MediaBlvd> Do these guys do anything else at their job, aside from dressing up and pitching their product to students?

Seann> I guess that was it. I think they don’t want to work. Wheeler loves his job because all he does is put on a bull outfit and dance around, and then he’s done after 4 hours and he can just go party and hook up with girls. Danny is just angry. I think that was just their job. They would go to little auditoriums and just try to convince kids to stay off drugs, while Wheeler would be smoking a joint.

MediaBlvd> How horrible was it to wear that Minotaur suit? Was it hot as hell?

Seann> It was horrible! I was like, “I guess I’ll do anything for a laugh!” I just kept thinking, “Guys, is this funny because it sucks!”  They’re like, “Oh, it’s funny! It’s funny!” I was like, “No, it’s not. I’m a clown.” Then, there was the KISS outfit, and I had a scene where I wore a chipmunk outfit at Chipmunk Charlie’s, but it’s not in the movie. I’m just a glorified clown in this movie.

MediaBlvd> Which costume was the worst?

Seann> The Minotaur was terrible. It was gross and it smelled terrible. There was all my own smell too, so that was even more embarrassing. I was like, “Wow, this is me. I smell this bad!”

MediaBlvd> Could you see where you were going?

Seann> With that mask on, no. When I put the mask on, I felt like Darth Vader. I was like, “I can’t breathe in here. Shoot the film, shoot the film!” Then, after a certain point, I was like, “Guys, this could be anybody. You can’t even tell it’s me!” They were like, “Oh, but we need your body language.” I was like, “Oh, really? People are going to know it’s me? Come on!”

MediaBlvd> Did anyone get hurt in the battle sequences with the stick swords?

Seann> I don’t know. I was only in the end scene. I never saw them film those first two scenes. I was like, “What the hell is this? This is so bizarre!,” which is great for the character. And then, I was like, “I want to do this. I really want to rock people.” I would probably add some things in my foam axe to make it hurt a little bit more. It’s kind of like the batter who adds a little cork in his bat to get a bit more power. I would not be able to hold back. I remember just walking into this, and these people were serious about it.  I don’t begrudge them at all because I think it would be great to whack people with foam swords.

MediaBlvd> Where did Paul Rudd get the idea for those events?

Seann> I don’t know if it was Paul’s idea or (director) David Wain’s idea, but they did a really good job of looking into it. There is a cool documentary out there about it. I think that the environment adds a lot of heart to the film. It’s not only funny because you get to add all these great comedians in this mixed-up, strange world, but it adds heart. Without that environment, and without seeing Christopher Mintz-Plasse dealing with his identity and feeling kind of nerdy, it would have just been a movie about swearing and breasts.

MediaBlvd> Are you a fan of KISS?

 Seann> I’m a Rolling Stones guy, but when I learned more about them, I was like, “These guys are awesome!”When I learned the whole theory behind “Love Gun,” I was like, “That’s fantastic! It’s so wrong and so awesome!”

MediaBlvd> Did you get to pick which KISS person you would get to be?

Seann> No. They picked it for us. But, I looked like Lou Diamond Phillips in Young Guns, with that long black hair. I was like, “I could do a Western some day. I could do Young Guns 3.” 

MediaBlvd> What did Bobb’e think about KISS?

Seann> He had no idea who they were. I think he was like, “Who are these people, KISS?” I was like, “They’re a big rock band, Bobb’e.” It’s not quite Tupac.

MediaBlvd> You play guys that are big kids. Are you just a kid at heart, or are you totally grown up and that’s just an act?

Seann> It’s 50/50. I still feel like a kid, but I think a lot of guys are probably like Wheeler. He’s just an inappropriate guys’ guy. I wanted to add elements, just so he wasn’t a Stifler rip-off. I didn’t want him to be a jerk. The biggest comparisons between those two characters is that he swears all the time, he likes girls and he’s a party guy. But, he really is pretty optimistic. He doesn’t really do anything bad in the movie. He’s not really that bad of a guy. He’s been thrust into this situation and all he does is leave this kid to hook up with a girl for 5 minutes. Is that terrible? It should’ve been fine. He left the party. It was not Wheeler’s fault. I think I’m a big kid, but unfortunately I’ve had to grow up in the last couple of years. I’d prefer to go back to being 23-years-old time, when I was much more naVve about the world. It was so much more fun. I didn’t stress out nearly as much.

MediaBlvd> Do you know what you’re going to do next?

Seann> I don’t. There’s a couple things that I really like, but I haven’t made a decision. As much as I would love to do dramas, I just don’t think it’s right for my career. I don’t think people want to see me do that. I would be happy to do another R-rated, crazy comedy and try to get some success, even if it seems that the characters are similar, because it’s a business. If the movie makes money, and even if you’re not good in it and the movie doesn’t work, you’ll get some more opportunities. And then, all of a sudden, you end up doing Green Hornet. Just having some success, you get a chance to branch off. The last couple years, I’ve tried some smaller films that haven’t worked and I’ve lost a little bit of momentum. So, as much as I’d like to attack a small indie drama, nobody will see it, or it’ll take two years and it’ll go straight to DVD. I’d rather just do comedy.

MediaBlvd> But you’ve done a lot of physical action stuff too, so couldn’t you play a funny action guy?

Seann> I’d like to, but there’s not that many out there. I loved The Rundown. I really had a lot of fun. Because I’m a physical guy, I’d like to do that, but there’s just not a lot of good scripts out there, so whatever good ones there are, they’re going to the big boys. They’re going to Seth Rogen and all those guys, and they should. Those guys deserve and own the right to have that first. They’re just making fewer movies now. The business has changed so much. Six or seven  years ago, they were green lighting everything.