Jennifer Coolidge is opening up about how one iconic role changed her sex life.
The actress says that after she played Stifler's Mom in the 1999 comedy American Pie, she got a ton of action. She told Variety about exactly how many men wanted to sleep with her after the role.
“You know, I got a lot of play being a MILF and I got a lot of sexual action from American Pie,” she told the outlet. “Just, you know what I mean, I’m just talking about — there were so many benefits to doing that movie.”
She really didn't hold back in the interview. “There would be like 200 people that I would never have slept with!” she revealed. Clearly, the role was pretty kind to Jennifer.
Playing the MILF was absolutely a game-changer for the actress. But the American Pie flicks are certainly not the most notable projects she's ever worked on. These days, she's been busy playing heiress Tanya McQuoid in HBO's The White Lotus.
She revealed that working with Mike White, the series creator, and the entire cast has been an absolute dream.
"I have done one thing really right in my life. I’ve picked great friends," she revealed. "If Mike was never successful, and we just did White Lotus as a play in a little theater where everyone paid 10 bucks to see it, it would still be one of the greatest things that ever happened to me. Because it was a killer job that no one else thought I could do.”
Jennifer told Vanity Fair this year that for a while, she felt as though she was playing the same character over and over.
"I did these jobs that I felt like locked me into a certain perception," she said. "I was in this weird bubble for a really long time," noting that she kept receiving scripts for "gold digger parts."
"I guess that’s what happens to us a lot unless we steer it a different way. I wish I had been more involved in the control of my career. I just sat back, I was very passive."
However, the actress has absolutely turned the tide and been able to embrace a new part of her career that she feels immensely proud of.
