Jennifer Coolidge and Natasha Lyonne endeared themselves to a technology of followers within the smash 1999 comedy “American Pie,” however even a shared Hollywood background generally can’t forestall a case of mistaken id.
Showing on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast this week, Lyonne recalled a shock run-in with Coolidge, throughout which the “White Lotus” actor mistook Lyonne for a unique former co-star fully.
“Jennifer Coolidge saw me at the Chateau Marmont and I had straight hair, and she thought I was Hilary Duff,” Lyonne mentioned. “I was so confused.”
Coolidge portrayed Fiona Montgomery, the stepmother of Duff’s character Sam Montgomery, in 2004’s “A Cinderella Story.” That movie’s launch got here only one yr after “American Wedding,” the third installment within the “American Pie” sequence, through which Coolidge performed Jeanine Stifler, the mom of soccer jock Steve Stifler (Seann William Scott).
Although Lyonne didn’t specify the precise timing of the Coolidge trade, she famous it was after she’d “dropped out” of present enterprise for some time. A former little one actor, Lyonne noticed her profession derailed within the mid-2000s amid well-documented experiences with drug and alcohol abuse and a lot of well being illnesses, together with a collapsed lung.
“I was like, ‘Maybe I’ve become too well.’ You know what I mean?” she mentioned of Coolidge’s mix-up. “Because whatever I’m projecting is something I’d rather scratch real quick — I have lost my edge. Hilary seems like a lovely person, and sometimes I’ll look at pictures of her and be like, ‘I think maybe this is a good thing. I think they mean this kindly.’”
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Noting that she cleared up the confusion with Coolidge rapidly, she added: “I would rather be mistaken for Keith Richards or something.”
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Now sober, the New York native returned to prominence as Nicky Nichols on “Orange Is the New Black,” and has continued her skilled resurgence with well-received performances in “Russian Doll” and “Poker Face.” She acquired additional acclaim in Azazel Jacobs’ big-screen a “His Three Daughters,” which is garnering awards season buzz.
Lyonne can also be set to take a flip behind the digicam. Although a launch date for the second season of “Poker Face” has not but been set, showrunner Tony Tost has confirmed that Lyonne will direct the primary episode.
Catch Lyonne’s “Happy Sad Confused” chat beneath. Her feedback on Coolidge’s mix-up start across the 46:35 mark.
