Jennifer Coolidge Felt Abandoned By Everyone For 1 Cruel Reason Despite Being Shot To Fame in the Early 2000s
Jennifer Coolidge is a well-renowned actress who has left the audience clenching their stomachs in laughter through some of her classic antics on-screen. She is famous for her roles in the American Pie film series and the Legally Blonde film series. Apart from this, she also appeared in many prominent movies like A Cinderella Story, Promising Young Woman, Click, Date Movie, Shotgun Wedding, etc.
However, despite earning a lot of popularity in the early 2000s, Coolidge felt that she was abandoned.
Jennifer Coolidge opens up feeling abandoned by the industry
As mentioned earlier, despite rising to fame in the early 2000s because of American Pie, Jennifer Coolidge had a hard time being accepted in the industry. It was mainly because of her being too quirky & eccentric to fit into mainstream roles.
While speaking about it during her acceptance speech at the Golden Globe Awards 2023, Jennifer Coolidge revealed that she had the feeling of being sidelined in the industry for the longest time. While recalling how she wasn’t even invited to parties until Mike White’s White Lotus happened, Coolidge said:
“I was never invited to one party on my hill and now everyone is inviting me and it’s to you, Mike White.”
Coolidge was cast for While Lotus by Mike White. The American dark comedy was released in 2021 and has two seasons. The series has seemingly done a lot for Coolidge as it helped her to find her feet in the industry despite being in it for a long time.
Jennifer Coolidge recalls how American Pie brought a lot of “sexual action”
During an interview with Variety, Jennifer Coolidge revealed that playing the role of Stifler’s mom in American Pie directly impacted her personal life. The movie was a box-office hit and took in gross worldwide revenue of $235 million.
In one of the film’s most memorable scenes, she enjoys a fling with her son’s classmate Finch. Looking back on the role, she had this to say:
“I got a lot of play being a MILF and I got a lot of sexual action from American Pie. There were so many benefits to doing that movie. I mean there would be, like, 200 people that I would have never slept with.”
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Premiering in 1999, the film was a major hit to say the least. Moreover, Coolidge later reprised the role in American Pie’s 2001 sequel, as well as its two spin-offs: American Wedding and American Reunion which were released later.
