Tad Hilgenbrinck, Rising Star
I talked to my mom on the phone last night, and she told me that one of my high school classmates is making it big in Hollywood. She had spoken with this boy's mother at the store and now my family (and surely the entire town of Quincy, Illinois) is excited about the March DVD release of American Pie 4: Band Camp.
So I confirmed this tidbit with IMDb and indeed, my classmate, Tad Hilgenbrinck, has the lead in this straight-to-video flick. He plays Matt Stifler, Stifler's little brother. IMDb also pictures of him at the Meet the Fockers premiere.
He looks handsome. Go him.
I wonder if he'll actually make it--if he'll actually be a star. If he were Trumpet Player #3 in this Band Camp movie, I wouldn't wonder. But the starring role? That's definite potential. Plus, he's only a year older than me, so he has plenty of years ahead of him to make the first film in a franchise, instead of the fourth.
And do I hope he succeeds or am I bitter? I guess I hope the best for him. We weren't exactly friends--more like people who shared a few classes, had mutual acquaintances, and knew who the other was. He was big into the drama club, and I remember how he made the best of things when he didn't receive the starring role in the musical his senior year (losing to a junior must've hurt). He even shaved half of his head for his supporting role, so that he'd look like a balding man (although his hair was too thick to make it seem believable and it just looked weird).
I remember how, for a time, he carried around a notebook and sketched pictures of women's dresses, because he said he wanted to be a costume designer. I thought this was really smart: The guy obviously loved theater, but he was looking for another, less traveled path in. Looks like he didn't need it.
Of course, what I remember most is that he and my sister hated each other in junior high. He took pleasure in learning (through poor, honest me) that she would be punished for some stupid juvenile stunt. Seriously, that may have been the happiest I ever saw him.
Prior to that, he told my sister that she "was going to hell for lying," and Sara used to reenact his holier-than-thou delivery of that line.
So, to me, he'll always be Tad Hilgenbrinck, part-time religious hysteric and full-time drama freak. Now, he is apparently the Class of 1999's Most Likely To Do Full Frontal Nudity in an Edgy Independent Film. I'd say that's a step up.
So I confirmed this tidbit with IMDb and indeed, my classmate, Tad Hilgenbrinck, has the lead in this straight-to-video flick. He plays Matt Stifler, Stifler's little brother. IMDb also pictures of him at the Meet the Fockers premiere.
He looks handsome. Go him.
I wonder if he'll actually make it--if he'll actually be a star. If he were Trumpet Player #3 in this Band Camp movie, I wouldn't wonder. But the starring role? That's definite potential. Plus, he's only a year older than me, so he has plenty of years ahead of him to make the first film in a franchise, instead of the fourth.
And do I hope he succeeds or am I bitter? I guess I hope the best for him. We weren't exactly friends--more like people who shared a few classes, had mutual acquaintances, and knew who the other was. He was big into the drama club, and I remember how he made the best of things when he didn't receive the starring role in the musical his senior year (losing to a junior must've hurt). He even shaved half of his head for his supporting role, so that he'd look like a balding man (although his hair was too thick to make it seem believable and it just looked weird).
I remember how, for a time, he carried around a notebook and sketched pictures of women's dresses, because he said he wanted to be a costume designer. I thought this was really smart: The guy obviously loved theater, but he was looking for another, less traveled path in. Looks like he didn't need it.
Of course, what I remember most is that he and my sister hated each other in junior high. He took pleasure in learning (through poor, honest me) that she would be punished for some stupid juvenile stunt. Seriously, that may have been the happiest I ever saw him.
Prior to that, he told my sister that she "was going to hell for lying," and Sara used to reenact his holier-than-thou delivery of that line.
So, to me, he'll always be Tad Hilgenbrinck, part-time religious hysteric and full-time drama freak. Now, he is apparently the Class of 1999's Most Likely To Do Full Frontal Nudity in an Edgy Independent Film. I'd say that's a step up.