Hanks level?

By Matt Holmes /

Kevin Smith has told NHL.com in regards to the casting of his Cop Out actor Seann William Scott as the life-long hockey fan "Buddy" turned pretty mediocre hockey goon in his film adaptation of Warren Zevon's story song Hit Somebody...

€œI look at this as Seann€™s opportunity to go to the (Tom) Hanks level,€
Oh boy. Really?
€œHanks for years and years did this (lesser) role and then he became that (blockbuster movie) guy. This is Seann€™s chance to do that as well, not just be Stifler. And it€™s my chance to not just be the €œClerks€ guy. It€™s my chance to do something big, epic in scale. Stories I tell span one day. € This spans 30 years. You€™re talking a period. You€™re trying to bring people to a time in your life that hasn€™t existed in 30 years. The look of it, the feel of it, the sound of it €” everything I have is going to be in that movie.€
Ironically, these comments kind of make Smith look a little sillier than usual in comparing Scott and Hanks, as a freshly posted L.A. Times piece quotes Scott say as being in talks for the newly announced American Pie reboot - which he calls "an awesome idea" with a "definite possibility" he will appear in the new go-around. The Pie reboot of a franchise that feels kinda unnecessary in the world of Superbad - forgets everything that came after movie 3, and is known among Universal heads as The Real American Pie 4.

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