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"FacebookPinterest\n\nDirector Joel Gallen's film Not Another Teen Movie (2001) was in many ways smarter than the teensploitation flicks it lampooned. Gallen named his movie prick Austin, dressed him in turtlenecks, and labeled him \"the Cocky Blonde Guy\"on the poster.\n\nWho was the inspiration for Austin\n\nWe started with the Paul Walker character from She's All That. But we wanted to sprinkle in the Johnnys and the James Spaders. And he had a little bit of Biff in him from Back to the Futurebecause he says non sequiturs, but he says them with such authority that you have to listen. The villain in these movies was always a blonde guy, and he was always cocky. It was the preppy fraternity. They had no personality, no sense of humor. All of that guy's worst qualities were captured in Johnny; they really made him a guy you despised. How could you pick on Pat Morita\n\nWhy was the guy always a cocky blonde\n\nMaybe the John Hugheses of the world were jealous of that guy. By the way, I met with the coach from Karate Kidthe guy who ran the dojowhen I was doing Teen Movie. I thought it might be a good idea to have a recognizable face play our football coach. But we never found a spot for him. We did have Ferris Bueller's dad play Jake's dad.\n\nFor Teen Movie, did you put out a casting call: We're looking for the Cocky Blonde Guy\n\nWe wanted Eric Christian Olsen right away. But he didn't have the natural physical qualities that Johnny and the guy from Valley Girl had. Eric was skinnier and had darker hair. But he had the right attitude and acting ability. I had to fight with the producer, because he wanted some soap-opera guy who looked exactly like you'd want him to look. But at the end of the day, I didn't think he could nail the comedy. So we dyed Eric's hair and beefed up his chest.\n\nIt's a nice homage to the Movie Prick. You even named the school John Hughes High.\n\nThe John Hughes camp tried to stop us from using his name, but again, in the world of parody you can get away with a lot. It's funnywe thought we'd be nice and get his blessing. We wrote him a letter, and his lawyer wrote back saying, \"We'd prefer it if you didn't,\" but it never got to litigation. I produce the MTV Movie Awards. Last year we honored The Breakfast Club. Molly and Anthony and Ally all came. Judd Nelson came too, but he got too drunk to get onstage. He got fired up in the green room, but that's another story."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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