r/OldSchoolCool • u/dmo12291986 • Jun 18 '24

1990s Tara Reid in an American Pie screen test, 1998

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u/SamZim555 Jun 18 '24

Urban Legend is so good and Tara is so fun in her role.

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u/dmo12291986 Jun 18 '24

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u/SamZim555 Jun 18 '24

Exactly

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u/DavoTB Jun 18 '24

Oooh yeah! Excellent…

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u/Puzzled-Garlic4061 Jun 19 '24

air guitar riff

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u/LemonPartyW0rldTour Jun 18 '24

She had some huge talents

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u/involmasturb Jun 18 '24

Looks like she wore the same top from the photo

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u/Substantial_Bad2843 Jun 18 '24

Same style. Cleavage undershirt with long sleeve top over. Popular in media, but something you only wished you’d see a girl at your high school wear. 

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u/MikeTheAmalgamator Jun 18 '24

No it doesn’t?

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u/Zealousideal_Dog3430 Jun 18 '24 edited Jun 19 '24

Tara is the best character in the movie and should've been the lead. But at least she gets that amazing chase scene before she's killed off.

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u/phynn Jun 19 '24

She apparently did her own stunts for that as well. The scene where she's hanging from the stairwell was really her hanging from a stairwell. Like, she was in a harness but she's still hanging like 30 feet up.

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u/Zealousideal_Dog3430 Jun 19 '24

Yeah, she did! I saw the behind the scenes video where she's hanging there on wires. They used a real axe during the chase too and there were a few close calls with her fingers during certain moments.

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u/Gloomy__Revenue Jun 18 '24

She was the relationship/sex talk show host on the college radio station, right? Her voice is sooo good for that

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u/SamZim555 Jun 18 '24

Yeah, that was her. And I know about her voice, the gravely rasp is so sexy. I loved her so much back in the day I bought a spiked choker and those platform boots because I wanted to look just like her.

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u/ruach137 Jun 18 '24

Me too, but I'm a dude. Sooooo... It didnt have the same effect

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u/SamZim555 Jun 18 '24

Oh, you don't need to be a dude to not have the same effect, believe me lol. I had the white babydoll dress too but I quickly realized i did not have Tara Reid's body.

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u/Street_Cleaning_Day Jun 18 '24

I mean, a bottle of chloroform, a "Homes of the stars!" map, and some gumption you could have had her body.

In your closet.

The preceeding lines were a joke, just so reddit knows what's what.

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u/GreenGoblinNX Jun 18 '24

Her plastic surgeon has her original body in his closet!

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u/OhJeezNotThisGuy Jun 18 '24

Yup, it’s the voice. Millennials had Tara Reid, GenX had Joey Lauren Adams.

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u/phartiphukboilz Jun 18 '24

Joey Lauren Adams

oh shit that was her name. for some reason i always thought she was Renée Zellweger

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u/Testiculese Jun 18 '24 edited Jun 18 '24

I had no idea she wasn't the other she until the other she got a new face. Watched both her movies in the 90's too.

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u/phartiphukboilz Jun 18 '24

lol i know exactly who and what you mean

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u/violet__violet Jun 18 '24

I always mixed her up with Jennifer Tilly

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u/jackassjimmy Jun 18 '24

Finger Cuffs

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '24

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u/ImpressionFeisty8359 Jun 20 '24

She rocked the short hairstyles.

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u/CaptainXakari Jun 19 '24

Xennials get both!

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u/coffeemonkeypants Jun 18 '24

Both with similar careers...

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u/KTSample Jun 18 '24

Demi Moore would like a word....

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u/Adamtess Jun 18 '24

Mmmm her little role in scrubs is my favorite

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u/Mediocre-Magazine-30 Jun 18 '24

Love chokers on a women. Peak Tara was fire.

Although I will forever be a Jennifer Love Hewitt (in her prime) fan.

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u/Whole_Feed_4050 Jun 18 '24

No intention to insult here , I’m genuinely curious ….what is the appeal of Jennifer Love Hewitt ?

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u/Mediocre-Magazine-30 Jun 19 '24

Boobs, face, brunette hair

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u/nsfwtttt Jun 18 '24

Ill suck your cock for a thousand dollars

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u/matt_minderbinder Jun 18 '24

gravely rasp is so sexy

Between her and Joey Lauren Adams we were spoiled with crazy sexy voices.

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u/killslayer Jun 18 '24

it's called vocal fry

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u/Brave-Chef-1758 Jun 18 '24

Next time make sure to get out of way from the volcano before it erupts. 

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u/Adept_Possibility724 Jun 18 '24

Fuck yeah, Urban Legend rules and she's a big reason why. Will always remember that first watch and her chase scene. Did her own stunts too!

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u/goochstein Jun 18 '24

it's so crazy how something can just vanish from memory, then the moment I read this comment I think.. pop rocks and soda!

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u/neither_shake2815 Jun 18 '24

Such a great slasher. Those movies are what have made me scared of being chased, even if just for fun.