Superbad actor Christopher Mintz-Plasse is hoping fans will stop shouting "McLovin" at him on the street.
On Twitter, Mintz-Plasse shared a Vanity Fair article celebrating Superbad's 15th anniversary. In the post, while the actor acknowledged the 2007 film's importance to his career, he also added a lighthearted request that people "stop screaming [McLovin] at me."
The cultural influence of Superbad -- and the film's most enduring character -- can still be seen today. As the Vanity Fair article points out, McLovin shirts are regularly available for purchase at retail chains like Target, and slang terminology like "DTF" from the film is still widely used.
McLovin's Iconic Origin
In Superbad, Mintz-Plasse plays Fogell, a nerdy friend of main duo Seth (Jonah Hill) and Evan (Michael Cera). Near the beginning of the film, Fogell reveals a fake ID he procured in order to buy alcohol for a party. The sole name on the ID reads "McLovin," prompting ridicule from Seth and Evan. While the plan works and Fogell is able to buy booze from a liquor store, he's then knocked out by a robber and lands in the custody of two slacker police officers.
Although Mintz-Plasse is often associated with his Superbad role, he's appeared in several films since then, including Promising Young Woman, The Disaster Artist, and Oran Zegman's Honor Society. He also played Chris D'Amico/Red Mist in Kick-Ass in 2010 and again in the film's 2013 sequel. Some fans hope that Kick-Ass will return for a spinoff series, which could include Mintz-Plasse reprising his role.
One potential Kick-Ass spinoff may center on Chloë Grace Moretz's iconic character Hit-Girl. In 2021, Moretz said that she'd like to return as the teenage vigilante. "I think it'd be really fun to see where Hit-Girl goes and what she's like as an adult," she said. "But I think it would have to be kind of perfect ... Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Chris Mintz-Plasse and the whole crew back together." In the same interview, Kick-Ass director Matthew Vaughn teased that a "big reboot" for Kick-Ass is in the works. "It's so fucking nuts that I can't talk about it," he said. "But we've got that ready to go. All the rights revert back in two years and then we're going to reboot it where people will be like, 'He is insane.'"
Superbad is currently available to rent on Amazon Prime.
Source: Twitter, Vanity Fair