Matt Bush Talks High School, Piranha 3DD, Clint Eastwood

Matt Bush made quite an impression in Adventureland, as Figo, the impish, nut-punching co-worker and torturer of Jesse Eisenberg’s character. He’s now making impressions in a less throbbing manner. Bush has a wonky, out-there leading man June two-fer, appearing in both Piranha 3DD and John Stalberg‘s High School. In the former he’s a shy guy whose balls finally descend, as he swings into action to help his longtime crush (Danielle Panabaker) battle a piranha invasion at a water theme park. The the latter, he plays Henry, a straight-laced, would-be valedictorian who, after first sampling marijuana, teams up with estranged stoner pal Breaux (Christopher Marquette) to try to throw the test results of a mandatory drug test for the entire school, and thus preserve his academic standing. I had a chance to speak to Bush one-on-one recently, chatting about both films, his own adolescent success with the ladies (or lack thereof), his fall film with Clint Eastwood, and whether he needed to conduct any chemical research for his High School role. The conversation is excerpted over at shockYa, so click here for the full read.