Why Grace Sawyer From The Rookie Looks So Familiar

One of the earliest roles that audiences may recognize Ali Larter from is her performance in the 1999 coming-of-age film "Varsity Blues." The film centers on a small-town high school football team in Texas and has a cast of major stars of the era, including James Van Der Beek, Amy Smart, and Paul Walker. In the film, Larter plays a cheerleader named Darcy Sears, who is in a relationship with starting quarterback Lance Harbor (Walker) and wants to escape small-town life in Texas.

One of the most iconic moments in "Varsity Blues" is a moment in which Larter's Darcy tries to seduce James Van Der Beek's Mox — who has replaced the injured Lance as West Canaan High School's No. 1 QB — while wearing a whipped cream bikini. (Mox, however, rebuffs her advances.) In the years since the film hit theaters, the concept of the whipped cream bikini has been referenced and parodied numerous times across film and television. Perhaps most notably, future "Captain America" star Chris Evans pulled the same move in the subversive 2001 teen comedy, "Not Another Teen Movie," which lampooned coming-of-age teen movies of the era, including "Varsity Blues."