<P> The music video , directed by Chris Applebaum , features several comedic scenes illustrating the boy 's attempts to get closer to Stacy 's mother . `` We looked at a lot of treatments and some directors were trying to be kind of arty and subtle with it , but Chris Applebaum went completely for the jugular , '' said Schlesinger . Model Rachel Hunter plays the title role , which she accepted because she was a fan of the band and the song . The group had previously hoped to get Paulina Porizkova for the role . The clip was shot in Los Angeles in late May 2003 . `` It was 7 a.m. , and there was Rachel Hunter doing a striptease on the kitchen counter , '' remembered Schlesinger . The video was first sent to television in July 2003 . </P>
<P> The music video , directed by Chris Applebaum , features several comedic scenes illustrating the boy 's attempts to get closer to Stacy 's mother . `` We looked at a lot of treatments and some directors were trying to be kind of arty and subtle with it , but Chris Applebaum went completely for the jugular , '' said Schlesinger . Model Rachel Hunter plays the title role , which she accepted because she was a fan of the band and the song . The group had previously hoped to get Paulina Porizkova for the role . The clip was shot in Los Angeles in late May 2003 . `` It was 7 a.m. , and there was Rachel Hunter doing a striptease on the kitchen counter , '' remembered Schlesinger . The video was first sent to television in July 2003 . </P>
who plays stacy 's mom in the music video
who plays stacy 's mom in the music video
Rachel Hunter
Rachel Hunter