One of the sole adults in the movie, Levy did the most together with his restricted screentime, stealing each scene he was in as Jim’s dad. 

But Levy virtually turned down the function—as soon as supplied to Bill Murray—admitting he discovered the script too vulgar. “When I first read the script, it scared me. I said, ‘No, I can’t do this movie,'” he defined. “My manager, at the time, said, ‘Well, you should go and take a meeting?,’ and I said, ‘Why? It’s just too out there for me. This is a kids’ movie. Why would I want to be in a movie I wouldn’t go see?'”

After assembly with the administrators, he realized they had been dealing with the material in an grownup means and signed on. He was additionally inspired to improvise, one thing the Second City Sketch Comedy alum was joyful to do. 

“All the scenes in American Pie came out of an improvisation,” he instructed Huffington Post. “I wanted the character to be a real dad. Like a real, corny dad who cares about their children. I wanted to be the kind of parent that the kids didn’t want to hang with…[the original version] was a little creepy. So I made him more square.”

One of the solely unique stars to seem in all of the franchise’s movies, the esteemed character actor went on to star alongside his son Dan Levy on their hit TV sequence Schitt’s Creek. The father-son duo swept the 2020 Emmys with their creation.

Next up, he’ll seem in season 4 of Only Murders in the Building.