

One
of
the
sole
adults
in
the
film,
Levy
did
the
most
with
his
limited
screentime,
stealing
every
scene
he
was
in
as
Jim’s
dad.
But
Levy
almost
turned
down
the
role—once
offered
to
Bill
Murray—admitting
he
found
the
script
too
vulgar. “When
I
first
read
the
script,
it
scared
me.
I
said, ‘No,
I
can’t
do
this
movie,'”
he
explained. “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
meeting
with
the
directors,
he
realized
they
were
handling
the
subject
matter
in
an
adult
way
and
signed
on.
He
was
also
encouraged
to
improvise,
something
the
Second
City
Sketch
Comedy
alum
was
happy
to
do.
“All
the
scenes
in
American
Pie
came
out
of
an
improvisation,”
he
told
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
only
original
stars
to
appear
in
all
of
the
franchise’s
films,
the
esteemed
character
actor
went
on
to
star
alongside
his
son
Dan
Levy
on
their
hit
TV
series
Schitt’s
Creek.
The
father-son
duo
swept
the
2020
Emmys
with
their
creation.
Next
up,
he’ll
appear
in
season
four
of
Only
Murders
in
the
Building.