It’s a Levenstein family reunion!
AsEugene Levyappeared on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles Friday for hisHollywood Walk of Fame star ceremony, the actor and comedian, 77, acknowledged hisAmerican PiecostarJason Biggs, who was in attendance.
“My sonDanielcouldn’t be here today, sadly. He’s shooting a movie in Bulgaria, and tell me that doesn’t sound like an episode right out ofSchitt’s Creek, but it’s true. My second son, Jim, is here, fromAmerican Pie,” Levy said during his speech.
“I love the fact you’re here, Jason, honestly,” he added of Biggs, 45.
Eugene Levy and Jason Biggs on March 8, 2024.Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty
Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty
Levy portrayed the father of Biggs’sAmerican Piecharacter Jim in the raunchy franchise’s original 1999 entry and has kept with the role for many of the sequels over the years, most recently appearing in 2012’sAmerican Reunion.
Levy and Biggs also starred withAlyson Hannigan,Chris Klein,Natasha Lyonne,Thomas Ian Nicholas,Seann William ScottandTara Reid, among others, in the series. The original follows high school students' attempts to lose their virginity before graduation.
Eugene Levy and jason Biggs on March 8, 2024.Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty
Biggs and Levy posed for photos in front of Levy’s new star on the Walk of Fame Friday.
Levy, who has been acting, writing and producing since the 1970s, became the 2,773rd entertainment industry figure to receive a star on Hollywood Boulevard. His daughterSarah LevyandCatherine O’Hara, who both costarred with Eugene inSchitt’s Creek, paid tribute to Eugene during the ceremony.
Eugene Levy, daughter Sarah Levy and grandson James on March 8, 2024.Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock
Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock
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“If you know me at all, you know just how uncomfortable a day this is for me knowing you have all uprooted your schedules to be here,” Levy joked as he addressed the crowd gathered for his ceremony.
“In particular my grandson,my little grandson James— he could be looking at firetrucks right now, but no. He chose to be here, so thank you, Jamesy. Grandpa loves you.”
Eugene’s real-life son Dan, 40, recently joked during an appearance onThe Kelly Clarkson Showthat his high school classmates thought theAmerican Piemovies may have been based on his own life given his father’s role in the series.
“For most of my high-school life, people thought the movie was, like,a biography of my life,” Dan said. “Which is really unfortunate, because I would’ve killed to have had a life that interesting. There were no pies — I don’t even know about the ingredients of an apple pie, but that’s a whole other conversation.”
source: people.com
