After 25 years, Jason Biggs took benefit of one in all his most memorable roles for some tongue-in-cheek advertising.
The American Pie star, who hosts Netflix‘s Blue Ribbon Baking Championship, joked “there have been no pies harmed” whereas filming the backing competitors sequence, which is “secure for household viewing” and now out there on the streamer.
“I’ve actually wished to host one thing within the meals world,” Biggs instructed USA Today. “After all, there’s the wink on the digital camera and the viewers with me as a baking present host. And every time I can’t consider one thing to say, I at all times have a pie joke in my again pocket that brings the home down.”
The present’s premiere comes after final month’s milestone anniversary of his breakout function in American Pie (1999), which has lengthy been recognized for its eponymous scene, wherein Biggs’ bumbling teen character Jim fornicates with an apple pie.
“My life may be very a lot outlined by a number of completely different demarcation factors,” Biggs acknowledged. “There’s getting married, and there’s having children. However the obvious ones when it comes to craziness was Life Earlier than American Pie and Life After American Pie.”
Though the actor famous he’s “not really judging” the competitors, he “needed to strive every part, so at the very least I knew what was taking place. After the judges did their factor, I went again to strive every part.”
And whereas protecting it family-friendly, Biggs doesn’t disappoint with the commentary. “Take it from somebody who is aware of. That may be a very engaging pie,” he jokes in a single episode.
American Pie starred Biggs, Chris Klein, Thomas Ian Nicholas and Eddie Kaye Thomas as a bunch of highschool mates who make a pact to lose their virginities earlier than commencement. The ensemble teen comedy additionally starred Seann William Scott, Alyson Hannigan, Natasha Lyonne, Tara Reid, Mena Suvari, Shannon Elizabeth, Jennifer Coolidge and Eugene Levy.
The film sparked the sequels American Pie 2 (2001), American Wedding ceremony (2003) and American Reunion (2012), in addition to quite a few loosely-connected spinoff movies that didn’t function the unique forged and have been launched direct-to-video.