{"id":18663,"date":"2025-08-23T16:29:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T16:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/18663\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T16:29:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T16:29:09","slug":"jason-biggs-says-american-pie-wouldnt-work-in-2025-comedy-climate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/18663\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Biggs says &#8216;American Pie&#8217; wouldn&#8217;t work in 2025 comedy climate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/american-pie-star-jason-biggs-admits-digging-through-trash-cocaine-during-drug-addiction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Jason Biggs<\/a> knows &#8220;American Pie&#8221; wouldn&#8217;t fly in 2025 like it did in the &#8217;90s, but he knows why the plot of the comedy still resonates with fans nearly 30 years later.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/then-now-the-cast-of-american-pie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">&#8220;American Pie&#8221;<\/a> was a 1999 comedy that showcased crude humor and teenage sexuality. The movie starred Biggs, Mena Suvari, Sean William Scott, Alyson Hannigan and Chris Klein.<\/p>\n<p>Biggs told Fox News Digital that there are several reasons why the movie has turned into a cult-classic, including the strong bond between four high school buddies and their friendship that &#8220;transcends time.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/jason-biggs.jpg\" alt=\"Jason Biggs on American Pie\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Jason Biggs was the star of the 1999 movie, &#8220;American Pie.&#8221; (Maureen Donaldson\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Then also the girls, you know, and their relationships with the girls. How the girls have the power. I think that&#8217;s very relatable. It has like this beating heart beneath the sort of the big set pieces beneath the comedy, or maybe even above the comedy,&#8221; Biggs said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/entertainment\/american-pie-star-jason-biggs-sheds-nearly-40-pounds-after-health-scare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>\u2018AMERICAN PIE\u2019 STAR JASON BIGGS SHEDS NEARLY 40 POUNDS AFTER HEALTH SCARE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, he&#8217;s aware that comedy isn&#8217;t the same today as it was decades ago.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Comedy is changing. What you can sort of get away with. I mean, we certainly couldn&#8217;t do a lot of those things now, you know, and we shouldn&#8217;t, but we did, and it was a reflection of the time. I think there are things that people will still allow themselves to laugh at given the context of the movie,&#8221; Biggs said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"pull-quote\">\n<p class=\"quote-text\">&#8220;Comedy is changing. What you can sort of get away with. I mean, we certainly couldn&#8217;t do a lot of those things now, you, know, and we shouldn&#8217;t, but we did, and it was a reflection of the time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> \u2014 Jason Biggs<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If &#8220;American Pie&#8221; debuted in 2025, Briggs predicted that the reactions would be divisive.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I feel there&#8217;s a part of society who would feel like, \u2018Oh, yay, anti-woke. We can laugh at anything. Anything goes.\u2019 And then maybe there&#8217;d be a part that would be understandably offended by some of the things,&#8221; Biggs said.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/jasonbiggsshannonelizabethamericanpie.jpg\" alt=\"Jason Biggs and Shannon Elizabeth in a scene from &quot;American Pie&quot;\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Jim (Jason Biggs, left) and exchange student Nadia (Shannon Elizabeth) in a scene of &#8220;American Pie.&#8221; Chris Klein and Thomas Ian Nicholas are also in the photo. (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>The actor mentioned the controversial scene when Nadia (Shannon Elizabeth) was filmed changing in Biggs&#8217; character&#8217;s bedroom without her knowledge.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>LIKE WHAT YOU\u2019RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The scene with Nadia and filming her, unbeknownst to her, like that&#8217;s not something\u2026 I think everyone should be in agreement that that&#8217;s not an okay thing to do,&#8221; Biggs said.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/gettyimages-140837946-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Mena Suvari\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Mena Suvari starred in &#8220;American Pie.&#8221; (Photo by Scott Barbour\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;American Pie&#8221; star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/mena-suvari-meth-drugs-cope-childhood-sexual-trauma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Mena Suvari<\/a> joined the actor for the interview. She explained that the comedy was a movie that everyone could relate to at the time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I mean, it feels like it&#8217;s sort of this, I don&#8217;t know, slice of Americana in a way. It feels like there&#8217;s such a diversity of characters and range that a lot of different people can relate to. It&#8217;s capturing this moment in time that&#8217;s like a rite of passage for everyone. And I mean, I think it&#8217;s phenomenal. I mean yes, there are certain aspects of it that are, you know, shot on film and maybe like certain soundtracks that can make it feel of a particular time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But overall, I feel like the characters and like the message around it and throughout is just something that a lot of people relate to.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And I think that that&#8217;s what adds to it. Just continuing to live on forever, and it&#8217;s become this really cool thing that I feel like it&#8217;s even a rite of passage for like our generation to then experience with their kids. It&#8217;s really awesome,&#8221; Suvari said.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/gettyimages-583902240.jpg\" alt=\"American Pie cast members\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Mena Suvari, Seann William Scott, Shannon Elizabeth and Jason Biggs all starred in &#8220;American Pie.&#8221; (Photo by Ronald Siemoneit\/Sygma\/Sygma via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Suvari and Biggs are reuniting Saturday for an &#8220;American Pie&#8221; episode of his and his wife, Jenny Mollen&#8217;s &#8220;Dinner and a Movie&#8221; show.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mena very, very graciously agreed to come on with our friend Alyson Hannigan as well. Chris Klein sent a video message. He couldn&#8217;t join in person, but they came on with Jenny and I. We&#8217;ve been hoping to do the \u2018American Pie\u2019 episode, and it&#8217;s been the best episode that I&#8217;ve shot.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters?cmpid=fnfirstnl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;First of all, so great to see them. I don&#8217;t get to see them often enough and two, we kind of rehashed a lot of old stuff,&#8221; Biggs said of the episode.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He continued, &#8220;We told a lot of stories and reminded each other about some really cool things that happened on set. I don&#8217;t know, I loved having you, Mena. It was so great.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was really special, and we also brought in some really cool memorabilia,&#8221; Mena said. &#8220;It was a lot of fun.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;American Pie&#8221; cast reunion will be showcased on &#8220;Dinner and a Movie&#8221; on Aug. 23 at 8pm ET\/PT on TBS.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Janelle Ash is an entertainment writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/mailto:janelle.ash@fox.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">janelle.ash@fox.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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