![]() The Kobal Collection Eugene Levy with Jason Biggs and the now-infamous defaced pie in one of his most popular recurring roles as Jim's dad in American Pie. It's Levy! No, it's a bird.' And that would 'Vote for Levy' at the bottom. "It got to the point where I ran for president of the student council. And this became kind of infectious it just got around. And he said, 'I gotta show this to my friends over at the next table.' So he took the book and passed it around and people started laughing. "So I would write these things in my little notebook, which I entitled 'Poetry Pros and Cons,' and at some point somebody in the cafeteria said, 'What are you writing in there?' He looked over to see it, and I got kind of defensive because I thought, 'Nobody is going to find this funny, this is just for me.' He said, 'No, let me see it,' and then he started laughing. I would title something: 'Insect Asides.' And then I would write: 'Spider spider spin your web/clean your cleats and scratch your head/don't eat figs, tomatoes or spaghetti/just lie around and throw confetti.' "In high school I took an old notebook and I had these weird little stories or poems. I didn't want to change the lines, but I quickly learned that he wants you to open up in places and just go a little wild in an improvisational sense." ![]() I didn't know that when I started shooting. " an amazing improviser, and he encourages improvising from all the cast in the movie. We did that until we got back to Toronto - and then we got cheap again."Ĭheap comedy, it is clear, is something that Levy still can't leave behind. "We kind of got the ABCs in how to move a scene along and make it work without getting cheap. "We were used to doing a cheaper version of comedy up in Toronto than they were used to in Chicago," Levy tells Simon. It was, Simon says, "the greatest Second City cast I ever saw." Weekend Edition's Scott Simon, who saw Levy perform in 1974 when Levy and other members of Second City's Canadian chapter - including Catherine O'Hara, Dan Aykroyd and John Candy - traveled for an improv show at the theater's original home in Chicago. Levy has been acclaimed for his wild improvisational work over the years at The Second City comedy theater and in films including ![]() Perry’s next film as writer-director-star, Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds, is set for release February 24 from Lionsgate.Photofest Levy (left) with some of the noted comedians that were part of Second City in Toronto: (from left, after Levy) Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner, Rosemary Radcliffe and John Candy. The actress also recurs on the TV sports comedy Blue Mountain State. Richards is coming off an arc on NBC’s 30 Rock and last year and her autobiography The Real Girl Next Door hit the New York Times best-seller charts. ![]() He broke out as an actor with the Jessica Alba movie Honey. Miller, who is known for his rap work under his stage name Romeo, last appeared in Jumping the Broom, the ensemble drama directed by Salim Akil. Levy, who has appeared in more than 50 films, will next be seen in Goon, a hockey comedy that stars Seann William Scott and Jay Baruchel, and he will reprise his role from the American Pie films in April’s American Reunion. ![]() Perry, who wrote the script and is directing, produces with Paul Hall and Ozzie Areu. John Amos plays Jake’s father in the film, and Marla Gibbs appears as Madea’s neighbor. Rounding out the cast are Emmy-winning actress Doris Roberts as George’s mother, Tom Arnold as his business associate Walter, Danielle Campbell and Devan Leos as the family’s youngsters – for whom Madea has plenty of valuable lessons lined up. Miller will play a man who believes Levy is responsible for his church’s investments being wiped out and wants to take the law into his own hands. Levy will play a man who, after his investment company goes belly up due to embezzling, is put in witness protection with his family, which is forced to move from a wealthy Connecticut neighborhood to Madea’s home in the South. The movie, which begins shooting in Atlanta next week and again features Perry as the gun-toting, sassy-mouthed character, will be distributed by Lionsgate. Eugene Levy, Romeo Miller and Denise Richards will star alongside Tyler Perry in the hit filmmaker’s latest film project, Madea’s Witness Protection. ![]()
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