American Pie star Jason Biggs opened up on scene from movie that couldn't be made today
Teenagers watching American Pie for the first time are looking at it through a different lens
Star of the original American Pie Jason Biggs has revealed the one scene that wouldn't go down well if it were made today
It's hard to believe that the iconic movie franchise is 25 years old and it seems teenagers aren't receiving it in the same way we did all those years ago.
The 1999 teen comedy of course followed four high school pals—Jim (Biggs), Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas), Oz (Chris Klein), and Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas)—on their quest to lose their virginity before graduation.
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Among the various sexual misadventures, Jim's dad (Eugene Levy) tries to prepare him for prom as he pursues foreign exchange student Nadia (Shannon Elizabeth).
We've also got to give a special mention to Stifler (Seann William Scott), everyone's favourite character. With the acceptation of Stifler's mom (Jennifer Coolidge), that is.
Now, even though the film is regarded as one of the best comedy movies of all time for a certain age group, Biggs has acknowledged that some scenes, one in particular, wouldn't pass in today's world.
In the scene, Jim sets up a webcam to secretly broadcast Nadia getting changed in his room.
While watching the stream unfold with his friends, Nadia begins to undress and masturbate on his bed.
Jim then rushes back over to his house to try and 'get lucky' in the process.
Initially shocked, Nadia likes the idea of getting it on with the high-school nerd.
However, things go terribly wrong when Jim accidentally streams the event to the entire school.
Not to mention, he prematurely ejaculates twice.
"It wouldn't get made now and it couldn't get made now," Biggs told BuzzFeed News.
"It would be unacceptable what that represents, but at the time I remember reading the script and reading that part and being shocked that there was cameras on computers!
"That's what I took away from it originally!"
He added: "It was a very specific time. It was right as the internet was starting.
"We had that whole scene with the internet camera — which, by the way, would never get made now."
This comes after a group of 16-to-19-year-olds were tasked with watching American Pie, along with a number of classic films by Vice, back in 2020.
After watching the movie, one 16-year-old fumed: "The only thing the male characters care about is having sex.
"They’re willing to say and do whatever just to convince the girls to have sex with them."
Another 18-year-old said: "It’s bordering on incel attitudes.
"I think if you were a teenage boy watching this you’d basically feel entitled to behave however you wanted to towards women.
"The part where Jim and the other male characters film the foreign exchange student in his room is deeply problematic," a 17-year-old added.
Anish Vij