When you think of Jonathan Taylor Thomas, you think of him as the innocent kid on Home Improvement. When you think of Jason Biggs, you think of the complete opposite because of the American Pie franchise.
Well, if the studio had their way, we would be thinking of JTT differently. Jim Levenstein told Us Weekly, he almost lost out on the role of a lifetime. Revealing to the mag that the director wanted him, but the studio wanted the name that came with the actor who was starring on the hit sitcom at the time. What happened to change the studio’s mind? Biggs explained, “I think he actually had the offer, if I’m correct…Theoretically, he could have done it but at the time, I think it didn’t fit with his more family-oriented brand.” To be fair to JTT, left the sitcom the same year American Pie came out to focus on his studies.
When it comes to who I would’ve preferred to get the part where they put their part in a warm apple pie, I have to say I would go with Thomas. Why? As much as I love Biggs in those movies, I would have loved to have seen the teen heartthrob do a complete 360. It is always fun for me to see the squeaky clean child stars take a part that will shatter that image. Like that time when Eve Plumb aka Jan Brady played a prostitute.
