Today in “royals—they’re just like us” moments, Prince William just lately admitted to loving a traditional low-brow comedy movie.
The Prince of Wales just lately sat down with Eugene Levy for a chat on the Oct. 3 episode of the actor’s Apple TV+ sequence, The Reluctant Traveler and the dialogue the pair had was one of the crucial candid interviews William has ever accomplished.
And one of many candid admissions the royal made on the throughout the episode, titled “Living the Royal Life within the U.Okay.,” was about his love (or, at very least former love) for the film that introduced the world one in all Levy’s most iconic performances: American Pie.
For anybody unfamiliar, the American Pie franchise is a sequence of raunchy intercourse comedies launched within the late Nineties and early 2000s. And anybody unfamiliar with the comedy franchise is clearly not in William’s age bracket as a result of, because the royal identified whereas confessing his standing as a fan of the movies, they had been fairly unavoidable for anybody who was of their teenagers or early twenties across the time of their unique launch.
“I heard you were in town, so I thought, why not get you over here? I was a big fan of your earlier films, Eugene, all the American Pies,” Will joked in the beginning of the dialog, per People.
To be truthful, William was a 17-year-old boy when the primary American Pie film was launched in 1999, putting him firmly within the comedy’s goal demographic.
“I’m afraid I was, I was of that generation,” the 43-year-old father of three mentioned of his American Pie fandom days.
Proving his interview chops, Levy didn’t simply let this drop with out a followup query, asking William who watched the American Pie film with him again within the day.
“Lots of my friends,” William mentioned, with out calling out any particular fellow followers by identify.
Levy, for his half, was in no way shocked by the truth that William was a fan of the American Pie motion pictures. During an interview with USA Today‘S Ralphie Aversa whereas selling Season 3 of The Reluctant Travelerthe topic of the royal’s love for the film got here up, giving Levy a likelihood to reply with out the stress of a direct royal viewers.
“He did mention American Pie that he had seen, which was interesting and yet not surprising,” the actor mentioned, citing the truth that William was a teenager on the time the film got here out as the primary motive information he was a fan wasn’t a shock.
“Of course, he would have wanted to see American Pie. That’s not shocking,” Levy mentioned. “It would have been shocking if he had no interest in seeing it whatsoever.”
The proven fact that William predictably watched the American Pie motion pictures similar to most different teenage boys on the time match completely with Levy’s general impression of the royal as an extremely regular and grounded particular person.
“I have to say, I was taken aback by how at ease he made me feel,” Levy mentioned of his impression of of William after their chat. “He’s really a terrific, terrific gentleman, really smart, [with a] great sense of humor.”
And, if it weren’t already clear, that is undoubtedly a praise—the actor went on to reward Will’s “regular guy” vibes, particularly for a future world chief.
“He’s just a regular guy,” Levy added. “I mean, he just struck me as being so down-to-earth that it just bodes well for the future of the monarchy. I think.”