Jason Biggs on How He Plays Dumb for Fox’s ‘Outmatched’ Without Looking ‘Too Dumb’

“American Pie” alum also tells TheWrap why he’s outgrown “shock value” and “sophomoric” humor

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Jason Biggs has done a few dumb things on-screen — OK, more than a *few* — and that dumb behavior will continue when his new Fox sitcom, “Outmatched,” premieres tonight. But the kind of dumb the “American Pie” alum is playing on this multi-camera family comedy is relative — literally — as he’s raising certified geniuses.

And Biggs tells TheWrap it was important for him and his co-star Maggie Lawson, who portray a blue-collar couple in Atlantic City trying to raise four kids — three of whom are the serious smarties — to strike a balance between playing the clueless parents without looking like complete idiots.

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