Eugene Levy may not be the right person to host a travel show, but that's what made him the perfect choice. Take an exclusive look at the ‘Reluctant Traveler:’
knows that he’s not the right person to host a travel show. But the Emmy-winning actor quickly realized that is exactly why he was the perfect—and maybe only—choice to be thehas your exclusive first look at the upcoming Apple TV+ series, premiering February 24, which finds thecocreator and star trading in the Rosebud Motel for some of the world’s most extravagant locations.
“It’s really been an eye-opener,” Levy says of the experience. “To say you’re not really keen on traveling, it’s not the greatest thing to say. It’s not something that’s impressing people. And now, I’m getting it.”about talking himself into the gig by talking himself out of it, worrying that he’d “torpedo” his own show, and checking things off his bucket list.Italy has already been at the top of my dream vacation list, and your Venice episode only solidified that.
I have to say, sadly, being Canadian, it is my first time in Newfoundland. It's not necessarily the best time of year to come to Newfoundland, because the weather's been miserable. Just cold, rain, fog, snow, I mean, everything. So I miss L.A. right now, but it's been a great experience so far, but, exhausting, looking after a little five month old. And we had to work this in around his schedule.started.
It’s an interesting story. I was going to say funny, but I should never be the judge when I'm talking. [] So I get a call from my agent, who says, "We had a call from Apple and they want you to host a show about exotic hotels around the world," which, anybody else would go, “Woo! That's something!” And I thought, that's kind of appealing, because I do like a good hotel. But it's a travel show, and I'm not really the best person to host this.
So I said, "Thank them very much, but I'm going to pass on this. I think they can get somebody better." And then I get a call back saying, "They really want to talk to you,” and I said, "I don't see the point, but I'll talk to them and explain why I'm not the person for the job. I went through all these reasons why I'm not the person: "I don't do this. I don't have an exotic palette for food. I'm basically a meat and potatoes kind of guy.
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