‘I’m a Great Indoors type of guy’: Eugene Levy’s Apple TV+ travel show is unlike those of other stars like Will Smith and Chris Hemsworth – here’s why

Schitt’s Creek star, 76, says ‘I do not have an adventurous spirit’, but this makes him perfect for a show that travels to places like Japan, Italy and Finland

The Reluctant Traveler sees the actor immersed in different cultures to hilarious effect. It made him ‘a different person’, the Apple TV+ show’s producer says

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Eugene Levy’s new Apple TV+ travel show The Reluctant Traveler sees the Schitt’s Creek star and self-professed homebody immersed in different cultures around the world to hilarious effect. Photo: AP

Published: 6:15pm, 25 Feb 2023

There are celebrities with TV travel shows who just can’t wait to show you where they came from, or push the limits of their bodies, or go out of their way to locate a perfect recipe. Then there’s Eugene Levy.

The Schitt’s Creek sitcom star admits he’s not really a fan of the cold or the heat. He doesn’t really like eating strange things and, well, insects freak him out. He’d rather stay at home, to be honest.

“Not only do I not love travelling, I’ve got a very low sense of curiosity,” he says during an interview. “I do not have an adventurous spirit. And I’m actually thinking, well, aren’t those things you need to host a travel show?”

Not necessarily. Apple TV+’s The Reluctant Traveler With Eugene Levy is the unlikely wedding of a droll and cautious host with some of the most beautiful places on Earth.

Levy travels to different parts of the world in his new travel show, including Japan, where he witnesses sumo. Photo: AppleTV+

During the eight-episode series, Levy swims in a frozen lake in Finland, walks around slot canyons in Utah, in the United States, and explores a rainforest in Costa Rica.