Jason Biggs not featured in next season of Orange Is the New Black

Actor Jason Biggs will not feature in the third season of Orange Is The New Black as producers have decided to shift the focus away from his character's relationship with his onscreen fiancee, played by Taylor Schilling.

The American Pie star has played Larry Bloom on the hit female prison drama since its launch in 2013, but he will not be back for the next set of episodes, which are due to premiere on online streaming service Netflix in June (15).

He tells the New York Daily News, "They're not focusing on Larry at the moment. Larry will not be in season three. But there's always a possibility he can come back."

Orange Is the New Black centers around Schilling's lead character Piper Chapman as she serves 15 months in a women's federal prison for drug smuggling.