Before Seinfeld, Jason Alexander had another major claim to fame. He was in the blockbuster movie Pretty Woman. Alexander played Richard Gere’s lawyer. If you didn’t get that he’s sleazy by this point in the movie, he famously slaps Julia Roberts. When it came to the Seinfeld audition, Alexander thought he would lose the role of George Costanza to another Pretty Woman star.
L-r: Jerry Seinfeld and Jason Alexander | oey Delvalle/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images
Alexander was on The Adam Carolla Show on Feb. 23 to discuss his own new podcast, Really? No, Really. Carolla wasn’t going to let an hour go by without talking Seinfeld though. Here’s the story of Alexander’s Seinfeld audition and the intimidating competition.
Jason Alexander recognized his ‘Seinfeld’ competition from ‘Pretty Woman’
Alexander said that when he read for NBC, he saw standup comedian Larry Miller in the office,...
L-r: Jerry Seinfeld and Jason Alexander | oey Delvalle/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images
Alexander was on The Adam Carolla Show on Feb. 23 to discuss his own new podcast, Really? No, Really. Carolla wasn’t going to let an hour go by without talking Seinfeld though. Here’s the story of Alexander’s Seinfeld audition and the intimidating competition.
Jason Alexander recognized his ‘Seinfeld’ competition from ‘Pretty Woman’
Alexander said that when he read for NBC, he saw standup comedian Larry Miller in the office,...
- 2/28/2023
- by Fred Topel
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Executive helped create classic 1970s films like “Taxi Driver” and “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”
Former Columbia Pictures chief executive Alan Hirschfield died Thursday at his home in Wilson, Wyoming, of natural causes, according to the Associated Press. He was 79.
Hirschfield held the top post at Columbia from 1973 to 1978, helping make classic films like “Taxi Driver” and “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.” He was ousted at Columbia after taking a moral stand against the reinstatement of David Begelman, who had embezzled more than $61,000.
Also Read: IMAX Entertainment CEO Greg Foster on Bucking Downward Box Office Trend: ‘We Had...
Former Columbia Pictures chief executive Alan Hirschfield died Thursday at his home in Wilson, Wyoming, of natural causes, according to the Associated Press. He was 79.
Hirschfield held the top post at Columbia from 1973 to 1978, helping make classic films like “Taxi Driver” and “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.” He was ousted at Columbia after taking a moral stand against the reinstatement of David Begelman, who had embezzled more than $61,000.
Also Read: IMAX Entertainment CEO Greg Foster on Bucking Downward Box Office Trend: ‘We Had...
- 1/19/2015
- by Jason Hughes
- The Wrap
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