Overview
- On his Really? No, Really? podcast, Jason Alexander said Chris Rock, Danny DeVito, Paul Shaffer and Rosie O’Donnell were among the names considered for George before he was cast.
- Guest Jennifer Keishin Armstrong, author of Seinfeldia, added that Steve Buscemi auditioned and described him as the most unexpected candidate she recalled.
- Past comments raise questions about those memories: Buscemi denied ever auditioning in a 2015 Tonight Show interview, and Rock told Stephen Colbert in 2021 he had only heard the rumor though he did meet with NBC about Seinfeld and Friends.
- Alexander also recounted that Larry Miller auditioned the same day he did, and that he initially thought Miller’s connection to Jerry Seinfeld gave him the advantage.
- Recent write-ups further note David Alan Grier’s 2019 statement that he auditioned, didn’t take it seriously at the time, and later regretted his approach.