Jason Alexander Shades ‘Seinfeld’ reboot: ‘They don’t need George’
Just like his Seinfeld character, George Costanza, Jason Alexander revealed that he is completely out of the loop when it comes to the sitcom’s rumored reboot.
“There is only one reason for that rumor. Apparently, at the end of a stand-up thing, Jerry [Seinfeld] went, ‘Larry [David] and I’m thinking about something,” Alexander, 64, said Additional in an interview published on Monday, November 13. “I say, ‘Good for you.’ I don’t know anything about it’… Nobody called me.’
He joked, “Apparently they don’t need George, and maybe they don’t need Elaine either Julia [Louis-Dreyfus] and I said, ‘Do you know anything about this? I don’t know anything about this,’ and I just spoke Michael [Richards] recently and I don’t think he knew anything about it.
Alexander played George for nine seasons on the NBC sitcom from 1989 to 1998. Although he revealed that he had recently chatted with his former co-stars Louis-Dreyfus, 62, who played Elaine Benes, and Richards, 74, who played Kramer, he has not spoken. with Seinfeld, 68, who played the titular character — and hinted at a reboot last month.
“Well, I have a little secret for you about the ending, and I can’t really tell,” Seinfeld said during his stand-up show in Boston on October 7, while responding to a fan’s question about the series finale of the show: per footage shared via X. “Because it’s secret.”
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The comedian teased that he and creator David, 76, weren’t done yet Seinfeld just. “Here’s what I’ll tell you, you can’t tell anyone. Something is going to happen that has to do with that ending. It hasn’t happened yet,” Seinfeld said. “Exactly what you’re thinking about, that’s what Larry and I have been thinking about too. So you’ll see.”
Even though they are uncertain about a future Seinfeld project, Alexander previously revealed what he thinks George would do next.
Cast of ‘Seinfeld’: Michael Richards, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jerry Seinfeld and Jason Alexander.
Cover images“I mean, you’re assuming he escaped from prison?” Alexander only joked about it We weekly in April 2021, referencing the series finale that resulted in all four friends going to jail after failing to help a man who had been carjacked. “If you the Restrain [Your Enthusiasm] During the reunion, he made all his money on the iToilet app and then lost it to Bernie Madoff. So I imagine George is probably quarantined with his parents and refuses to leave the room. He only eats via some kind of eating app and doesn’t leave his room.”
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He explained: “He was crazy about Lupus, imagine what he would do with COVID. He wouldn’t have weathered this pandemic very well, I’m sure!”
While a Seinfeld reunion is up in the air, Alexander revealed on Monday that his friendships with his castmates are still largely intact.
‘I just saw that Julia has a movie out. Finally I was able to watch it on a plane. She was amazing,” he said Additionalreferring to the actress’s 2023 film You hurt my feelings. “I heard Michael has a book coming out in about eight months. So I just texted him… ‘Congratulations, looking forward to reading it.’”