That Time David Alan Grier Turned Down Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

And it was then that David Alan Grier admits that the project was put to him as a potential starring vehicle, and he passed on it. This was part of a much larger conversation where Grier was telling Stern that he also auditioned for the role of George Costanza on Seinfeld, but didn’t take it seriously because he didn’t understand it, and didn’t think it would be funny. He denies the rumor that he was offered the role of George, but he says he did audition. That, too, is a role that, in our minds, belongs to Jason Alexander.

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