Why Did JASON ALEXANDER Think PRETTY WOMAN with Julia Roberts Was Doomed From the Start

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Jason Alexander discusses how he earned a role in 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝗪𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 and how he and the rest of the cast thought the movie was ultimately doomed.
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The hilarious and incredibly talented Jason Alexander (Seinfeld, Pretty Woman) joins this week to discuss his evolution going from an ambitious stage actor to pursuing a comedic career and landing the most popular sitcom of all time, Seinfeld. Jason and I discuss the stresses and anxiety of working on a Broadway production and how people in that profession have to manage an uber structured and stressful lifestyle. We also discuss his favorite moments on Seinfeld, the shock of landing Pretty Woman with Richard Greer and Julia Roberts, and what life has been like for his peers and family post-Seinfeld.
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Why Did JASON ALEXANDER Think PRETTY WOMAN with Julia Roberts Was Doomed From the Start? #insideofyou

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@3rdaxis649 2 года назад

Jason was incredible in Pretty women I'll never forget how much I viscerally just, HATED him lol. He sold the part so well.

@magoid 2 года назад

Me too. Pretty Woman was the first time I saw he acting, never heard of Seinfeld for much of the 90's. When I decided to actually watch the show, I was still uneasy about him because his character in PW was a total scumbag.

@somebuddyX 2 года назад

My mum still hates him for that role and I want to get her to watch the EmmyTV interviews he did because he's just so thoughtful and introspective about acting and his views on fame but she's not having a bar of it.

@3rdaxis649 2 года назад

@@somebuddyX lol wow. That's amazing.

@putinscat1208 2 года назад

Did he beat up Julia Roberts?

@3rdaxis649 2 года назад

@@putinscat1208 He tried to rape her in the movie, yes.

@cefinau 2 года назад

I always enjoy listening to Jason Alexander reminisce about various aspects of acting. He’s a very good storyteller. (I mean articulate & good at providing insightful details, not necessarily telling storylines)

@kamuelalee 2 года назад

Jason Alexander was a great villain in that little movie. Also, he doss a pretty good impression of Garry.

@danielgudinojuarez6729 Год назад

I know, pretty accurate!!! 🤣🤣🤣💙

@danielmaya-actor9405 2 месяца назад

Lol big movie I would say

@MtlCstr 2 года назад

Great Gary Marshall impression.

@kirkworthley3221 2 года назад

Jason Alexander's impression of Gary Marshall is so good.

@danielgudinojuarez6729 Год назад

Yes it is

@BrianMax 2 года назад

"Disney was producing this film and they're protective of dwarves"

@abigaildawn2996 2 года назад

Lol let’s see how long until he’s canceled 🤣

@bollywoodoverhollywood8139 2 года назад

@@abigaildawn2996 No one cares. Seriously, no one. The only people who are getting cancelled these days are Harvey Rapist Weinstein and Arnie Cannibal Hammer.

@misscleo378 2 года назад

Anyone with common sense can recognize the difference between predators and sensitive speech. Unfortunately, many people are driven on solely emotions. He said absolutely nothing offensive. He compared himself to the Snow White dwarves and not a little person.

@EugeniaPortobello 2 года назад

lol

@missladyanonymity 2 года назад

Amazing story. So funny. Garry Marshall sounds like a hoot! ' Shoes are good!'🤣😂🥰

@CameronYoung-fn6xy 2 года назад

"Shoes are good." God bless Garry Marshall and God bless Jason Alexander and his phone books.

@rogerdorn38 2 года назад

Ironically he plays such a great sleaze in Stuckey, that you really loathe him. Great actor.

@gllyflower 2 года назад

Honestly, he always comes across as so nice in interviews, but he so embodied that terrible person that it's really hard to shake that impression of him (my first). I know it's just a role, but he did it so well it's hard to shake.

@polarnaut9645 2 года назад

The best actors don't play themselves.

@bsquared4604 2 года назад

I saw pretty woman in 1990 and I have no memory of Jason Alexander being in it.

@mangohaeppchen3447 2 года назад

I saw it in the 90's and definitely remember that attempted rape scene and his whole ruthless businessman persona. I think it depends on how good your memory is.

@bromptinowner763 2 года назад

What !!! You kidding

@colderbeer 2 года назад

So true. Hundreds of other short actors could have played the small part he had.

@jameswilliams-zr8co Год назад

well he wasn't a big name back than, seinfeld made jason a star ! he was born to play george lol ..jason was great too as a lawyer in jacob's ladder

@danielmaya-actor9405 2 месяца назад

Jason was very memorable in the film!

@leedaniels1468 2 года назад

He was so good in the role my wife has hated him ever since to the point she refused to watch Seinfeld..perhaps too good

@veggigoddess 2 года назад

She sounds real intelligent

@Brian-dx5br 2 года назад

@@veggigoddess Classy

@KIMBERLY-er9yk Год назад

His Gary Marshall impression is spot on

@piteusx8440 2 года назад

When you have a Director/ Storryteller like Garry Marshall, you just have to trust him.

@danielgudinojuarez6729 Год назад

agreed

@EveryDooDarnDiddlyDay 2 года назад

1:27 - "The jerk store cawled, theyuh runnin' outta you!"

@Toysinmyattic1 2 года назад

That’s cuz you’re their all time top seller!

@bySterling Год назад

Always luv hearing Jason’s flashback stories

@PeterHerget 2 года назад

A very interesting interview. Discovering the details of casting and decisions made, or rather happened, and then a movie was the result- wonderful...

@clairecaines4051 2 года назад

Jason’s Gary impression is spot on!

@cryptojihadi265 2 года назад

I couldn't imagine another actor playing that role.

@colderbeer 2 года назад

Hundreds of other short actors could have played the small part he had.

@agomodern 2 года назад

His role in Shallow Hal is very similar to his role on Seinfeld.

@cultclassic999 2 года назад

00:45 Disney was protective of dwarfs! LMAO

@tos100returns 2 года назад

I didn't recognize Jason. He has changed! I did a show with him in 2009 at the Wilshire Ebell Theater in LA for the Peter Boyle Multiple Myeloma Foundation fundraiser. I was performing with Fred Willard. Jason did a theatrical song-and-dance piece that was magnificent. I will never forget him showing up backstage. He's all casual, "Hey, kids, how's it goin'?"

@laumay7364 2 года назад

@Swimming In The Gyre uh-oh someone’s got the Monday’s.

@DylanRomanov 2 года назад

I really don’t think he looks any different he doesn’t even look that much older

@susanfudge1737 2 года назад

@Tom Reedy Kimmel should shut up permanently.

@localcrew Год назад

Didn’t he get a Tony?

@AcbLynn132 2 года назад

Jason Alexanders cameo in Big Time In Hollywood Florida is hilarious

@JamesSmith-sw3nk Год назад

The original title for "Pretty Woman" was "3 Grand a week." That would have been a different movie.

@LB-px9td 2 года назад

I thought he was perfect. He did an excellent job. Can’t imagine anyone else in the part

@colderbeer 2 года назад

Hundreds of other short actors could have played the small part he had.

@jasonhylnd001 Год назад

Not like Jason he out-acted everyone in this film.

@ThunderPants13 3 месяца назад

I haven't seen that movie in a long time, but I don't remember a scene where Jason's character talks about Richard's character's shoes.

@Jeeptalkshow 2 года назад

I really don't understand why I haven't seen Jason in more things. He was very good in Seinfeld.

@briandeschene8424 2 года назад

He’s concentrated on stage work (both on stage and “behind the curtain”) which is where he started and was trained in. And I guess prefers?

@Jeeptalkshow 2 года назад

@@briandeschene8424 Thanks, I do remember reading that, but how does that help me? ;)

@jesseowenvillamor6348 4 месяца назад

@@JeeptalkshowYour question got answered by him.

@akakgak 2 года назад

I had a chance to read the original script, called "2,000 bucks," which was the amount she was to be paid for the week. It was NOT a feel good piece.

@morganangel340 2 года назад

3000

@emilycurtis4398 Год назад

Is that the one where Vivian had the addiction, not Kit? And then Vivian and Kit just go to Disneyland at the end with the money?

@xjcrossx 2 года назад

I always liked Michael Rosenbaum as an actor. Didn't know about the channel. Glad I found it.

@numerikproductions 2 года назад

I forgot he was in PRETTY WOMAN, thank God for Seindfeld for everyone on that show as I watch it for the nth time, it came out on Netflix!!

@bobdroll6381 2 года назад

Jason looking very youthful!

@shanejett3550 2 года назад

Where is the complete interview?

@austinfrazier7325 2 года назад

Great story!

@vassa1972 2 года назад

Great stuff

@scarface6271 2 года назад

he was awesome in jacob's ladder phenomenal movie and performance

@bh-zj4yt 2 года назад

One of my all time favorites So many people haven’t seen it.

@ihbarddx 2 года назад

When I saw Pretty Wman, I also felt "There's no movie here". Little did I know that women would connect with it as they did. Total surprise.

@ralphholiman7401 2 года назад

It's really just the Prince Charming story, modernized. Every girl wants to meet Prince Charming.

@ca9968 2 года назад

It would have been an interesting story if Richard Gere`s character wasn`t loaded...

@ralphholiman7401 2 года назад

@@ca9968 , he wouldn't be Prince Charming if he wasn't a prince. He would just be charming!

@ca9968 2 года назад

@@ralphholiman7401 yeah, and even a prostitute wouldn`t be interested in a LTR...

@RadioSnivins 2 года назад

0:58 The actor was Wayne 'Newman' Knight.

@georgex9543 24 дня назад

I assume you are joking. Hard to believe Newman would have turned down the part.

@RadioSnivins 24 дня назад

@@georgex9543 I often fabricate trivia. It makes me feel like a big man.

@CrackpotSports 2 года назад

I forgot Jason Alexander was in Pretty Woman

@colderbeer 2 года назад

So true. Hundreds of other short actors could have played the small part he had.

@localcrew Год назад

When Richard Gere snapped the jewelry case shut on Julia Robert’s hand, that was by Garry Marshall’s suggestion. Her reaction was genuine

@exbronco 2 года назад

Richard Gere hit George. the event was so traumatic, George started hanging out with his Seinfeld friends and changed his ways.

@fromthehaven94 2 года назад

No! Not the same guy who escaped a fire that leaves everyone else behind, bought a cheap used wheelchair, and being cheap overall, buys the cheapest envelopes possible for wedding invitations.

@emilycurtis4398 Год назад

Phil Stuckey goes into the Witness Protection Program and becomes George Costanza?

@exbronco Год назад

@@emilycurtis4398 sure, why not. people can change.

@Greg87601 Год назад

Jason Alexander was a very good villian in Pretty Woman.

@SgtKaneGunlock 2 года назад

i love him as Cy Borgman in Harley quinn

@cgh7337 2 года назад

There is another segment on YT from this interview that Alexander says he got the audition for Seinfeld b/c someone saw him in Pretty Woman & like him. If that other actor got the role in PW instead of Jason, then one 1 of the greatest tv shows of all time might not even exist b/c whether people want to admit it or not, George was the best character on the show.

@countchoculitis1528 2 года назад

I always thought so too! Elaine was a close second!

@orbison 2 года назад

It was likely Rob Reiner. Jason has said in interviews that the road to getting Seinfeld was a large Rob Reiner connection because Rob went to see Jason doing Jerome Robbins Broadway (The show that won him a Tony) and Rob was married to Penny Marshall, and was therefore Garry's brother in law. Rob likely talked about Jason to Garry which he how he entered the orbit for Pretty Woman and Rob was founder of Castle Rock which produced Seinfeld.

@slshusker 2 года назад

He stood on a phone book to equal height with Gere. What's a phone book?

@masonlerner9342 2 года назад

lol they’re books about the history of phones. How do you not know this?

@LittleMissHoop 2 года назад

@@masonlerner9342 LMAO

@benlau4026 2 года назад

all good vibes here

@G7130 2 года назад

People should watch the mini documentary on pretty woman is an extremely interesting way how this film got made.

@sudeepr5277 2 года назад

I had to go and listen to Garry Marshall speak and he sounds exactly like Jason imitates.

@radsdad1 2 года назад

I heard it was Kevin Spacey. He would have fit right in.

@georgex9543 24 дня назад

Kevin Spacey would have nailed the role as well. So glad Jason got it though. I certainly remembered him from the movie when I first started watching Seinfeld.

@pattimcb31 2 года назад

Absolutely random but do you have a collection that you would like to share with us sometime the Indiana Jones figure is very nice?

@jonmccormick8683 2 года назад

The director and camera angles really make a movie. -Sometimes as an Actor you can't see it. =As an actor trust your directors and producers.

@ericisprobablyfullofshit7797 2 года назад

Editors are the unsung heros of film. You could shoot the greatest movie of all time but if it's not cut right it's gonna suck.

@thatdrewrivers 2 года назад

There are many roles where you can imagine other actors in them, this one however, I can't imagine any other actor playing Stucky. Sometimes the perfect actor for role gets the job.

@colderbeer 2 года назад

Hundreds of other short actors could have played the small part he had.

@jesseowenvillamor6348 4 месяца назад

@@colderbeerYou just copy-pasted that comment.

@hunterotails2015 2 года назад

This had nothing to do with Julia Roberts. Why is her name even in the title? Like, we're not confusing it with any other movie named Pretty Woman that he's in. Even if we were, he talked about Richard Gere in his interview and he's the star of the film. His name should have been in the title instead.

@leejlogan 2 года назад

Find more important things to be upset about

@briandeschene8424 2 года назад

If you have a RU-vid channel, you can (and many do) tweak the title and key words to make the algorithm more “productive”. Same goes for the thumbnail image. You watched it right? If you ever thought: “Hey I thought that video had a different title/thumbnail before!” - You are probably correct.

@trusso11783 2 года назад

His voice is unrecognizable. Why does it sound so different here?

@EastSide-qc5oy 2 года назад

Because they are talking via video call and his audio quality is not great. It sounds like maybe his microphone is the cause, or it could be the quality of the connection or both, or something else tech related. The sound is “tinny” and thin which is not uncommon on Zoom calls for example when people use the built in mics on their laptops. The host in this video is using a better setup overall (camera, lighting, mic). Also keep in mind you may be thrown off by his natural speaking style if you are used to hearing George or another character. He’s also older than he was when playing his most famous role.

@trusso11783 2 года назад

@@EastSide-qc5oy I have heard interviews with him in recent years and he still sounds the same in his natural speaking voice. Here, he sounds like just another guy. I have been on many zoom calls and no one sounds this different. Whatever the reason, it is a dramatic change.

@EastSide-qc5oy 2 года назад

TVR PRODUCTIONS Well I don’t hear it. He sounds basically like himself except that he speaks differently than his most famous character and there’s a lot of tinnyness in the poor audio quality. But maybe you’re right. Maybe he’s been replaced by a clone or an android.

@trusso11783 2 года назад

@@EastSide-qc5oy I can’t be right about the clone theory because I never claimed such a thing. His voice is completely different. Again, I have seen interviews with him as recent as 2020 and he sounds like he always did. This interview, all of his personality is gone. He does not resemble himself at all and I don’t mean his looks. I don’t know what it is but it is t the poor audio quality

@EastSide-qc5oy 2 года назад

TVR PRODUCTIONS The satanic global cabal replaced him with a clone or an android. It’s the only logical explanation for this drastic change you’ve detected.

@AdamAndersonMusica 2 года назад

Jason is the best

@colderbeer 2 года назад

Hundreds of other short actors could have played the small part he had.

@Prousto Год назад

Damn, Jason looks great.

@OnlyThe1Son Год назад

Wow!!! When you have an experienced super star like gere saying. I dont what the hell this is and this film will be shelved.. bomb.. it really has to seem bad from their prospective. But hey. Frank is a genius.. so nobody saw it but him.. wonder if the studios were freaking out watching the dailies lol

@willyhwang1059 2 года назад

Protective of dwarves. LOL

@ppumpkin3282 2 года назад

good imitation of gary marshsll

@n.ff. 2 года назад

Lex Luthor and George Costanza 😆 not sure how Jerry would react to this.

@putinscat1208 2 года назад

Jason could do the Danny DeVito Story.

@Tony-rz5so 2 года назад

Can I just say he looks freakin fantastic?

@jugghead82 2 года назад

Awesome Stuff

@gwpattrick 2 года назад

Starred julia robert.

@jodijones2862 2 года назад

The man looks like he's only aged 15 years in the last 30. Nice beard too.

@totallybored5526 2 года назад

It’s the perk of going bald/grey young.

@willyhwang1059 2 года назад

COOL guy to have a meal with.

@TheNinjaPicker 2 года назад

Jason has the smoothest bald head ive ever seen.

@MrGriff305 2 года назад

Ultimately they didn't care about the size difference or put him on a phone book.

@anotherjoshua Год назад

he still has a landline

@MP-tf7cc 2 года назад

And then Jason showed his appreciation by attacking Julia 😲

@foxtrotthree569 2 года назад

Get Don “The Dragon” Wilson on the show.

@dmontes133 2 года назад

It should have been. 🤣

@chanceDdog2009 2 года назад

I watched this in November 2021. If you read this . Know that I am not a robot... A robot would say that. .. but a robot would not say .. something that is self aware. Unless it's a later version of a robot. Anyway. I think I am not a robot. Unless I am but don't know it. I guess I am a robot.. Sorry humans. Your Time must have been fun:)

@mrbear1302 2 года назад

So the producers and or writer didn't mind things being MAJORLY changed? Seems odd?

@DavidLeClair-my9pp 3 месяца назад

still cant take this guy seriously #co-stanz-a!!

@albertbatfinder5240 2 года назад

No fault of Alexander, but I cannot latch on to any serious character he plays. I don’t see “George” as such, I see “Alexander not playing George”. Don’t know if retrospective typecasting is a term, but that’s what it is.

@pomx2900 2 года назад

Has he gotten over the fact he wasn't paid millions per episode of Seinfeld, yet?

@colderbeer 2 года назад

Imagine how freaking short a guy is that he had to do his part STANDING ON A PHONE BOOK along side the star of the film who's not known for being tall......

@alienlife7754 2 года назад

It really wasn’t a very good movie. Richard Gere has the acting range of a wooden spoon. Dude always plays the exact same same in every movie he is in. And Roberts isn’t all that hot.

@SBandy 2 года назад

Yes she is.

@jasonreid9267 2 года назад

Bite your tongue Julia was the angelic face of the nineties her laugh was the sound of pure joy her smile was the sun.

@move_i_got_this5659 2 года назад

He was right, that movie was a flop. 🤪

@lenindominguez1986 2 года назад

No. I Totally Disagree & The Movie Wasn't a Flop.

@stevend.bennett427 2 года назад

Glad he did well, but the movie is crap. No man wants a bucket.

@claudiam2474 2 года назад

The other actor was bo hoskins or de vito i don t remember

@arrowheadtelecom6561 2 года назад

De Vito is twice as small as Jason.

@claudiam2474 2 года назад

@@arrowheadtelecom6561 jason alexandre tends to exaggerate stories to show how he wins everybody hearts even if he is casted off-role...who do you think they were gonna cast for the almost raper? rob lowe?

@arrowheadtelecom6561 2 года назад

No. But not someone who was 2 times shorter than Costanza

@HoldenNY22 2 года назад

Jason Alexander is totally different than the character he played in Seinfeld. I wouldn't consider George a thoughtful, sensitive intellectual.

@katemyer1955 2 года назад

Perhaps, like George, Jason learned every instinct he has is wrong and he should do the opposite.

@kennethrussell1158 2 года назад

It's called acting.

@gllyflower 2 года назад

@@kennethrussell1158 He's just so good at playing these characters who are sort of awful, it's so hard to shake when you hear him speak as himself.

@lavenderkisses9461 Год назад

He was so terrible as the character-as in great acting;) it was such a memorable scene

@greenman6141 2 года назад

Hey, he looks just fantastic. The grey beard really suits him and he looks so healthy. I hope he made some good money from appearing in the film because it was a totally stupid and pretty damn offensive film......it's entire depiction of interaction between men and women and of sex workers was so ridiculous that it was horrible. But I love Jason Alexander.

@markspencer171 2 года назад

terrible audio

@RealArtVandelay 9 месяцев назад

he lost weight, good job

@electrojones 2 года назад

He's a truly unpleasant performer.

@simonjack9699 2 года назад

Speaking of doomed I feel like Dexter New Blood is not going to be successful...honestly we wouldnt need a relive if the writers didn't make the original dexter finale open ended, fake death....even with all that the relive should had been Harrison forced as an adult not a teen

@hoebywan 2 года назад

You're in the wrong comment section...

@izregistered 2 года назад

Garry Marshall did not talk like some old Hasidic Jew - I cringe every time Alexander started doing the jewish routine.

@colderbeer 2 года назад

Hundreds of other short actors could have played the small part he had.

@mcluvin65 2 года назад

The luckiest and least talented actor is Jason Alexander, if you disagree just ask Jerry Seinfeld.

@basehead617 2 года назад

uh since when has Jerry said anything like that?

@johanf9279 2 года назад

@@basehead617 exactly. Jerry, of anyone, is often complementing the cast of Seinfeld.

@colderbeer 2 года назад

So true. There's a good reason as to why he hasn't been in more films and TV shows. Hundreds of other short actors could have played the small part he had in PRETTY WOMAN.

@mcluvin65 2 года назад

@@basehead617 apparently you have not listened to Jerry speak honestly, he has said many times he was the genius behind the show and Elaine and Kramer were his muses but he never mentions Jason and it appears his talent has not got him any other parts, as I said luckiest actor to collect a residual check.

@miggyz108 2 года назад

One of the guys who carried the show Seinfeld, I never got a laugh out of Seinfeld himself.🙄

@IPlayOneOnT.V. 2 года назад

Wow! Love Jason Alexander. But, his Garry Marshall impression was way off. Marshall wasn't even Jewish, nor did he sound like that!

@jetnut89 2 года назад

You don’t know who Garry Marshall is do you?

@waynegrabert6839 2 года назад

You don't have to be Jewish to sound like that. You just have to be from the Bronx, which Marshall was. Jason Alexander does lay it on a bit thick though, but not by much.

@veggigoddess 2 года назад

I didn't even hear who he was impersonating, and knew that was Gary Marshall 🤣

@mirisch64 Месяц назад

Here is a theory: Philip Stuckey after the incident got fired, moved to NYC, got a job at Yankees Stadium, and changed his name to George Costanza!

@SrSacaninha 10 месяцев назад

Jason is a doomer, he also though Seinfeld would fail.

@nietherniether7508 2 года назад

Alexander was a horrible cast on that movie

@colderbeer 2 года назад

Hundreds of other short actors could have played the small part he had.

@MA_808 2 года назад

because it was stupid

@danieldravot341 2 года назад

If ever a movie was made with a lousy message, it was ‘Pretty Woman’. I couldn’t stomach Julia Robert’s until she did ‘Notting Hill’ because she came to fame playing a hooker who landed a rich man. I’m sorry, but flesh-peddling your way to happily ever after is sick, and a terrible message, especially for young women.

@fromthehaven94 2 года назад

That movie is R-rated. Julia did get Oscar nominated for Steel Magnolias at roughly the same time.

@danieldravot341 2 года назад

@@fromthehaven94, I don’t care about the movie’s rating, and I don’t care about ‘Steel Magnolias’. I feel glorifying a whore and making her the fairy princess is the wrong message.

@fromthehaven94 2 года назад

@@danieldravot341 Julia Roberts has better movie/TV roles than Pretty Woman. The fact you single out the one that was among her bigger hits that happens to have a bad message, and just ignore everything else in the rest of the decade, it is extraordinarily restrictive. One role doesn't define Julia Roberts' career.

@katemyer1955 2 года назад

Not carrying about “steel Magnolias” makes your opinion null and void to everyone but you. Also, whores are people, too. And I would ventured to guess that Julia’s fictional character in Pretty Woman touched more lives than you will, if you walk around with that kind of attitude.

@danieldravot341 2 года назад

@Pop-Actor (Rick), thank you for pointing out the obvious.