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Jerry Seinfeld talks to THR on the red carpet of the 'Unfrosted' premiere and explains the origin of creating the film. Plus, he gets a surprise visit form Jay Leno during his interview.
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00:00How do you decide what to wear for these things?
00:03You know, I just felt like the blue felt like the pop of color that went with the popping pop tarts.
00:09Yeah. Did you see the movie yet?
00:11I have seen the movie.
00:12Okay, so you know it has a lot of color.
00:14Yeah.
00:15Honestly, I loved the color in the movie.
00:17Is that a choice you made while you were, you know, doing the set design and the art direction for the movie?
00:22Oh yes, very much so.
00:23And I love when you decide, you know, wherever you are in your house and you go, you know what, I'm going to have some cereal.
00:32So you go to the kitchen, you go to the cupboard, you open the door and what the first thing you see is those colorful boxes.
00:39So I want the movie to feel like that exciting feeling of colorful boxes.
00:45It definitely does.
00:46And you said you've loved pop tarts since you were a kid.
00:49But at what point did you start developing this idea into a feature film?
00:53It wasn't my idea.
00:55It was Spike Ferriston's idea to make a movie about the pop tarts.
00:59I thought he was kidding.
01:01But when the COVID happened and we had nothing to do, he said, why don't we really do that movie?
01:07I went, it's not a movie.
01:09You can't make a movie about a pop tarts.
01:12What's it about?
01:13And then Andy Robin, one of our other writers, said, why don't we make a movie like The Right Stuff, only with cereal?
01:21And that's when I went, oh, yeah, that's a good idea.
01:24So it was those two guys that that's the reason it got made.
01:28It wasn't me.
01:29This is your directorial debut.
01:32Everyone says that.
01:34Would you want to do?
01:35It would be like a southern belle here.
01:37A rebirth?
01:38Yeah, I'm a debutante.
01:40Now, would you ever want to direct again or would you rather focus on your true love of stand-up comedy?
01:45Yeah, I don't want to do anything but stand-up comedy and watching baseball and going for coffee.
01:55That's the only things in life that I like.
01:57I've done all the other things and I don't think they're that great.
02:01Now, you've said it was kind of difficult working with Hugh Grant on this movie.
02:05Would we ever see you two do something together again or is one time enough?
02:08I would do anything Hugh Grant wanted.
02:12Hugh Grant will always get a yes from me like that to do anything.
02:16He was my favorite person to work with.
02:20It's difficult, but I just like him.
02:22I like him.
02:23I don't need people to be easy.
02:26I need them to be fun.
02:28He's fun, not easy.
02:31I love that.
02:32And so many of your friends are in this movie and so many people you love.
02:34What was the best part about casting this film?
02:38When Hugh Grant sent me a video from his phone holding a glass of wine in one hand and a script in the other
02:46and I couldn't even see him in the video and he was reading the lines.
02:53And I said, what are you doing?
02:54Hey, Jay.
02:55I'm so sick of these hard-hitting, controversial documentaries.
02:58Can't somebody just make a comedy anymore?
03:02I made it.
03:04It's a funny movie.
03:06Everything is a teachable moment.
03:09Oh, I learned this.
03:10I just want to come and laugh, you know?
03:12Right.
03:12Exactly, exactly.
03:13Because you're not smart enough to learn anything.
03:16Once you're over 40, you can't learn anything.
03:18So you just keep going.
03:21Now, this is exactly what America needs right now.
03:23It's going to be a really funny movie.
03:25It's so great to see you here.
03:26Why was it important for you to come out and support Jerry tonight?
03:29Well, we've been friends for a long time.
03:31A long time.
03:32Since 78.
03:3378 at least.
03:34Yeah, yeah, yeah.
03:35What, 45 years?
03:36I remember he went, Mr. Lennon, can I talk?
03:38What is it, son?
03:39Hey, I want to be a comedian, too.
03:40Oh, well, we'll see.
03:42Maybe one day you'll do an Unfrosted movie.
03:44Hey, that'd be great, Mr. Lennon.
03:46You know, so, yeah.
03:47No, I'm really proud of him.
03:49It's great.
03:50You know, we all started out, but he went the fastest, the highest.
03:54Because I used to tease him, you know, when I was more well-known than him.
03:58We'd go places and people, oh, Mr. Lennon.
04:00And then when the left's like, oh, you know, Jerry's a comedian.
04:02Oh.
04:03Okay, and then he becomes the biggest star in the world.
04:05Oh, you know, Jay's a comedian.
04:09No, I'm really, really proud of him.
04:10It's really going to be a fun time.
04:13Thank you, Bill.
04:13I'll see you inside.
04:14Appreciate it.
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