Jerry Seinfeld Breaks Down Hugh Grant's Role as Tony the Tiger in Unfrosted | Spilling the E-Tea

So Tony the Tiger is Hugh Grant and we would fight over comedy because I would tell him you're not funny. I don't know why you'd be mad about that. Have you ever read books to your children? Have you ever met your children? friendship I don't think there's money in that there's no money in that, you know what, even that yeah, sorry, no, hi, I'm Jerry Seinfeld, hi, I'm Jim Gaffigan and we're counting, you know what you want? I do it and we're

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the ET, no disintegrated aliens here, just two of the comedians more Hollywood hitmakers come together. in Unfrosted Jerry's Netflix comedy airing May 3, it's the decidedly bogus story of the invention of Pop-Tart and stars basically everyone Melissa McCarthy Cedric the Entertainer Amy Schumer and Hugh Grant are just a few of the names Jerry was able to dispute. for his feature directorial debut Monitor Coils Orange What's Happening Now?

You're toasting, sir. Come on, you wrote, directed, starred in and produced this movie. hats, you know what even that's sorry, no, let me tell you what it is, go ahead, tell me it's just a pill, if you're a pill, you can direct, yeah, a director is someone who just goes, I don't I don't like it, true, I don't like it, well, what do you want? I don't know, but you have to do it too. You're wearing a lot of hats, yeah, it doesn't matter who decides which shirt or what. It doesn't matter, it only matters if when it comes out at the end people have to like it, but no one cares as a director, all you have to do is say this doesn't look good and make it look better, yeah. says that's all you have to say and they will do it, it's quite surprising, yeah, and I thought it was kind of interesting.

I didn't realize that you don't even have to tell them what's wrong with it, so what? What you're saying is that you support all dictators, yeah, okay, that's what I'm saying. Hugh Grant is Tony the Tiger Christian, that's the reason I made the movie just to hear someone say that and Christian Slater is an evil milkman, he's an evil milkman, James Mars, he's part of the Milk Syndicate, he He's a Hitman, you say that like you have, you know, you know the Milk Syndicate, you guys made this whole thing up because you're not right in the head, right? and James Mars didn't play Jack Lane, there I am.

I mean, by the way, that's a fraction of all these absurd characters. I have a question? You know Tony the Tiger is an important character or you just wanted someone to be the leader of these mascots. Well, the idea was. You know how in comedy you change anything to make it what you want it to be, so Tony the Tiger Hugh Grant I thought about doing it like an old Hollywood studio system where the mascots are the kind of contract performers and they're everywhere. . offices working all day acting, which, of course, they are not, but I thought that having a broke Shakespeare actor would be the most humiliating thing for that person, yes, it would be having to play Tony the Tiger, if what you want is I wanted to play Shakespeare, yeah, no, and you're forced to be Tony the Tiger and I really don't know how Hugh Grant became Tony the Tiger.

He called me. I don't know how he found out about the movie. Don't know. how he got the script and I couldn't believe he wanted to do it and he's a home run hitter, like just watching him do scenes, you're like, oh wow, this guy, you want someone to add value, but he's really a pro, yeah, meeting him and Working with him was amazing and we would have fights about comedy because I would tell him you're not funny. Go. I don't know why that would bother you. I told him you're clever. the only thing you have to be in England here in America we don't make money off witty we need funny yes funny is to laugh and that's how we make a living no one pays for witty in this country not witty I say you're just witty you are Pub witty Pub clever yes clever pub that's what the brits are clever pub he's a mega talent but he was amazing personally I think his product line doesn't go anywhere without those talented mascots whoever they are if you could start a business with any member from the cast who would you start a business with and what type of business oh, that's a very good question.

I would start a business with you, Jerry, and it would be a business of friendship, friendship, I don't think there is any. money in that there's no money in that he didn't say this was going to be easy we're talking about happy childhoods for millions of American children my cropped jacket looks like a mockery of art or makes me look creative it looks like you are they told you to wear that it would soften your conservative Midwestern appearance, so what would be unfrozen? Uh, I don't know, okay, I don't want to think about it, me and I, how many movies have they ruined by making sequels?

I told Zack Alifan AIS that he was an underground alternative comic, yeah, and I was like the mainstream NBC guy and I ended my series on the top MH like a decision on a piece of art and he hoarded, what was that hangover , hangover, until I hated it, my name is Alan and I bought a giraffe, you know, the Godfather wasn't bad either, that ruined the whole industry really because it worked, everyone thought well, the Godfather too, so let's make 12 more Barbies, right? how did it get so far? It's breakfast. Things happen, Jim. You're playing Edel Kellogg, how did you prepare?

You're a great actor and I think your performance in this movie is really great, oh, thank you so much, you were the only guy, uh, when we started writing this, I was like, I just see Jim Gaffigan, I just see him. like the president of Kelloggs to me and you're obviously hilarious and you like acting so from page one we imagined you as the head of Kelloggs and I know you really like acting. I love it, I love it, tell me what you want. I thought about when I don't remember how far into this I told you we wanted you to play, but it was pretty early, you were the first person we picked, yeah, well, thanks as a friend, don't you mean, hey, what's my?

Partly, I remember after the first table read I started digging into some of the Cog world and really yeah, no, well, some of the presentations. I would present some ideas to you and you say we're not going to mention that, Jim and I. Did you know that great-grandfather? It just didn't necessarily relate to the story you guys were writing, but yeah, no, I loved it, isn't this a serial company? Why did my husband explode? Now Jerry. This movie comes out right after your 70th birthday, right, look at this, that's my first birthday celebration and it's a pop cake, it's a pop cake, it's one of the chocolate ones, I don't like these crazy chocolates, it's too much, it's like a joke. joking right it's a hat on a hat yeah we should put a flashlight in it so the movie is called frosted and you prefer frosted Ed no I like frosted well it would have been better if you had said yes , no, but I thought I always thought you didn't prefer unglazed when it first came out.

I thought it was perfect, yeah, and then they put the frosting on it and it was fine, but then the sprinkles and the chocolate and I was like, wo wo wo wo. You know what I mean? You like your poptart old school. You can't pretend that chocolate candy is food. I like doing public relations. Pretend I'm eating a small meal. right, it's garbage, yeah, okay, that's cool, there you go. Greetings. It's been fun spilling the tea with you. Continued success to you, Jim.