Unfrosted‘s Bowl and Spoon Awards nearly had artwork imitate life, Jerry Seinfeld has revealed.
Seinfeld initially requested Chris Rock to host his film’s fake awards present. The concept was to offer Rock a second of redemption from the notorious Will Smith Oscars assault on him.
“The opposite factor I needed to do, that I nearly did, was Chris Rock was gonna be the emcee of the Bowl and Spoon Awards,” Seinfeld stated on Dana Carvey and David Spade’s Fly on the Wall podcast. “We shot that proper after the Will Smith slap, and I used to be gonna have anyone come up on the stage and have Chris punch them out.”
Unfrosted wound up casting Cedric the Entertainer because the awards present host. “Chris wasn’t … he wasn’t as much as carry out. He was nonetheless a bit of shook from the occasion,” Seinfeld stated. “However that was what the scene was going to be. However Cedric saved the day.”
Seinfeld requested the comedians their reactions to the potential Rock joke. “With out the Will Smith factor, I feel it’s humorous,” Carvey stated. “It’s simply type of, there’s nonetheless type of a residual darkness round that second.”
Seinfeld wasn’t sure.
“Yeah, isn’t that what we’re drawn to greater than something? Residual darkness?” he stated. “I don’t know if it will have labored.”
“If Chris is there and desires to do it, you get it,” Carvey added. “You’ll be able to at all times trim it. At all times get the shot.”
