David Alan Grier has some regrets about certain casting choices.
The St. Denis Medical star recently appeared on NBC’s Today with Jenna & Sheinelle, where he addressed why he passed on roles in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and Seinfeld.
“I passed on it because it was a bad script,” the Tony winner and Grammy-nominated musician said of the 1994 comedy film. “What I didn’t see is what Jim [Carrey] saw, which was, ‘Can I do anything?’ They said, ‘Yeah.’ So he had total freedom. He took that script and he reinvented it. And that’s why it was so successful.”
While the Carrey vehicle was largely panned by critics, it was a box office hit, spawning a cult following and a subsequent franchise, including a sequel, animated series and a made-for-TV standalone follow-up. (Funnily enough, Carrey and Grier worked prior to the film’s release on the sketch comedy
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