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Grier's Missed Opportunities: Ace Ventura & Seinfeld

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David Alan Grier reflects on missed opportunities, including turning down Ace Ventura and auditioning for Seinfeld, highlighting the importance of recognizing talent and channeling passion into roles.

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Grier's Missed Opportunities: Ace Ventura & Seinfeld

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Entertainment & Celebrity News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!Grier's Missed Opportunities: Ace Ventura & Seinfeld. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

On March 28, David Allen Greer just drops in real talk on roles he turned down that blew up huge. He passed on Ace Ventura pet detective back in 1994, calling the script straight trash. And get this, he auditioned for George Costanza on Seinfeld, but Jason Alexander snagged that spot for all ten seasons. What he missed with Ace Ventura was Jim Carrey's genius. They came up together on in living color from 1990 to 1994, but Greer didn't clock how Carrey would flip a week script into. Comedy gold with total freedom. Fans love these what if stories, and Greer owns the fumbles with a laugh, saying he dropped the ball twice. That Seinfeld missed stung, since it became a 90s icon running from 1989 to 1998. Dig deeper, and Greer shared an angry audition tale where he waited over an hour and a half, slammed the script, and still booked the gig. Miami vice or something similar.

He calls it a lesson in channeling fire into intention every time. These days, Greer's thriving on NBC's St. Dennis Medical since 2022, proving he still got that edge while reflecting on path not taken. This has been Entertainment and Celebrity News today, powered by AI.

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