SEINFELD Actor Michael Richards Says Co-Star Jason Alexander Almost Quit During Season 3 of the Show
Seinfeld was a classic series that has continued to have a dedicated audience decades after its end, and its stars became close friends who have positive things to say about one another as well as their time on the show all these years later.
But, things weren’t always perfect during the course of the show’s run, and one star remembers a time that one of his co-stars almost left the series early on in Season 3.
Michael Richards, who played Kramer in the NBC comedy, has written a memoir, in which he recounts that neither he nor Jason Alexander (who played George Costanza) were required for an episode titled ‘The Pen.’
Page Six quotes an excerpt from Richards’ book, where he writes that while he took his own absence with equanimity, Alexander was more miffed. “Jason threatens to quit after learning that he’s also not in the episode. He’s furious,” Richards wrote in his memoir, adding that he sympathized with his fellow actor.
“Jason came onto the show with the most confidence of anyone. He had won a Tony Award on the New York stage, not an insignificant achievement, and until the table read for ‘The Pen’ he has assumed that Seinfeld is a buddy show, starring him and Jerry. But this business breeds both massive egos and incredible insecurity, and this episode is one of those ego-jarring wakeup calls.”
Australia’s news.com.au reports that Alexander confirmed Richards’ claims several years ago. In 2017, he told Access Hollywood that at the time he had snapped at Larry David, the lead writer for the sitcom, and threatened to leave the show.
The series and its stars had some ups and downs, but it all turned out great, and fans are happy the series was able to go on to make nine great seasons.
via: Deadline