Jason Alexander on possible ‘Seinfeld’ reunion: ‘No one called me’

George is getting worried!

Jason Alexander, the actor who memorably played George Costanza in all nine seasons seinfeldsays he knows nothing about a possible reunion or revival that series star and co-creator Jerry Seinfeld was seen teasing last month.

“There’s only one reason for that rumor,” Alexander said in a new interview. Excessive, “Apparently, at the end of some stand-up thing, (Seinfeld) said, ‘Larry (David) and I are thinking of something.’ Good for you. I don’t know anything about it… no one called me. Apparently, they don’t need George.”

The actor said that his former classmates are also as ignorant as him. “They may not need Elaine, because Julia (Louis-Dreyfus) and I went, ‘Do you know anything about this? I don’t know anything about this,’ and I just told Michael (Richards) the other day. And I don’t think he knew anything about it,” Alexander said.

As Alexander indicated, discuss a possibility seinfeld The reunion began last month when Seinfeld hinted at revisiting the series finale during a standup set. “Something is going to happen that has to do with that ending,” the comedian said, “It hasn’t happened yet. Whatever you’re thinking about, Larry and I are thinking about it too. So, you’ll see.”

Louis-Dreyfus has also spoken about his lack of knowledge about the project. “I just saw (that news) last night,” he said recently. Guardian, “And I don’t know what he’s talking about.”

seinfeld It ran on NBC from 1989 to 1998, consisting of 180 episodes. The main cast reunites for a fantasy reunion of the show seinfeld Co-creator Larry David curb Your Enthusiasm in 2009, but the sitcom was never actually revived. Alexander also reprized his role as George on Seinfeld’s interview show comedians drinking coffee in cars in 2014. Since then, it’s been mostly radio silence on the proper seinfeld revival, although Seinfeld said it was “possible” that the series could return during an interview with Ellen DeGeneres in 2018.

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