Jay Leno Crashes Jerry Seinfeld's Interview at 'Unfrosted' Premiere: "I'm Really Proud of Him" | THR Vdieo - video Dailymotion

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Jerry Seinfeld talks to THR on the red carpet of the 'Unfrosted' premiere and explains the origin of creating the film. Plus, he gets a surprise visit form Jay Leno during his interview.

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00:00How do you decide what to wear for these things?

00:03You know, I just felt like the blue felt like the pop of color that went with the popping

00:08Pop Tarts.

00:09Yeah.

00:10Did you see the movie yet?

00:11I have seen the movie.

00:12Okay, so you know it has a lot of color.

00:14Yeah.

00:15Honestly, I loved the color in the movie.

00:17Is that a choice you made while you were, you know, doing the set design and the art

00:21direction for the movie?

00:22Oh yes, very much so.

00:23And I love when you decide, you know, wherever you are in your house and you go, you know

00:29what, I'm going to have some cereal.

00:33So you go to the kitchen, you go to the cupboard, you open the door, and what the first thing

00:37you see is those colorful boxes.

00:39So I want the movie to feel like that exciting feeling of colorful boxes.

00:45It definitely does, and you said you've loved Pop Tarts since you were a kid, but at what

00:49point did you start developing this idea into a feature film?

00:53It wasn't my idea.

00:55It was Spike Ferriston's idea to make a movie about the Pop Tart.

00:59I thought he was kidding.

01:01But when the COVID happened and we had nothing to do, he said, why don't we really do that

01:06movie?

01:07I went, it's not a movie.

01:09You can't make a movie about a Pop Tart.

01:12What's it about?

01:14And then Andy Robbin, one of our other writers, said, why don't we make a movie like The Right

01:18Stuff only with cereal?

01:21And that's when I went, oh yeah, that's a good idea.

01:24So it was those two guys that, that's the reason it got made.

01:28It wasn't me.

01:29This is your directorial debut.

01:34Would you want to direct?

01:35I feel like a Southern Belle here.

01:37A rebirth?

01:38Yeah, I'm a debutante.

01:39Now, would you ever want to direct again or would you rather focus on your true love of

01:43stand-up comedy?

01:44Yeah, I don't, I don't want to do anything but stand-up, stand-up comedy and watching

01:51baseball and going for coffee.

01:55That's the only things in life that I like.

01:57I've done all the other things and I don't think they're that great.

02:01Now, you've said it was kind of difficult working with Hugh Grant on this movie.

02:05Would we ever see you two do something together again or is one time enough?

02:08I would do anything Hugh Grant wanted.

02:12Hugh Grant will always, would get a yes from me like that to do anything.

02:16He was my favorite person to work with.

02:20It's difficult, but I just like him.

02:22I like him.

02:23I don't need people to be easy.

02:26I need them to be fun.

02:28He's fun, not easy.

02:31I love that.

02:32And so many of your friends are in this movie and so many people you love.

02:35What was the best part about casting this film?

02:38When Hugh Grant sent me a video from his phone holding a glass of wine in one hand and a

02:45script in the other and it wasn't even, I couldn't even see him in the video and he

02:51was reading the lines.

02:53And I said, what are you doing?

02:54Hey, Jay.

02:55I am so sick of these hard-hitting, controversial documentaries.

02:58Can't somebody just make a comedy anymore?

03:01It's so great.

03:05A funny movie.

03:06Yeah.

03:07Everything is a teachable moment and, oh, I learned this.

03:10I just want to come and laugh, you know?

03:12Right.

03:13Yeah, exactly.

03:14Exactly.

03:15Because you're not smart enough to learn anything.

03:16I'm not smart enough.

03:17Once you're over 40, you can't learn anything.

03:18So you might, you just keep going, you know.

03:21No, this is exactly what America needs right now.

03:23It's going to be a really funny movie, yeah.

03:25It's so great to see you here.

03:26Why was it important for you to come out and support Jerry tonight?

03:29Well, we've been friends for a long time.

03:31A long time.

03:32Since 78.

03:3378, at least.

03:34Yeah, yeah, yeah.

03:35What, 45 years?

03:36I remember he went, Mr. Leno, can I talk?

03:37What is it, son?

03:38Hey, I want to be a comedian, too.

03:39Oh, well, we'll see.

03:40Maybe one day you'll do an Unfrosted movie.

03:41Hey, that'd be great, Mr. Leno.

03:42You know, so, yeah.

03:43No, I'm really proud of him.

03:44It's great.

03:45You know, we all started out, but he went the fastest.

03:46The highest.

03:47Because I used to tease him, you know, when I was more well-known than him.

03:48We'd go places and people, oh, Mr. Leno.

03:49And then when they'd have to go, oh, you know, Jerry's a comedian.

03:50Oh, okay.

03:51And then he becomes the biggest star in the world.

03:52Oh, you know, Jay's a comedian.

03:53No, I'm really, really proud of him.

03:54It's really going to be a fun time.

03:55Thank you, pal.

03:56I'll see you inside.

03:57Appreciate it.

03:58Thank you.

04:16Bye.

04:17Bye.

Jay Leno Crashes Jerry Seinfeld's Interview at 'Unfrosted' Premiere: "I'm Really Proud of Him" | THR Vdieo

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