Who Knew? 'Seinfeld's' George Costanza Could've Been Played By A Black Man?!?

[Brian Damage]

David Alan Grier
The role: Proposed African American character
Who got it: N/A

According to IMDb, David Alan Grier auditioned to play a new African-American character on the show that never came to be. Like many sitcoms from the era, Cheers didn’t have a major African-American character and it would have been cool to see David Alan Grier join the Cheers gang. After all, the Cheers writers were always great at creating new characters that added to the show (Frasier, Woody, Rebecca, Lilith) rather than detracting to it, which is a rarity in sitcoms. David Alan Grier also tried out for another part in a big sitcom: George Costanza in Seinfeld. Between Seinfeld and Cheers, Grier almost ended up in two of the most prolific sitcoms in history (without him, they were also two of the whitest). It’s a shame that there wasn’t more diversity to the show’s cast, a problem that was only worsened on the Cheers spin-off Frasier.



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[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by Brian Damage

David Alan Grier
The role: Proposed African American character
Who got it: N/A

According to IMDb, David Alan Grier auditioned to play a new African-American character on the show that never came to be. Like many sitcoms from the era, Cheers didn’t have a major African-American character and it would have been cool to see David Alan Grier join the Cheers gang. After all, the Cheers writers were always great at creating new characters that added to the show (Frasier, Woody, Rebecca, Lilith) rather than detracting to it, which is a rarity in sitcoms. David Alan Grier also tried out for another part in a big sitcom: George Costanza in Seinfeld. Between Seinfeld and Cheers, Grier almost ended up in two of the most prolific sitcoms in history (without him, they were also two of the whitest). It’s a shame that there wasn’t more diversity to the show’s cast, a problem that was only worsened on the Cheers spin-off Frasier.



http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083399/trivia

Glad he didn't, never liked him on anything he played on

[hawkeye123]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

Glad he didn't, never liked him on anything he played on

LOL i am also glad that he didn't.Nothing against him,But nobody else could of played George Costanza.

[Marvo301]

The reason I'm glad that Jason Alexander got the part instead is because if David Alan Greer got the part we never would have had Jerry Stiller as George's Dad and that actress whose name I can't remember as George's Mom.