Long before he lorded over the Shameless Gallagher clan, William H. Macy was eyed to play the Griffins’ family pet — but "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane opted to lend his own voice to the pooch instead.
“I look back and I’m like, ‘How cocky and arrogant must I have been at 24 to have Bill Macy audition for Brian and go, ‘You know what? I don’t think it’s working and I’m going to do it myself’?” recalled MacFarlane. “The hubris is not to be believed!”
William H. Macy Could've been 'Brian'
