Jerry Seinfeld requested Chris Rock to mock the infamous Slap in Unfrosted but the comedian turned it down due to the truth it was so new.

As drastically as Will Smith wished Chris Rock to retain his wife’s recognize out his f*ckin’ mouth, the comedian wanted to lay as minimal as feasible correct following The Slap. That involved turning down fantastic very good buddy Jerry Seinfeld’s give to show up in Unfrosted — largely mostly mainly because his cameo would have spoofed that infamous Oscar second.

As Jerry Seinfeld disclosed on the Fly on the Wall podcast, he reached out to Chris Rock to permit him get some distant revenge. “The other thing I required to do, that I nearly did, was Chris Rock was gonna be the emcee of the Bowl and Spoon Awards. We shot that ideal just after the Will Smith slap, and I was gonna have any individual come up on the phase and have Chris punch them out…Chris wasn’t…he was not up to complete. He was continue to a very little shook from the event. But that was what the scene was heading to be. But Cedric saved the day.”

Seinfeld would go on to admit that he was not positive the Unfrosted bit would sooner or later function. I’d agree thinking of the truth that it was continue to so new for Rock, so Seinfeld lucked out by not at present becoming permitted to capitalize on these kinds of a hard immediate. There is also the actuality that it would have promptly felt dated, like the variety of gag one particular specific of these persons dreadful Friedberg/Seltzer films would have shoehorned in. It also would not have truly enhanced the film in any way…

Chris Rock would deal with The Slap on his person situations, ditching Jerry Seinfeld and Unfrosted to as a substitute just take it head on in his standup program, in particular his 2023 exclusive Selective Outrage. Regardless of a 10-yr ban from attending the Academy Awards, Will Smith has carried out his pretty very best to bounce back with a handful of film roles, with each other with subsequent month’s Terrible Boys: Experience or Die. But Chris Rock has arrive out higher than anyone, displaying he’s by significantly the higher individual.

When Jerry Seinfeld wasn’t capable to get absolutely everyone he wished for Unfrosted, he did even now grab a range of comic close buddies for roles, such as Amy Schumer, Invoice Burt, Thomas Lennon, Bobby Moynihan, Mikey Day, Kyle Mooney, Fred Armisen, Sebastian Maniscalo, and a lot much more.

Do you consider Chris Rock have to have to have completed the Unfrosted cameo for Jerry Seinfeld or would it have been “too soon”? Share your concepts beneath.