Jerry Seinfeld’s pop-tart comedy opened Tuesday in Los Angeles, where its star-studded cast was joined by a special guest praising the film.
Jay Leno — accompanied by wife Mavis — crashed a red carpet interview with Seinfeld, as he joked, “I’m so sick of these hard-hitting, controversial documentaries. Can’t somebody do comedy anymore? Everything is a teachable moment and ‘oh I learned that,’ I just want to come and laugh.
Seinfeld teased, “Because you’re not smart enough to learn anything,” as the 45-year-old friend laughed, and Leno declared that the film was “exactly what America needs right now, a really funny It will be a funny movie.”
The Netflix film follows an epic corporate race between Kellogg’s and Post in 1963, as they compete to create a revolutionary new pastry that would become the Pop-Tart. It marks Seinfeld’s directorial debut, and stars Melissa McCarthy, Jim Gaffigan, Hugh Grant, Amy Schumer, Max Greenfield, Christian Slater, Sarah Cooper, Peter Dinklage and Bill Burr.
Seinfeld joked that the “directorial debut” title made him “feel like a Southern belle here, I’m about to debut.” When asked if he wanted to continue directing or if it was a one-time move, the comedian insisted, “I don’t want to do anything but stand-up comedy and watch baseball and drink coffee. In life.” These are the only things I like. I’ve done all the others and I don’t think they’re as good.
He also explained that he wasn’t so sold on the idea of a Pop-Tart movie at first, but was convinced by the idea of former writers Spike Furyston and Andy Robin, with whom he wrote the script. We only make movies out of serials?”
The cast weighed in on Seinfeld’s directing skills on the carpet, as Gaffigan noted, “He’s so precise, he knows exactly where he wants the scene to land and we don’t go overboard until then.” Unless we get it – but it’s like or nothing.”
Burr added, “He was great. He’s a comedian—he’s got all the fat off, so funny, he knew what he wanted, let me do it better, if he likes it, we put it, otherwise he wouldn’t do it, ‘Don’t do that, let’s go further in that direction.’ Very fast, it was very good” …
It begins streaming Friday on Netflix.
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