How Jerry Seinfeld Got Hugh Grant to Play Tony the Tiger in ‘Unfrosted’

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How Jerry Seinfeld Got Hugh Grant to Play Tony the Tiger in ‘Unfrosted’

Bill Burr was in the middle of a standup set in the original room at The Comedy Cellar when his cell phone rang: It was Jerry Seinfeld. What do you do? Burr answered. Seinfeld wanted Burr to play JFK in his Pop-Tarts (fake) origin story, “Unfrosted.” Burr immediately accepted the role — and then went back to telling jokes to the paying customers. It was the fastest (and the most public) “yes” that Seinfeld and his writing partner Spike Feresten …