7:45 AM PST, January 12, 2021Sitcoms in the '90s could have been very different withwhere he addressed the rumors that he was considered to play George Costanza in the hit series"I just heard that one. I mean, it was a lot of NBC talk," Rock admitted of possibly being cast as Jerry Seinfeld's best friend on the sitcom, a role that ultimately went to Jason Alexander."There was talk aboutat one point.
Yes, I would have been the Black friend. That's basically who I am to America at this point." NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images, they made the right choice. He's good. He's amazing," he said of Alexander. . The role eventually went to actor Carl Payne. . That was supposed to happen, where I was Theo's best friend and thank god that didn't happen," Rock quipped.