Georga Costanza wore Malcolm X’s glasses from Spike Lee’s biopic, says costume designer

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Seinfeld pilot that were used in Spike Lee’s Malcolm X biopic.Ruth E. Carter, who won Oscars for both Black Panther films, said that she used the same spectacles that Denzel Washington sported in the film when they came to film The Seinfeld Chronicles, the pilot episode of the classic sitcom, in 1989.Speaking to the Nessa OFF Air podcast, she recalled a conversation she had with Jason Alexander, who played Costanza, in which he suggested that the character needed to wear glasses.“The only glasses that I have are those wired-rimmeds that I brought in that came from Malcolm X,” Carter said. “He put them on and was like, ‘Yeah, I like this shape.’ I was like, ‘Bingo, done!’ We got him fit for glasses, and that’s where it started.”Remembering the portion of the film in which they were featured in Malcolm X, Carter added: “He has a scene in prison where he puts these wired-rimmed glasses on, and those were the ones I had,” she confirmed.Even though Malcolm X was not released until 1992, it was filmed in early 1989, shortly before the Seinfeld pilot.

The release was held up due to production delays.Back in November, Alexander said that he did not know anything about the rumoured Seinfeld reboot.The rumour mill got in motion in October when Jerry Seinfeld, lead star and co-creator of the hit series, hinted that a reunion could be on the cards 25 years after the show’s end.The comedian teased during a stand-up show at the Wang Theatre in Boston on October 7 the possibility of a reworked version of the show’s finale.Asked whether he liked the sitcom’s divisive final episode, Seinfeld replied: “Well, I have a little secret for you about the ending.