Josh Gad has cojones — or maybe, since his Olaf character from “Frozen” has become a Disney icon, the word should be a more family-friendly “gumption.”
Consider that after a lifetime of acting lessons, four years of drama school at Carnegie Mellon, and three years after college of booking only one professional gig (a single episode of “ER”), the wannabe actor passed on what seemed like his big break.
In 2005, Gad was offered the stage role of Barfée in “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” but since it was running in San Francisco, Gad said no. He wanted Broadway.
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