Seinfeld was the leading sitcom of the 90s era, and to date, it has turned out to be one of the most rewatched shows. The show was based on the everyday life of the talented comedian Jerry Seinfeld. It was written and produced by the comedian and his partner Larry David. Along with Jerry Seinfeld, actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus was a prominent part of the show.
The actress was an integral and one of the most loved characters in the TV show that aired for nine seasons. Julia Louis-Dreyfus became a comedy icon of the 90s era with her role as Elaine Benes. The actress revealed in an interview that she had to request more screen time.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus had to plead for screen time on the Seinfeld show
Julia Louis-Dreyfus is one of the most names in the comedy genre, all thanks to her character in the 1989 sitcom Seinfeld. However, the actress was not very happy, when the show was aired initially.
In an interview with The Daily Beast, the actress revealed that she had to regularly request the creators, Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David to give her more to do on the show. She said,
“Well, I never really approached it from the perspective of my gender, per se. I wanted to just play ball with everybody. I’m not going to lie, in the beginning, I didn’t always have a lot to do in certain episodes. And I would go to Larry and Jerry multiple times and say, ‘Hey, you guys, write me more, I need to be in this show more.’ That’s what I just kept doing. And they did.”
She added,
“But you see, they didn’t write for me as a woman. They just wrote for me, for this character, as opposed to this gender, which I think is instructive in a lot of ways from a writing point of view.”
Julia Louis-Dreyfus received seven consecutive Emmy Award nominations for the role of Elaine on Seinfeld. She won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 1996.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus had a tough time saying goodbye to the Seinfeld show
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier fame shared in an interview with Rolling Stone about her struggles when the show wrapped up. She said,
“I think any time a project ends, it’s gutting for me. And that’s true of movies and TV shows. There is a focus and a camaraderie that’s very much present when you’re working hard on a project that you believe in, and when the circus leaves town, it’s a huge transition. There’s a real feeling of sadness for me. ‘Where did all my buddies go?’ ‘Where are my friends?’”
The actress also shared her views on the popular Seinfeld curse,
“It was invented by the media. They thought it was clever. You don’t need me to prove it wrong, it was ridiculous! It made no sense. I was amazed that it had legs because it was so moronic. I don’t know how else to say it!”
Louis-Dreyfus worked in the CBS show The New Adventures of Old Christine, which went on for five seasons. She won an Emmy for the show in 2006. She gave spectacular performances in Veep, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, etc. The actress will appear in 2024’s series Thunderbolts.
Source-Variety
