Julia Louis-Dreyfus is prepared to confess her Veep character bears some similarities to a real-life presidential nominee.
Amid the present’s election year resurgence, the Golden Globe winner reasoned that her morally bankrupt politician character Selina Meyer is extra like Donald Trump than his opponent Kamala Harris.
“In Veep, I play a really sad vice chairman, and at a sure level in a run of the present, I’ve the chance to run for president,” she defined on MSNBC.
“Now, I do wish to say one factor in regards to the character I play on Veep. I do wish to say I play a really, let’s consider, virtually narcissistic, sociopathic, mega-maniacal sort of individual,” added Louis-Dreyfus. “I’m not a Kamala Harris sort. I’m probably way more like somebody from the opposite celebration whose title I shall not even utter.”
She starred as Vice President (and ultimately President) Meyer within the satirical HBO sequence created by Armando Iannucci, which ran for seven seasons from 2012 to 2019. The actress gained 9 Emmy Awards as star and producer of the present.
Louis-Dreyfus’ interview got here forward of her Veep reunion on Sunday for a desk learn benefitting the Democratic Get together of Wisconsin as Harris campaigns within the battleground state. The digital occasion may also characteristic co-stars Tony Hale, Anna Chlumsky, Reid Scott, Timothy Simons, Sam Richardson, Matt Walsh, Gary Cole, Sarah Sutherland, Clea DuVall and Sufe Bradshaw. Hosted by Stephen Colbert with particular friends Larry David, Jason Alexander and Kevin Smith, tickets can be found online for the occasion, which streams dwell at 7pm CT.
Anna Chlumsky, Timothy Simons, Matt Walsh, Tony Hale, Reid Scott and Julia Louis-Dreyfus in Veep.
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After President Joe Biden introduced in July he was dropping out of the race and endorsing Vice President Harris, loads of followers took to social media with memes declaring the parallels to Louis-Dreyfus’ titular character within the hit comedy sequence. The comparisons even drove a surge in viewership for the present, 5 years after it ended.
In August, Louis-Dreyfus admitted she plans to be “extra-involved” within the election, together with an look finally month’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
