Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus has had a long and illustrious television career before making the jump to the global pop culture juggernaut that is the Marvel Cinematic Universe. With eleven Emmy Awards to her name, Louis-Dreyfus is a certified Queen of Comedy, having starred in several hit sitcoms, including the iconic 90s classic Seinfeld.
Despite the popularity of Seinfeld, particularly her character in the series, Louis-Dreyfus picked a different character as the role she would want to reprise. The actress revealed in an interview that she missed her time as Selina Meyer in the political satire Veep, which cemented her as one of the best comic actresses. Here is what Louis-Dreyfus had to say about her Veep role.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Confesses to Missing Her Veep Character
Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus rose to prominence with her tenure on the variety sketch comedy Saturday Night Live. She later became synonymous with the role of Elaine Benes on the sitcom Seinfeld. The actress also played Selina Meyer in the political comedy series Veep.
During an interview with Variety, Louis-Dreyfus was asked about which one of her former roles she would love to revisit. In response, the multiple Emmy-winning actress confessed that she missed playing Selina Meyer and hoped to revisit the character if given the opportunity.
Playing that character, who was so out of her f**king mind, and so undeveloped; it was just freeing.
Louis-Dreyfus made the above statement about her experience with the character, which she played for seven seasons and received six Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.
Despite Veep ending with her character’s demise decades into the future, Louis-Dreyfus expressed hope that she could play the character once more. Moreover, the actress stated the decades before Selina’s death in the finale could make for some exciting storytelling prospects.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Isn’t Sure About Reprising Seinfeld Role
While Louis-Dreyfus was excited at the prospect of reprising her Veep role, the actress seemed less sure about doing the same with her other most famous role as Elaine Benes in Seinfeld. In a 2023 interview, Louis-Dreyfus responded to co-star and series co-creator Jerry Seinfeld’s suggestion that a revival of the sitcom might be in the works.
Yeah, I just saw [that news] last night and I don’t know what the hell he’s talking about.
Louis-Dreyfus made the above statement, suggesting that she was in the dark about any potential reunion plans. Meanwhile, Seinfeld had suggested that his reunion plans with co-creator Larry David involved redoing the show’s controversial ending.
Despite Seinfeld’s words suggesting a reunion, the comedian was likely referring to the series finale of David’s Curb Your Enthusiasm, which references the ending of Seinfeld. However, Louis-Dreyfus did not appear in the episode, which might suggest she isn’t as interested in reprising the role of Elaine after all.
On the other hand, the Curb Your Enthusiasm finale served as a nice bookmark for the legacy of Seinfeld, with most of its main cast having appeared in the series during the seventh season. Meanwhile, Louis-Dreyfus is currently busy with her MCU stint, with the actress next expected to appear in Thunderbolts*.
Veep is available on Max and Seinfeld is streaming on Netflix.
