A phone call from 40 years ago still breaks Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ heart. It came in the early ’80s, when her father, Gérard Louis-Dreyfus, rang to deliver a harsh review of his daughter’s inaugural …
, the film follows Beth, a writer whose memoir about the verbal abuse she suffered at the hands of her father was relatively well received. Now, in the process of trying to sell her first novel, she overhears her husband talking trash about her work — words that conflict with the blind encouragement and praise he’s offered her for years.
Then, of course, there’s her gig in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Louis-Dreyfus wiggles with excitement as she discusses her character, the nefarious Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine. “There’s so much secrecy around it,” she half-whispers with glee. “When I first started shooting, I had to go to set wearing a black cloak with a hood and keep my head down so nobody could see it was me walking onto the soundstage.
When asked if she saw the recent New York magazine cover declaring 2022 the year of the “nepo baby” , she raises an eyebrow. “I heard my son was in it,” she says, referencing Charlie’s inclusion in the package. “Yeah. I didn’t read it.” The eyebrow comes back down. What was funny to one generation seems tone-deaf or cruel to another. Asked about Mindy Kaling’s recent comments that “The Office,” the satire about corporate workplaces, would be too politically incorrect to air today, Louis-Dreyfus says, “It’s tricky. I’m in favor of sensitivity. When people complain about being too politically correct, I start to question what their motives are.
Louis-Dreyfus in “You Hurt My Feelings,” an official selection of the Premieres program at Sundance this yearAside from a small role as a bad-tempered yuppie in 1989’s “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation,” the films Louis-Dreyfus booked during the “Seinfeld” era all had outstanding filmmaker pedigrees yet struggled at the box office.
In another unexpected move, Louis-Dreyfus has lobbied to kick some ass. “I pitched it; I told them I really want to fight. I haven’t seen the script yet — we’ll see if that happens,” she says. But she changes her tune when she thinks about the possible physical demands of a Marvel role: “Ugh. I guess I’d better get in shape.”
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