So yes, I’d wanted to work with her for a while. Julia Louis-Dreyfus: Right! There are these very real, raw, dialogue-driven moments in her films that I don’t really see onscreen anymore. Those kinds of things have largely moved to TV now. Time Out: Certainly not as consistently as she is. I mean, is anyone besides Nicole even making these kinds of movies any more? The kind where people who are over 30 talk about bad decisions and life struggles and failures? And do it in a way that’s funny? Julia Louis-Dreyfus: A big fan! I was a huge admirer of her movies. Time Out: Were you a fan of Nicole Holofcener’s work? The idea that, yeah, I know who she is…that came really quick. She’s a masseuse who takes care of everybody but who can’t take care of herself. But really, that’s what drew me in initially: This is not some over-the-top role this was someone who seemed like the kind of person you’d actually meet in L.A. I’m not saying that I would do what she did in the same situation…I hope I would act better than that. Julia Louis-Dreyfus: Naturally! No, I mean, I understood the character from the get-go. Time Out: And somebody doing some horrible, horrible thing made her easily relatable, I take it? Of course she does, right? She’s got a little problem with relationship boundaries. Then she meets somebody who likes her-and she proceeds to do this horrible, horrible thing. Julia Louis-Dreyfus: She’s a woman who’s facing all these changes-her daughter leaving for college, this sense of being romantically stuck in a rut-that are wreaking an emotional havoc on her to an extent she’s not even aware of. Time Out talked to the Artist Formerly Known as Elaine at the Toronto Film Festival, where she chatted about cringe-comedy, her separated-at-birth bond with the film's director and working with the late, great Gandolfini. As a divorced massage therapist who finds love once more in the arms of James Gandolfini (in his final role) Louis-Dreyfus brings a sense of pathos to this woman experiencing a second chance at romance-when she's not trying to let on that she knows some secrets about her new potential paramour. The 52-year-old comedian has no problem going to unflattering places for a laugh as Nicole Holfcener's Enough Said demonstrates, however, she's equally comfortable playing things closer to the heart. You are contributing to debate and discussion, and helping to make this website a more open place.We're used to seeing Julia-Louis Dreyfus humiliate herself for our amusement: That painfully bad, grand-mal wedding dance on Seinfeld, or the sheer volume of scenes involving her suffering the slings and arrows of Beltway media types on HBO's Veep. Thank you for following these guidelines and contributing your thoughts. We will not publish comments that link to outside websites.If you're using an alias, make sure it's unique.We will not publish: Comments written that are poorly spelled or are written in caps or which use strange formatting to get noticed.We screen for comments that seek to spread information that is false or misleading.We will not publish comments that are profane, libelous, racist, or engage in personal attacks.Preference is given to commenters who use real names.Please be advised:Ĭomments are moderated and will not appear on site until they have been reviewed.Ĭomments are not open on some news articles Bell Media reserves the right to choose commenting availability. Bell Media reviews every comment submitted, and reserves the right to approve comments and edit for brevity and clarity.
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