Julia Louis-Dreyfus Remembers Her 'Irresistible' 'SNL' Audition

veep star Julia Louis-Dreyfus has recalled her most humiliating moment. Saturday Night Live From the cast on the latest episode of his podcast, Wiser Than Me.

Louis-Dreyfus was cast SNL From 1982 to 1985. She has served alongside Eddie Murphy, Martin Short, Billy Crystal and Brad Hall, to whom she has been married since 1987.

“I was part of the Practical Theater company in Chicago when I was just starting out,” Louis-Dreyfus said on her podcast. “Manufacturers SNL They came to see the show and loved it and hired us all to come to New York and be a part of the show. SNL.”

Louis-Dreyfus added that she and her co-stars were “complete unknowns” at the time, recalling that the group was forced to do their sketches “under fluorescent lights in the middle of the day, in front of 20 extremely cynical, hostile people.” SNL Actors and writers who already hate us because some of their closest friends were fired to make room for us.”

Louis-Dreyfus continued: “We never had a chance. The sketches that killed in Chicago died a horrible, horrible death that day. “It was so unbearable.”

Looking back, Louis-Dreyfus wonders if this meeting affected her entire life. SNL tenure. Louis-Dreyfus's time on the series coincided with five years during which series creator Lorne Michaels took an indefinite leave of absence, leaving the show under the control of Jean Doumanian and Dick Ebersol. Although many famous faces came SNL The 1980-85 seasons, during which Dreyfus was there, including Anthony Michael Hall and Robert Downey Jr., are considered the franchise's weakest seasons.

“I think this humiliation affected us as a whole SNL To tell the truth, the experience of the next few years seinfield screed reflected. “I've learned a lot since that embarrassing day in the carpeted office on the 17th floor of 30 Rock.”

While it would be wrong to call this a career renaissance considering she's not going anywhere, Louis-Dreyfus has been enjoying a magnified presence as of late. In addition to her popular podcast, she also has a major role in Marvel's series as Valentina Allegra de Fontaine. thunderbolts and many other properties, and won awards for her performance in the surrealist indie drama Tuesday.

You can listen on Lemonada Media Wiser Than Me Here.

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