Barack Obama Senior Advisor Eric Schultz Talks ‘The Girls on the Bus’ Cameo and Consulting on ‘Civil War’
variety.comMarc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Eric Schultz knows his way around politics. The Washington, D.C. consultant served as deputy White House press secretary during the Obama Administration from 2014-2017.
He’s also worked for Sen. Charles Schumer and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee But in the last few years, he’s been getting very familiar with Hollywood, consulting for shows like “Succession” and most recently Alex Garland’s A24 drama “Civil War.” But now, he’s going in front of the camera.
Schultz makes his acting debut with a cameo on Thursday’s season finale of Max’s “The Girls on the Bus.” He plays a press aide who Sadie McCarthy (Melissa Benoist) must convince to let her into a VIP cocktail party at the Democratic National Convention. “They reached out of the blue top and asked me, ‘Would you like to make a cameo?’” Schultz tells me. “It took me probably a nanosecond to say yes.” Schultz and show co-creator Amy Chozick go back to when he was at the White House and she was a reporter for the New York Times in 2014. “The reason I love ‘Girls on the Bus’ is that it makes politics and covering politics look like fun,” says Schultz, who serves as a senior advisor to Barack Obama. “I worry today that working in politics doesn’t look fun for the next generation.
Any show or film that makes Washington or politics more accessible is a good thing.” How big was your trailer? I did have a trailer, which had a fully stocked mini fridge.
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