Julia Louis-Dreyfus Told Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David to ‘Write Me More’ During ‘Seinfeld’ Early Days: ‘I Need to Be in This Show More’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Julia Louis-Dreyfus became a comedy icon for playing Elaine Benes on nine seasons of NBC’s “Seinfeld,” but the role wasn’t completely fulfilling for her when the show first got off the ground.
Speaking to The Daily Beast, Louis-Dreyfus revealed she regularly urged series creators Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld to give her character more to do on the show. “Well, I never really approached it from the perspective of my gender, per se.
I wanted to just play ball with everybody,” Louis-Dreyfus said about the role. “I’m not going to lie, in the beginning, I didn’t always have a lot to do in certain episodes.
And I would go to Larry and Jerry multiple times and say, ‘Hey, you guys, write me more, I need to be in this show more.’ That’s what I just kept doing.
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