‘Veep’ and ‘White House Plumbers’ Showrunner David Mandel Fears the WGA Strike Will Be ‘Long and Bloody’
thewrap.comYou are reading an exclusive WrapPRO article for free. Want to level up your entertainment career? Subscribe to WrapPRO.David Mandel isn’t one to sugarcoat.
It’s a trait that appears in his work, from the vicious insults of “Veep” to the intentionally reprehensible characters at the center of HBO’s “White House Plumbers.” It also emerged when TheWrap asked the longtime series creator his thoughts on the currently unfolding WGA strike. “I have no good answer, except to say, I think it’s going to be long and bloody, and it’s going to suck,” Mandel said.
Mandel, who is currently 52 years old, emphasized that he’s been working in Hollywood for a long time but the current state of the industry “doesn’t make sense” to him.
His IMDb page reads like a collection of comedy’s greatest hits — “Seinfeld” in the ’90s, the cult hit “EuroTrip” in the 2000s, “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and “Veep” in the 2010s and over 60 episodes of “Saturday Night Live” over the course of three decades.
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