Julia Louis-Dreyfuswas overcome with emotion whenVeepofficially ended.
On Tuesday night, at the premiere of the show’s final seventh season, the actress, 58, revealed that she had a tough time on the last day of filming the hit HBO political satire series, which has been on the air since 2012.
Louis-Dreyfus, who has won sixEmmy Awardsfor her portrayal of President Selina Meyer, also told PEOPLE that of all the things she would miss from the show, her fellow castmates and flawed character were at the top of her list.
“What I’m gonna miss most is being with all these wonderful people, whom I adore more than I can possibly articulate,” she shared.
“But I am going to miss playing a hyper-dysfunctional, narcissistic, undeveloped, ruthless human being,” the actress jokingly added.
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After portraying the politician for seven years, Louis-Dreyfus said that her character’s tendencies began to rub off on her personally and the way she approaches her acting career, especially in a male-dominated industry.
“I think I have asserted myself in a way, in my career, that is important,” she told PEOPLE.
“But I understand Selina’s frustration and that certainly helped fuel the character,” she said, adding that it was “easy to tap into” her own frustrations and express them through Selina.
Last month, HBO announced that theseventh and final season of the hit political satire will premiere on March 31.
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The actress previously admitted shehad a difficult timeafter wrapping the final season in December.
Louis-Dreyfus posted a series of photos of herself making silly faces with a handful of her costars at the show’s wrap party, includingMatt Walsh,Anna Chlumsky, Sam Richardson and more.
“I’m going to miss these people more than I can express,” she wrote. “Actually I already do miss them. I’m gutted.”
Production ofVeep‘s final season was delayed after Louis-Dreyfus found out she hadbreast cancer. The star went public news of herdiagnosisin September 2017.
In January 2018,she completed her last roundof chemotherapy, and in February she underwent surgery. By August 2018, the star was back toVeepanddocumented her returnwith a photo of herself at the table read with the cast.
In aseparate post shortly after, Louis-Dreyfus expressed her gratitude to be back on set with her castmates.
“So deeply grateful to be back together with all these superb people,” she wrote.
source: people.com
