HBO has decided to postpone production on the upcoming season of Veep as star Julia Louis-Dreyfus continues to receive treatment for breast cancer.
Veep showrunner Frank Rich revealed the production delay on what will be the comedy’s final season while discussing the Emmy-winning star’s cancer battle during an interview with SiriusXM talk show Press Pool.
“Julia is undergoing treatment for breast cancer, and we’re obviously postponing production of the show — we were supposed to have started now – while she’s in treatment. But the expectation is that we will shoot again. We have one more season we’re doing, which we’re incredibly excited about. Rather impressively, while we wait for her to gather her full strength, around her treatment, we’ve been having with the cast in Los Angeles, table reads of scripts for the final season as they’re ready,” Rich explained to Press Pool host Julie Mason.
“So it’s been quite something because she’s fighting a serious, what is for anybody, a real illness. And yet, wants to keep working as much as circumstances allow without being crazy about it,” he said.
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“I’ve seen her as recently as 10 days ago, and watched her just be hilarious playing Selina Meyer. With the cast all around her playing the assorted group of idiots that Selena has to deal with on a weekly basis on the show,” added Rich in the interview, which can be heard below. “So she’s got a great support system. She’s a very strong person and we can’t wait to welcome her back at full speed.”
The former Seinfeld star revealed she had been diagnosed with breast cancer back in September, announcing the news on social media while also using her diagnosis to help “make universal health care a reality.”
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