She might not know it, but Julia Louis-Dreyfus may be one of the best criers in Hollywood. 'I've never heard that in my entire life until now,' she tells me, slightly flummoxed, when I ask if anyone's ever told her that. But go as far back as her years playing Elaine on Seinfeld, and you'll see what I mean. Take the scene where she tearfully breaks the news over the phone that her boss won't give her a day off for an impromptu trip to Atlantic City.
So he was always morphing and changing, but he was always doing it with us on set. That was a constant.There's a surprising amount of physical work involved in a movie like this to bring the magical elements to life. Does having a comedy background help?It's a huge benefit to have a background doing a lot of comic work. But the truth is that both comedy and drama are very, very, very related to one another. If you're doing comedy, it's born out of a truthful place.