‘Veep’ delayed as Julia Louis-Dreyfus undergoes cancer treatment
Channel: Celebrity Beat
Date: 2017-11-16

The leading lady is currently undergoing treatment for her breast cancer, and the show is waiting for her to begin shooting, executive producer Frank Rich announced Wednesday. “We’re obviously postponing production of the show — we were supposed to have started now – while she’s in treatment,” he said on SiriusXM’s Press Pool. “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. ”Louis-Dreyfus revealed in September that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer a day after the Emmy Awards. “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,” Rich said. “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. 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.