‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ came to an end on Sunday, April 7, following 12 seasons spanning 24 years
Susie Essman’s onscreen persona is not who she is in real life.
At the Curb Your Enthusiasm: An Evening with Larry David event in New York City on Friday, April 5, the actress, 68, opened up about how her character Susie Greene had influenced her fans’ perception of her true demeanor.
“They are visibly upset when I am kind and gracious to them,” she said of when her followers approach her in person. “When they come up to me in the street and I like, I love you, I like to thank you. They see the face drops.”
“They want me to say go f— yourself and keep walking. That’s not who I am in real life. That’s called acting,” she continued, adding that she and both played heightened versions of themselves on the beloved series. “Larry is not really that character.”
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Essman — who played the fictionalized wife of David’s best friend and manager Jeff Greene (played by ) — is one of the only cast members who has been in every season of the long-running show.
Curb Your Enthusiasm concluded on Sunday, April 7 after 12 seasons spanning 24 years. The series finale picked up after David fell from grace as a liberal hero because he gave COVID.
The series premiered on HBO in 2000 and was inspired by an hourlong mockumentary initially intended as a one-off in which David, 76, portrays an exaggerated version of himself. The show went on hiatus in 2011 after season 8 and resumed in 2017.
The series earned 51 Emmy nominations and six Golden Globe nominations during its run.
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“As Curb comes to an end, I will now have the opportunity to finally shed this ‘Larry David’ persona and become the person God intended me to be — the thoughtful, kind, caring, considerate human being I was until I got derailed by portraying this malignant character,” David when Curb announced its final season. “And so ‘Larry David,’ I bid you farewell. Your misanthropy will not be missed. And for those of you who would like to get in touch with me, you can reach me at Doctors Without Borders.”
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