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Hollywood legend’s secret ‘torture’ behind the scenes on Seinfeld

A new biography reveals Seinfeld co-creator Larry David found making the show so stressful he'd have preferred a year in prison to another season.

Seinfeld co-creator Larry David reportedly found working on the sitcom “torturous”, according to a new biography that goes behind the scenes on the ’90s hit. Read more.

The Long Sip
What happened

A new authorised biography of Larry David reveals he found co-running Seinfeld genuinely torturous due to his relentless drive for perfection.

The detail

The book's author says a colleague compared David's experience making episodes to the pain of passing kidney stones.

And then

Despite the stress, David reunited with Jerry Seinfeld and Julia Louis-Dreyfus last December, delighting fans more than 25 years after the show ended.

Full story at Nine.com.au

What readers are saying

samira1986
The biography author makes an interesting point about David's perfectionism being the real issue rather than conflict with Jerry. He apparently worried they'd focused too much on his anxiety during production, which suggests he may have been reluctant to let that side of the story out at all. It does shift how you think about the show's success - less about behind-the-scenes drama and more about one person's relentless internal pressure.
CoastalWendy
It is quite telling that the pressure came from within rather than from the network executives.
marie69
It is very sad to think that Larry David felt like he was passing kidney stones just to make us laugh. That level of anxiety for the sake of quality shows how much he actually cared about the work.
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