Ted Danson appeared in virtually all 12 seasons of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” as one among Larry David‘s nemeses. Playing a pretentious and smug model of himself, the “Cheers” star grew to become a fan-favorite on the present, most not too long ago showing within the collection finale.
But Danson was initially fairly skeptical of the unscripted HBO sitcom — and solely supplied to play himself out of pity for David.
“‘Curb’ actually did change my life, as a result of it reinvigorated my need to be humorous,” Danson stated on his podcast “Where Everybody Knows Your Name” whereas speaking to “Curb” star J.B. Smoove. But when he first watched the pilot together with his spouse, Mary Steenburgen, Danson “thought it sucked.”
“I assumed it completely sucked, and I felt sorry for my new good friend, Larry David,” Danson stated. “So, in making an attempt to be an encouraging sort of factor, I stated, ‘If you ever want us to play ourselves, we’d be pleased to.’ And in that kind of idiocy, I ended up being a part of one thing that modified my life.”
David, in fact, took Danson up on his provide, as he and Steenburgen starred as heightened variations of themselves within the second episode of “Curb,” titled “Ted and Mary.”
Danson additionally made headlines not too long ago whereas recalling a narrative from the set of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” when he realized mid-shoot that his character was despised by David’s character. When he arrived on his mark too early, Danson overheard the dialogue between David and one other actor on “Curb,” which went one thing like: “Danson, he’s an actual asshole.”
“I used to be like, ‘Wait, what?’ Because I by no means learn the scripts,” Danson stated on “Late Night With Seth Meyers” in November. “I went to Jeff Garlin and he stated, ‘You don’t know? You’re the worst human being on the planet. Larry hates you!’”
