Cheryl Hines ended up working as Rob Reiner’s assistant

When Hines shared the news of her casting in Curb Your Enthusiasm with Reiner, it was also her resignation as his personal assistant. Reiner was particularly surprised, Hines explained, because he and Larry David are already friends. “He said, ‘Why didn’t you tell me you were going to auditions in the first place?'” Hines continued, “and I was like, ‘I’m not going to tell you every audition I go to,’ because at the time I did.” got me into who knows what every other day, but he thought it was so crazy.”

It’s not far-fetched to imagine that Hines’ real-world experience as a bartender and personal assistant — grappling with the demands of drunk people and the Hollywood elite — might have made her a unique person to delve into David’s cringe comedy shenanigans in “Curb” to reconcile your enthusiasm.” In a 2007 interview with collidersshe acknowledged that her work as an assistant at least made her more sympathetic to the kind of people who are forced to fly to other cities to pick up a pie for their boss and then fly back with the pie to take its own place The plane.

“I almost apologize for asking her to pick up my laundry because I’ve been there and I know how it feels,” she said. “And I always tell my assistant if I ever ask you to do something you don’t want to do or are uncomfortable with, just let me know.”

The first 11 seasons of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” will stream on HBO Max, while the 12th and possibly final season (depending on who you ask) is expected to release before the end of the year.