It was 1998 in Los Angeles when a waitress who in her spare time was part of the group The Groundlings took part in a theatrical exhibition for the industry. When her turn came, she played a supposed earthquake expert in a sketch who had no idea about the subject. “In the worst case, you can drink your own piss”, he let go without thinking, not imagining that that sentence would make one of the attendees laugh, who was looking for an unknown actress for a special comedy he was preparing.
Soon after, they called her to invite her to an audition. When she arrived, she discovered that she would be doing it alongside Larry David, the screenwriter and stand-up comedian who had become famous playing George Steinbrenner on Seinfield, the television series that captivated Americans for a decade. which had won 10 Emmys and 4 Golden Globes along the way, and which he had also co-written and produced. At the audition, Larry proposed an idea to him, and told him to start improvising. In this way, Cheryl Hines won the role that would transform her life, that of the suffering wife of the protagonist of Larry David (Curb your enthusiasm, in the United States), the HBO series that would quickly become one of the chain’s biggest hits.
2024 finds Hines, already a famous actress with two Emmy nominations, in a completely different place. It is the year in which the series and its most famous character, who shares a first name with her and who is already Larry’s ex-wife, finally say goodbye to television. But, also, if a situation takes place that many consider utopian, his life could take a momentous turn. In fact, her husband is none other than Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who, after considering running in the Democratic Party primaries, announced that he will participate as an independent candidate in the presidential elections that will take place in November to the United States.
It is no secret that former President Trump is the favorite, beyond some polls that predict a technical tie with Biden. The prognosis, however, can change overnight, not only because Trump could be disqualified for one of the many trials he faces or Biden could drop out of the race for re-election to make way for a more popular candidate, but because they are many voters who have no interest in a new battle between these two big gentlemen.
According to Douglas Mackinnon, a contributor to the prestigious political outlet The Hill who wrote speeches for Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, a victory for Kennedy jr should not be ruled out. although in the past those who tried to reach the government outside the confrontation between Republicans and Democrats, such as Ross Perot, Ralph Nader or Jill Stein, were left out beyond the number of votes. The analyst points out that, in the same way that a victory for Milei in Argentina was unthinkable a few months ago, and that even Trump surprised everyone when he prevailed in 2017, something similar could happen with the third of 11 children who had the murder of the general prosecutor of the same name, especially because, like Milei, he is not a career politician and shares a certain conspiratorial view of the world with the Argentine far-right.
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Hines, 58, didn’t resist toying with the idea of ??moving into the White House: “If you ask me if it’s ever been my dream to be the first lady, I’ll tell you no, but if someone tells me that from tomorrow I will be, I’ll say: ‘It’s wonderful.’ I can’t wait to see what it’s like. If I see it that way, it could be an extraordinary situation. If it’s what life puts in front of you, you have to accept it and experience everything that comes after.” One thing Cheryl is clear about is that, if it were to happen, she would not abandon a career that includes playing Robin Williams’ wife in What a Holiday!, being one of the stars of the series Out of Place in the United States) or having participated in in the first season of The flight attendant
Although she has never stopped working as an actress, attention in recent years has focused more on her reactions to the controversial statements of her husband, a furious anti-vaccine activist, than on her supporting roles in film and the television. That’s precisely why she attended the party that Amazon held the night before the Golden Globes, as a way to remind the industry that, in addition to Kennedy Jr.’s wife, she can be a very funny actress.
