In a career move that would make even Elaine Benes do a double-take, Julia Louis-Dreyfus has traded the political chaos of ‘Veep’ and the neurotic comedy of ‘Seinfeld’ for something completely different: being a detective sheep. Yes, you read that correctly – a sheep who solves crimes.
The Emmy-winning actress is lending her voice to ‘The Sheep Detectives,’ a film that’s currently grazing in theaters nationwide. And apparently, Louis-Dreyfus isn’t just phoning in her woolly performance from some fancy recording booth while counting her money. According to reports, she’s taking this ovine investigation role quite seriously, treating her four-legged character with the same dedication she brought to Selina Meyer’s presidential ambitions.
One has to wonder what Sherlock Holmes would think about being upstaged by livestock. Here we have an actress who spent years perfecting the art of political satire and relationship comedy, now channeling her talents into a character that literally counts sheep to fall asleep – except this sheep is the one keeping others awake with late-night case-solving.
The film promises that Louis-Dreyfus’s sheep detective has a ‘real arc,’ which is refreshing news in an era where many animated characters are flatter than roadkill. Whether this arc involves solving the mystery of who’s been stealing wool sweaters or investigating a conspiracy in the barnyard remains to be seen.
It’s certainly a departure from her previous roles, but if anyone can make a sheep detective both believable and hilarious, it’s the woman who convinced us that a dance could be ‘little kicks’ and that a politician could somehow be both incompetent and terrifying. Baa-rilliant casting choice, really.
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