Curb Your Enthusiasm Star Credits Larry David for Maria Sofia's Bad Acting
Curb Your Enthusiasm star Keyla Monterroso Mejia, who plays Maria Sofia, has credited series creator Larry David with the character’s bad acting. The eleventh season of the popular HBO series has recently wrapped up and for many fans, it was one of the best so far. At 74, David has managed to keep audiences laughing with his unique brand of cynical and neurotic comedy since first gaining fame as the co-creator of Seinfeld. Though there has been speculation as to how much longer Curb will continue, it still seems to be going just as strong as ever.
Having already run for two seasons longer than Seinfeld did, David (who plays an exaggerated version of himself) has cast a wide range of co-stars to help ensure the comedy stays strong. Arguably one of the best decisions made in the series was to bring Leon Black (J.B. Smoove) on as Larry’s housemate and friend. But in the eleventh season, David introduced a character that fans loved to hate. After being blackmailed in the first episode into casting Maria Sofia as the love interest in his new TV series, Larry discovers – to his utter horror – that her acting is bad on an almost unprecedented level. Watching her grossly misinterpret everything from tone to the most basic elements of timing is absolutely hilarious.
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Instantly becoming one of the highlights of Curb’s eleventh season, Mejia’s bad acting ability actually takes a lot of skill to pull off. Because the series is unscripted, the character's reactions feel so much more natural, nailing the essential cringe element that so much of Curb’s comedy depends on. While talking with Inside Edition recently about her character and time on the series,
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