Here's Why Tom Hanks Sent 'Veep' Creator a Personal Letter for the Show

Veep may have touched many people the wrong or the right way but what is has mainly done is created a political satire that got one and all laughing their guts out (no pun intended). Nevertheless, here's why none other than Tom Hanks went on to send a personal letter to the director of Veep, Armando Ianucci, whose recently directed film, The Personal History of David Copperfield has been receiving good reviews.

On how Veep saw its final season this year and how the character of Selina Meyers' (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) state funeral got knocked down by the headlines of the death of Tom Hanks, he said, "Yes! I was more sad for Tom Hanks. I think they had to ask his permission. But he sent me a very nice letter, which was badly typed on an old-fashioned typewriter, saying how much he liked the show. What was great, because I wasn't involved in the last couple of seasons, is that I genuinely didn't know what was going to happen next, so I was able to watch it as a normal viewer."

On taking a break from political satire, he said, "I just thought that what's happening at the moment is so crazy that any attempt to try and summarize that craziness is never going to be quite as bizarre. There's never a plan. After [2009's] In the Loop, I didn't realize it would take nine years to make my next film. And I didn't realize my next film would be from a graphic novel [Death of Stalin]. Suddenly, the right theme or right story pops into your head and you think, "That's the one."