Hugh Laurie Will Officially Join ‘Veep’ For ‘Several Episodes’ Next Season

Everyone’s favorite Vicodin-popping doctor is already set to return to television with AMC’s adaptation of The Night Manager. Now it looks like Hugh Laurie will reportedly make a splash on Veep in an unspecified role.

The two-time Golden Globe winner (and six-time Emmy nominee) was spotted filming a scene today by Baltimore Media Blog, and HBO has confirmed to TVLine that he’ll indeed appear in the Julia Louis-Dreyfus comedy when it returns with fresh episodes next year.

Producers refused to provide any details, though they admitted the role lasts for several episodes. Many speculate Laurie will either play the Vice Presidential nominee or campaign manager to Julia Louis-Dreyfus’s newly-confirmed President of the United States.

Both are good, but with the show’s lineage back to The Thick of It and In the Loop, I’d like to see Laurie take on an Americanized Malcolm Tucker-like persona.

Source: TVLine

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