Dan Levy has become emotional while discussing the death of his Schitt's Creek co-star Catherine O'Hara, revealing he had been considering a sequel to the show before her passing. The 42-year-old actor and creator broke down in tears during an interview with CBS News' Sunday Morning, filmed in the Ontario community where the series was set.
O'Hara, who played matriarch Moira Rose, died in January at age 71 from a pulmonary embolism, with rectal cancer as the underlying cause. Levy, who portrayed her on-screen son David, told reporter Anthony Mason that being back on location brought back 'a lot of memories with Catherine.' He added: 'It's what you have to hold onto is the memories of it all.'
The sitcom, co-created by Levy and his father Eugene, ran for six seasons from 2015 to 2020, earning 19 Emmy nominations and sweeping all seven major comedy categories in its final season. Levy confirmed he had been mulling a new chapter for the series that would have included O'Hara, but her death has made that impossible.
In a separate appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Levy called O'Hara 'irreplaceable' and 'one of the great, great, great, great queens.' He noted the public outpouring of love for the actress, known also for roles in Home Alone and The Studio. Levy's latest project, the eight-part series Big Mistakes, premieres this week, following two siblings blackmailed into organised crime.
