Schitt’s Creek star Noah Reid he is remembering the evening Catherine O’HaraThe legacy of his death at the age of 71.
“I’m at a total loss. We all are, clearly,” Reid, 38, wrote Instagram on Saturday January 31. “Meeting Catherine was surreal, like meeting a painting, a hologram or a saint. Working with Catherine was uplifting, understanding that there was collaboration in competition, that there were secret ways of knowing and doing that she was willing to share, and that there was humor and magic in everything.”
He continued: “Meeting Catherine was a gift I still can’t believe I received. The freshest, kindest, realest, funniest, genuinest. The best of us. An electric current of creativity I haven’t seen before or since.”
Us Weekly confirmed on Friday January 30 that O’Hara died after battling an undisclosed illness.
Catherine O’Hara’s Schitt’s Creek co-stars are mourning the death of their former co-star. “What a gift to have been able to dance in the warm glow of Catherine O’Hara’s brilliance all these years,” Dan Levy wrote via Instagram on Friday, January 30. “Having spent more than fifty years collaborating with my father, Catherine was an extended family (…)
“Prolific multi-award winning actress, writer and comedian Catherine O’Hara died today at her home in Los Angeles after a brief illness,” O’Hara’s agency, Creative Artists Agency, said in a statement. “The family will hold a private celebration of life.”
Among O’Hara’s impressive list of acting credits, he starred in Moira Rose Schitt’s Creek from 2015 to 2020 on the contrary Eugene Levy, Dan Levy i Annie Murphy. The show followed the wealthy Rose family, after they lose all their money and are forced to settle in the fictional town of Schitt’s Creek. (The small town was his last remaining asset that had not been foreclosed on).
Reid, meanwhile, played Patrick Brewer starting in season 3. Patrick eventually married Dan’s David Rose before the series finale.
Schitt’s Creek was created by father-son duo Eugene, 79, and Dan, 42, although O’Hara gave a glimpse of Moira’s portrayal.
“I had lunch with Eugene and Daniel, and I came armed with all these photos, mostly of Daphne Guinness. It’s all black and white, it’s very edgy,” said O’Hara, Eugene’s longtime collaborator and friend. variety in 2020 of his inspiration on the screen. “You can tell she’s very conscious of the image she projects every day she leaves her house. Very strong, very armor-like, the necklaces she wears and the heels. So she’s not your typical half-hour comedy woman.”
He then continued, “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to have done this with Eugene and Daniel.”
O’Hara is survived by her husband, Good Welchand their two children, as well as their extended family.
“My heart goes out to Bo and his children, and the wonderful O’Hara clan, and mine Schitt’s Creek family of so many years,” Reid concluded his tribute Saturday. “How lucky we all were. We knew it then, and boy, do we feel it now. I love you COH.”
O’Hara and Reid’s Schitt’s Creek to cost Emily Hampshirewho portrayed Stevie, thought Reid summed it up the Beetlejuice legacy of the actress “perfectly”.
“I didn’t think there were words to describe her and what it was like to work with her, but you articulated it perfectly,” Hampshire, 44, wrote in the comments section.