Dan Levy breaks down in tears when asked if there could be a Schitt’s Creek sequel

Dan Levy has become emotional after revealing he was considering making a Schitt’s Creek sequel before Catherine O’Hara’s death.

The sitcom was created by Dan and his dad Eugene Levy – running for six seasons from 2015 until 2020.

The series starred Eugene and Catherine O’Hara as Johnny and Moira Rose, a wealthy couple who lose their fortune after their business manager embezzles the family company. They are then forced to move to a motel in the small town of Schitt’s Creek alongside their adult children David (played by Dan) and Alexis, played by Annie Murphy.

Throughout its run the series won 19 Emmy nominations, and its final season swept all seven major comedy award categories.  

However, in January this year, its star O’Hara died aged 71, with her cause of death later been confirmed as pulmonary embolism (a sudden blockage in a lung artery), with rectal cancer as the underlying cause.

A few months’ on, Dan, 42, has now given an interview where he broke down in tears speaking about his co-star’s death.

During an episode of CBS News’ Sunday Morning, Dan visited Goodwood – the community in Ontario, Canada where the show was filmed.

While walking the streets with reporter Anthony Mason, he was asked about the possibility of the show being revived down the line.

‘No. Not now,’ he replied. ‘You can’t,’ he added.

Dan went on to reveal that he’d been considering a new chapter for the series before O’Hara died, with his plans for the show to have included her.

‘Yeah I was thinking about it. Yeah,’ he told Anthony before his voice quivered and he became visibly emotional.

‘It’s tough. It’s tough being back,’ he then said before wiping his eyes. ‘I didn’t think that I’d have quite an emotional reaction.’

When asked how he was feelings, Dan answered: ‘Just a lot of memories…a lot of memories with Catherine.’

Again pausing and wiping away his tears, Dan said: ‘It’s what you have to hold onto is the memories of it all.’

Late last month Dan also spoke about O’Hara’s death while appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

After the talk show host offered his condolences, Dan said of the actress: ‘Listen, it’s like a collective loss, I think. She was the greatest. She’s irreplaceable. The great comfort for me has just been to see how loved she was, you know what I mean? The outpouring. Everyone felt like they kind of knew her.’

He then went on to call O’Hara – who was also known for her roles in Home Alone and The Studio – ‘unbelievably talented at improvising’ and ‘one of the great, great, great, great queens’.

Soon after the actress’ death was announced, Dan paid touching tribute on social media.

Sharing two pictures, a selfie with O’Hara and a snap of David and Moira in the show, he wrote in the caption: ‘What a gift to have gotten to dance in the warm glow of Catherine O’Hara’s brilliance for all those years.

‘Having spent over fifty years collaborating with my Dad, Catherine was extended family before she ever played my family.

‘It’s hard to imagine a world without her in it. I will cherish every funny memory I was fortunate enough to make with her.

‘My heart goes out to Bo, Matthew, Luke and every member of her big, beautiful family.’

Six years since Schitt’s Creek ended, Dan’s latest series Big Mistakes will also be released this week.

It’s been promised that the eight-part series will be a ‘wildly dysfunctional, hilariously chaotic ride’ that follows two ‘deeply incapable siblings who are blackmailed into the world of organised crime’.

Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Dan explained how the idea for the series came from a very specific phobia.

‘I have a completely unfounded fear of being entrapped by organised crime,’ he said. ‘I don’t know whether it was my algorithm or just the kinds of news that I’ve been drawn to over the years.

‘Most of the time, you can’t really get out once you’re in, and that felt really scary to me, but it also felt really propulsive as a story idea for TV. Throw two characters who ultimately prove themselves to be a liability to the organised crime dynamic, therein lies the comedy.’

Schitt’s Creek is streaming on Netflix. Big Mistakes is streaming from Thursday.

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