
I first became aware of Catherine through her work on SCTV, but we didn’t really get to know each other until Schitt’s Creek. She initially helped us with a pilot presentation to try and sell the show, but it didn’t get picked up. At that time, the character of Moira wasn’t fully developed, and we were still figuring things out. When we decided to make the show ourselves in Canada and secured funding, we asked her to join again. She actually turned the role down at first, hesitant to commit to a project that could last for years. Once she agreed, I made a point of supporting all of her creative choices. She wasn’t making demands, she simply had a strong vision for the character. She shared photos of Daphne Guinness as inspiration and wanted to push Moira’s style to the absolute limit – something I was excited about, though surprised by. I immediately knew, after hearing her ideas, that this would be a completely different side of Catherine that audiences hadn’t seen before.