Seth Rogen delivers emotional tribute accepting Catherine O’Hara’s final award
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Catherine O’Hara’s Hollywood legacy was further cemented at the 32nd Actor Awards on Sunday night.
The late actress was posthumously awarded Best TV Comedy Actress for her final role in the second season of “The Studio.”
“The Studio” star and creator Seth Rogen appreciated O’Hara’s generosity and kindness in accepting the award on his behalf.
Seth Rogen honored “The Studio” co-star Catherine O’Hara for her posthumous victory at the 32nd annual Actor Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday. (Eric Charbonneau)
O’Hara died of a pulmonary embolism in January, according to her death certificate obtained by Fox News Digital; this was due to rectal cancer. He was 71 years old.
During an emotional speech, Rogen admitted that he was asked to undertake the “very sad honor” of accepting O’Hara’s award.
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“I know he would be honored to receive this award from his fellow cast members, whom I know he had great respect for, he was a huge fan of all of you,” Rogen said.
Seth Rogen received the Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series for the movie “The Studio” on behalf of the late actress Catherine O’Hara. (Matt Winkelmeyer)
He thought he felt “fortunate enough” to spend time working with him and was amazed that O’Hara “had the ability to be generous, kind and gentle, yet never underestimate her own talents and ability to contribute to the work we do.” He knew he could destroy and wanted to destroy every day we were on set.
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Rogen continued: “I didn’t tell the other cast members this because I didn’t want them to get any opinions, but almost every evening before we did a shooting day on our show, he would always send me and Evan a pretty similar email: ‘Hi, I hope you’ll consider the following.’
“And then he would have a completely rewritten version of the scene he was in. And literally 100%, he not only made his character better, but he made the scene and the whole show as a whole better. And it really showed that you can be a genius and you can be kind, and one of those things doesn’t have to be at the expense of the other in any way.”
Seth Rogen celebrated the late Catherine O’Hara at the Actor Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday. (Matt Winkelmeyer)
Rogen implored the audience, “If you have people in your life who don’t know or don’t work, if you have kids in your life or people who are just uncommunicative or stupid, show them O’Hara dancing to Harry Belafonte in ‘Beetlejuice,’ show them O’Hara hurting her knee in ‘Best in Show,’ limping around doing that amazing thing, and tell people while they’re laughing that that’s Catherine. O’Hara and we are lucky enough to live in a world where she is like that.” we were lucky. [generously] He shared his talents with us. Thank you.”
O’Hara, 20 years before his death During a routine doctor’s visit, he discovered he had dextrocardia situs inversus, a rare medical condition.
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“He calls us into his office and says, ‘You’re the first person I’ve ever met!'” O’Hara said. “he says,” recalls O’Hara.Virtual Happy Hour” With Kathryn Hall in 2020. “I don’t even know her name because I don’t want to know her name. It’s a cardio-reverse thing. Then dextrocardia and something wrong.”
Catherine O’Hara died on January 30 in Los Angeles. He was 71 years old. (Kate Green/Getty Images for Warner Bros. Pictures)
“People will think I’m too ignorant to know this, but I don’t want to know. Because I didn’t know it before this.”
O’Hara’s career spanned decades and defined moments in Hollywood comedy, from her scene-stealing performance as the exasperated but lovable mother in the blockbuster. “Home Alone” She creates an unforgettable movie with her role as the eccentric Moira Rose in “Schitt’s Creek”.
Recent TV performances “The Last of Us” and “The Studio” earned Emmy nominations for outstanding guest actress in a drama series and outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series.
O’Hara is survived by her husband, production designer Bo Welch, and sons Matthew and Luke, as well as siblings Michael O’Hara, Mary Margaret O’Hara, Maureen Jolley, Marcus O’Hara, Tom O’Hara, and Patricia Wallice.
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Fox News Digital’s Lauryn Overhultz contributed to this report.
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