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In a heartfelt response to the passing of Catherine O’Hara at age 71, Seth Rogen and his fellow cast members from “The Studio” have decided to withdraw from a scheduled Apple TV event. The event was originally set to take place on Tuesday, February 3.
According to a report by Deadline on Saturday, the cast, which includes Rogen, Ike Barinholtz, Kathryn Hahn, and Chase Sui Wonders, will no longer be present at the press event planned to be held at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. Catherine O’Hara was not originally slated to appear at this gathering.
In a joint statement to the media outlet, Apple and Lionsgate expressed their collective grief, stating, “We are all heartbroken by the loss of Catherine O’Hara.”
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The statement continued, “An undeniable legend, icon, and incomparable talent, Catherine elevated every project she was a part of, including the singular genius she brought to her role on ‘The Studio,’ and every transcendent performance she gifted to us.”
Created by and starring Rogen, “The Studio” premiered in March, and has been renewed for a second season. The comedy series is a satire of the entertainment industry, starring Rogen as a studio exec whose desire to make art is often at odds with the commercial demands of the job. O’Hara played his mentor, an ousted former exec.
The show swept the Emmys and Golden Globes.
O’Hara died at 71 on Friday. Her cause of death hasn’t been disclosed yet, but her representatives at Creative Artists Agency confirmed to Page Six that she passed away “following a brief illness.”
While it’s not clear if her diagnosis played a role in her death, O’Hara had situs inversus, a rare condition in which the arrangement of the internal organs is a mirror image of normal anatomy.
The “Schitt’s Creek” actress is survived by her husband of 33 years, Bo Welch, and their two sons, Matthew, 31, and Luke, 29.
Following her death, Barinholtz posted on Instagram, “I never in a million years thought I would get to work with Catherine O’Hara….so profoundly sad….so incredibly grateful I got to spend the time I did with her.”
Rogen also spoke out with an Instagram post on Friday.
“Really don’t know what to say… I told O’Hara when I first met her I thought she was the funniest person I’d ever had the pleasure of watching on screen,” he wrote, adding that her early work on “Home Alone” inspired him, and it was an “honor” to work with her.
He added, “She was hysterical, kind, intuitive, generous… she made me want to make our show good enough to be worthy of her presence in it. This is just devastating.”