The show’s sixth season finally reveals Garber as Moira’s Sunrise Bay costar.
This article contains spoilers forSchitts Creekepisode 610, Sunrise, Sunset.
Did you guys talk about that role at all?
Victor Garber as Clifton Sparks.Credit: Pop TV
VICTOR GARBER:No, it was only this one.
Eugene sent me an email, and said, Would you consider this?
I couldn’t believe they were asking me to do it.
(L-R) Garber, Catherine O’Hara, and Saul Rubinek.Pop TV
And it was one of the highlights of the year.
I’ve known Catherine most of my life and we’ve never worked together.
And so the idea that I would get to work with her as well is pretty exciting.
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Do you watch the show regularly?
I’m a big fan.
And I just finished working on a movie in Pittsburgh, and Daniel was in it.
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That was a joy.
You’ve known Eugene and Catherine for so long, but when did you first meet Dan?
I remember we did go out to dinner once with him and Eugene.
How has he changed?
His intelligence is daunting, and I’m intimidated by him because I think he’s a genius.
His mother and his father are pretty extraordinary, and so he’s a great compilation of those people.
Well, yes, he’s embellished it somewhat, but in my recollection, it was pretty thrilling.
It becomes quite a party trick when they’re together.
We all met that one fateful day in Toronto and Gilda [Radner].
I knew Andrea Martin before that.
It was pretty heady and exciting.
Catherine OHaras brother was datingGilda Radnerat that time, which is how she first met Eugene.
Did you know her then?
Let’s talk about theSunrise Bayflashback.
First of all: your wig.
Well, the wig, that wasn’t the first try.
That was [after] a couple of really scary ones and then they found that.
I looked like that person, and we could barely get through it, we were laughing so hard.
Wed heard in earlier episodes that a triple slap is one of Vivians trademark moves.
Is there a secret to a successful triple slap?
It’s just technique.
You just keep working on it.
The camera angle has to be right.
And then we just did it over and over and over and laughed every time.
We also get to see the great Saul Rubinek in this episode.
Tell us about working with him
I thought, boy, this is a high-end group right here.
Ive got to be on my toes because Saul can just steal the scene from anybody.
I didLiberacewith him, and I didLaughter on the 23rd Floorwith him.
These were TV movies, and he was formidable.
He’s a brilliant actor and a sweetheart.
It’s a little bittersweet that you don’t actually get a scene with Eugene Levy.
Yes, I was sad about that.
But Catherine made up for it.
How does it feel to see your friends make this show and have it become a hit?
And then Catherine was the obvious and perfect choice.
This came out of nowhere and I think what people respond to is the authenticity of it.
It was just a departure from the world, the horror that we’re living through at the moment.
It was like what an old television show could do for when you were a kid.
It just took you out of whatever you were going through.
And honestly, it raised my spirits.
I feel very grateful.
