“I order cosmos.
I mix and match.
I don’t know what goes with what.
Everyone says, ‘you might’t drink wine and liquor.’
I do…within reason, obviously.”
Doing things within reason isn’t somethingSchitt’s Creekfans are used to seeing from Levy.
(A Negroni, a Moscow Mule, and a whiskey on the rocks, to be exact.)
So I started to brainstorm ideas for a television show.
We started to explore the show and very quickly realized there was something there we wanted to say.
And that really stuck with us.
A lot of networks were suggesting, “Why don’t you change it toUp a Creek?”
or other plays on the name, but that was never really what we wanted.
You identify as a gay man but decided your character would identify as pansexual.
Why was that important to you?When you break down a character, certain things just appear.
And there’s something exciting about exploring things that haven’t necessarily been represented on television before.
But I knew we never wanted it to be a “teachable moment.”
I never know what to say.
“Um…you’re welcome?”
We’re still just that little team up in Canada just trying to get a show made.
So why make season 6 the end?I had always known that that was the case.
In fact, I had thought it was going to be five.
I feel really confident that we’ve really mined everything we could.
But the world doesn’t explode at the end of it.
I’m not one to lay down the iron fist and say, “This is it forever.”
This is just it for now.
What’s your craziest fan experience?I love how much drag culture has embraced Moira Rose.
They were all going to see us live and had shown up in drag as Moira.
We ended up surprising them and guest-judging their drag show.
That was really fun.
And Mariah Carey has tweeted [about the show].
I mean, I had posters of her on my walls in high school.
And then two weeks later, I had signed on.
Everyone’s competing for a cake plate.
The simplicity of that was so wonderful that I wanted to be a part of it.
And I backed out.
Is that a story about your life?"
No, thank you… and no, I didn’t f a pie."
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