“The Studio” star David Krumholtz nearly broke down in tears when he met his co-star Catherine O’Hara for the first time.
“I got emotional when they introduced me to her, but I never expected it to happen,” he exclusively told Page Six at the recent Writers Guild Awards ceremony in New York.
The “The Santa Clause” star, 47, explained: “I was embarrassed and she was sure I was ‘just doing it’ and was lying, but I really almost cried.”
“My nose turned red. That was a pre-squeak,” he added, before saying of O’Hara, “I couldn’t have asked for a nicer person. She’s a huge influence on character actors and I’ll miss her so much.”
Mr. O’Hara passed away on January 30th at the age of 71.
Creative Artists Agency told Page Six in a statement that the actress died at her home in Los Angeles “after a brief illness.”
On February 9, it was revealed that the “Schitt’s Creek” star’s cause of death was a pulmonary embolism.
Krumholtz and O’Hara worked on the first season of the Apple+ series “The Studio,” in which the “Best in Show” actress played a former Hollywood studio head and the “10 Things I Hate About You” actor played a Hollywood talent agent.
Last month, O’Hara posthumously won the 2026 SAG Actor Award for Outstanding Female Actress in a Comedy Series for the role.
Seth Rogen, the show’s co-creator, remembered O’Hara as “generous, kind and fierce, but who never belittled her talents” and gave a moving speech while accepting the prize on her behalf.
“She knew she could destroy and wanted to destroy every day on set,” he recalled.
Rogen encouraged people to watch O’Hara’s legendary on-screen performance, saying, “We are lucky to live in a world where she shared that talent with us.”
O’Hara is likely to be honored in the memorial section of this year’s Oscars, along with other stars lost last year, including Diane Keaton, Rob Reiner and Robert Redford.
She reportedly had not filmed any scenes for season 2 of the popular show until her death.
