As Stevie Budd , the beleaguered manager of the Rosebud Hotel on the democratic sitcomSchitt ’s Creek , Emily Hampshire has hone the art of looking exasperated . Budd is the local most often tasked with shell out with the Rose sept ( Eugene Levy , Dan Levy , Catherine O’Hara , and Annie Murphy ) , a once - moneyed clan forced to relocate to the small Ithiel Town of the title after going stone-broke .
With the final time of year ofSchitt’scurrently air on Pop and a Tide commercial ventilate during this year’sSuper Bowl , Hampshire is experiencing a peak career second in this flush TV epoch . We spoke with her about her Nickelodeon beginnings and what ’s next after theSchitt’sfamily takes their final curtain call .
I did the lazy matter and looked at your filmography before catch on this call . I stopped as presently as I date you were on two episode ofAre You Afraid of the Dark ?
Then you did n’t get very far . That was the first thing I ever did . I commemorate it very well . I played Girlfriend Number One . My only shot was to go over to the boy ’s house and make out with him . I wanted to be very professional , so I commemorate going up to the theatre director and require what he want . " Should it be full lip ? Open mouth ? With tongue ? " He must have been appal , this 12 - year - old report different ways of kissing .
It must have live well , since they asked you back . You wound up doing two instalment .
I play Girlfriend act Two . It was kind of a demotion .
I would also add that one of the episode titles , “ The Tale of the Vacant Lot , ” does not sound all that challenging . Not as much as “ The Tale of Cutter ’s Treasure . ”
I would say it ’s a lot more compelling !
Fair . You did a peck of serial television as a child actor but the Super Bowl Tide Power Pods spot is your first commercial message , which is surprising . It seems like Thomas Kid go out for commercial all the clip .
I auditioned . I just did n’t get them . It ’s not a moral thing , I would gladly have exact the money . I was just horrifying at it . I ’m just really spoilt at sell anything I do n’t in reality use or like . It sounds like I ’m trying to smuggle something at customs . But this commercial came along and they basically wanted me to be me , which [ Schitt ’s Creekco - creator and co - star ] Dan Levy call “ on brand . ”
On blade ?
Laziness and shillyshally . Everyone knows the best clip to do laundry is later . When I get something on me , everyone start trying to prod me with a Tide to Go pen . Now I can distinguish them to hold off and do it later . It ’s my first commercial , and it happens to be a Super Bowl commercial , which is insane . And it ’s with Charlie Day . He does n’t bonk this , but I ’m maybe the big Charlie Day fan of all time .
Schitt ’s Creekis ending after the sixth and current season , which seems like something Charlie Day would deal a warm - up . It ’s Always Sunny in Philadelphiahas gone 14 season and counting .
I hope it goes on forever . Most shows do n’t screw when they ’re going to end . They just get cancel . Dan had the luxury of doing it right . I ’ve visit the conclusion and I respect Dan ’s determination to cease it now and in a path that stays true to the characters . What Charlie ’s show can do that our show ca n’t is they can do anything . It ’s not really the same kind of show . They can go on adventures .
Schitt ’s Creekseemed to stick to the same flight asBreaking Bad . It aired on a connection for a few season before getting picked up by Netflix and blow up in popularity . Was there a minute when you realise that was encounter ?
It was kind of overnight . The last season , when I come back to Los Angeles [ from Canada , where the serial publication is hit ] , it was a whole different experience at Bed , Bath and Beyond . I was acknowledge nonstop in there . Over Christmas , it seemed like everybody was watchingSchitt ’s .
It ’s peculiar , because I have a go at it doing the show and loved the characters . We all loved them in spite of no one really watching or caring . Then we ’re suddenly at the SAG Awards and Nicole Kidman wants to take a picture with us .
Did you have any input into where Stevie ends up ?
Dan hump how he wanted to terminate the show from the beginning . I did n’t have any input . I was as appalled as anyone when Stevie would up inCabaretlast season .
Aside from Stevie , is there a character you were the most peculiar about in terms of where they wreathe up ?
Stevie was really the only one I was odd about . Everyone else , I could kind of imagine where they wound up . The Roses might go home , or they might watch to love the town and stay . Stevie is the only one I had no idea about . That ’s her ultimate struggle . Who is she , and where does she fit in ?
What shows have stuck the landing place , in your opinion ?
aboveboard , the only television I learn isForensic Files , Dateline , and murder mysteries . No , wait , that ’s not unfeigned . Fleabag . Fleabagwas bang-up .
Post - Schitt ’s , you ’re doing a horror movie calledHome .
We shot that , yes . It ’s the first movie I ’ve ever executive produced . We ’re cutting it right now . It ’s very cool . It ’s aHereditarykind of horror . The handwriting descend to me , and when a revulsion book come to me , I expect it to be the worst thing I ’ve ever take . But this was effective . It ’s about postpartum depression .
I envisage you went back toAre You Afraid of the Dark?for citation .
Oh , sure .
