The 'Schitt's Creek' actor is not offended when people shout 'Ew!' at him because that's the catchphrase his television character, David Rose, is famous for.
- Jan 15, 2024
AceShowbiz - Dan Levy doesn't mind when people mistake him for his "Schitt's Creek" character. The 40-year-old actor played David Rose in the hit Netflix comedy series - which he also created -and doesn't mind that fans still call him by the name of his on-screen alter ego or yell his famous catchphrase at him because he has pride in having created a show that people have taken to their hearts.
"Folks would even scream from passing cars, out their windows at me, 'Ew!' If you create something that lives with people to the point where they forget who you are, I will never take offence to that," he told People.
Meanwhile, Dan revealed that he almost landed a role as one of the Ken dolls in Greta Gerwig's summer blockbuster "Barbie" and admitted after the success of the billion-dollar comedy that having to turn down a part because of scheduling issues "haunts" him at night.
He added, "I think Greta had such a like wonderfully bizarre and magical aesthetic idea of what that movie was. I would have loved to play in her world. I think she is one of the great, young auteurs of our time. Does it haunt me when I sleep at night? Sometimes. It's not like it isn't like one of the biggest movies of all time. That was a tough, that was a tough day!"
Dan is now starring in Netflix comedy film "Good Grief" - which follows an artist grieving the loss of his famous writer husband - and explained that he was inspired to write the movie because of how he is often single and relies on friends for support.
He said, "As someone who's single a lot, your friends are the loves of your life. The friends I have are lifers. I love them dearly, to the point where I wrote a movie about that love and how it can save us in the hardest of times."
