“The Studio” star David Krumholtz almost broke down in tears the first time he met co-star Catherine O’Hara.
“When they introduced me to her, I became emotional, and I didn’t expect to,” he exclusively told Page Six at the recent Writers Guild Awards in New York.
“The Santa Clause,” star 47, explained that it was “embarrassing and she was convinced that I was doing ‘a bit,’ and lying about it, but I was genuinely about to cry.”
“My nose got red, that’s the pre-cry,” he added before noting that O’Hara “couldn’t have been nicer. She’s a massive influence for any character actor and sorely missed.”
O’Hara died on Jan. 30 at age 71.
Creative Artists Agency told Page Six in a statement that the actress passed away in her Los Angeles home “following a brief illness.”
On Feb. 9, the “Schitt’s Creek” star’s cause of death was revealed to be a pulmonary embolism.
Krumholtz and O’Hara worked on the first season of the Apple+ series, “The Studio,” with the “Best in Show” actress playing a former Hollywood studio head and “10 Things I Hate About You” actor playing a Hollywood talent agent.
Last month, O’Hara posthumously won the outstanding female actress in a comedy series award at the 2026 SAG Actor Awards for the role.
The show’s co-creator, Seth Rogen, gave an emotional speech as he accepted the reward on her behalf, remembering O’Hara as “generous, kind and ferocious while never minimizing her own talents.
“She knew she could destroy and she wanted to destroy every day on set,” he recalled.
Rogen encouraged people to view O’Hara’s legendary on-screen performances, sharing, “We’re lucky to live in a world where she shared her talent with us.”
O’Hara will likely be honored at this year’s Oscars during the In Memoriam section along with other stars we’ve lost in the last year, including Diane Keaton, Rob Reiner, and Robert Redford.
The actress reportedly didn’t film any scenes for Season 2 of the hit show before her death.
