Sharon Horgan: ‘Catastrophe’ to ‘Bad Sisters’

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🗓️ 23 August 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Sharon Horgan can’t seem to stop creating television shows. From ‘Pulling’ to ‘Catastrophe’ to ‘Divorce’ to ‘Motherland’ to ‘Shining Vale’ to her latest, the Apple TV+ comedy thriller ‘Bad Sisters,’ she is one of the most prolific TV showrunners in the game. In this episode, Horgan talks about going outside of her comfort zone for her new show and creating her first truly villainous character after years of writing flawed but ultimately sympathetic figures. She also reflects on how she met her ‘Catastrophe’ co-creator and co-star Rob Delaney on Twitter, remembers her final dinner with the late Carrie Fisher (who just happened to bring along Salman Rushdie) and looks ahead to the even more personal show she’s hoping to create next.

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0:00.0	Is there anyone who can make just absolutely vicious arguments like this one,
0:06.1	funnier than my guest on today's show?
0:08.8	What's funny?
0:10.6	No, it's to lullaby music. It's sorry.
0:14.8	Do you want me to put on some motorhead?
0:17.3	I mean, tell me what you want me to put on, because I'd like to have sex with you. Me too. I just can we do it in the morning.
0:28.6	What's the matter?
0:31.6	Nothing. No, you know what? Sexual rainchecks are abusive.
0:38.3	What?
0:39.3	What? I just got the fucking baby just leave.
0:43.3	It's not healthy the way that you are with her now.
0:46.3	You know what you remind me of? The way that you hold her, the way that you gaze at her?
0:50.3	Gollum. From Lord of the Rings, Andy Smeagled, weird C.G.I. Man thing.
0:55.7	Yeah, I know who Gollum is.
0:57.3	Good. Because that's what I see when I look at you now.
0:59.7	Because?
1:00.2	Because of the way you're all hunched over her.
1:01.9	Like, don't touch my precious.
1:03.9	Stay away from my precious.
1:05.8	Well, you know, um, first off,
1:08.6	I thought you were comparing me to Gallum because of my sunken eyes, so now I don't even care.
1:12.2	And secondly, look at you.
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