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No need to ew your brother today: Annie Murphy, who plays a reformed princess of the international party, became head of public relations with a golden heart Schitt’s Creek, He received his first Emmy nomination this morning. Playing Alexis Rose, a frantic and bohemian voice, Murphy caught one of the most prominent featured actresses in a series of comedies for her work on the show’s farewell season, where Alexis, after years of personal and professional growth (and a poignant anguish)) in the small town, she decides to leave to continue growing her business in New York City. Show some respect by demanding that your Google Home play “A Little Bit Alexis” in a loop for the next 90 minutes. La la la la la la la! Read on for our conversation, minutes after Murphy discovered she was a nominee.
How did they alert you to this fantastic news?
I was sitting on the floor eating pancakes, and I had just finished choking on a big piece of bacon. I gathered around my laptop and discovered it that way. The choking of the bacon was actually after the discovery; It was a reactionary gasp.[[[[Laughs.]Everything is so wonderful and exciting. Wow. I think there are mimosas on the horizon. It’s all … a lot. But a wonderful batch.
A wonderful lot for the best television show.
I am so grateful to have been on a show and played a character that had to do with love, kindness, and inclusion. At the end of it all, at least, Alexis was all of those things. Especially during these times, those are incredibly important things that people are looking for. I will never stop being grateful for that.
What would you consider to be Alexis’ most defining moments?
Her graduation was a great time for her – it’s high school graduation, let’s be clear. Go back to school and be a fairly mature student in a room full of high school students and persevere through it. Also the lock and key episode, her first major public relations event she handled. She got over it with a broken heart, but she put on something wonderful for other people. That was one of her first great acts of self-love.
How many times do you think you said “ew, David” during the show’s run?
Okay, then, understand this. I was recently told that Alexis only said “hey David” one and a half times. There are “ew, David” and “David, ew”. And everything else is like “ugh, David” or “ouch, David”. I also love to add a “David” there. But the actual number of times the “ew” was there is surprisingly low.
Woohoo! I would have guessed 50.
I’d also have guessed over 75. I think we both failed and would have failed in trivia. Let’s say a maximum of five, but I think it’s significantly lower than that.
How do you think the Rose clan would face quarantine?
We’ve seen six seasons of the Roses essentially quarantined and they did a pretty good job. I think Alexis, in this particular quarantine situation, would be experiencing it one way or another. I would be quarantined on a yacht with Harry Styles and a group of beautiful famous people. She would be perfectly fine.
What were the most annoying words to master in Alexis’s raised accent?
I think if anyone had a hard time it would have been Catherine in her Moira voice, stretching those monosyllabic words like “how” into three syllables. Or the incomparable “baby”. The grid on my vocal cords was the most difficult.
Will you be furious the night of the virtual Emmys ceremony?
Certainly not! There will be pizza and pajamas. That will be the scope of my plans. I will bring it to light right now. Anyway, it’s like my natural state, so that’s what I’m waiting for. Did I mention the pizza?
