In what I think qualifies as an unexpected bit of casting, HBO has announced that Catherine O’Hara, known for her work in television and movies including Schitt’s Creek, Beetlejuice, and Home Alone, is joining the cast of HBO’s The Last of Us in an undisclosed role.
HBO has already made a number of new casting announcements for the second season of The Last of Us, most notably that of Kaitlyn Dever, who’s taking on the role of central character Abby. But O’Hara’s casting seems especially noteworthy because, quite frankly, it seems so out of character.
O’Hara known primarily for her comedic work, beginning in the mid-’70s on Canadian television (most notably SCTV, for which she won an Emmy Award) and running through her turn as the matriarch of the Rose family in Schitt…