Sharon Horgan Says 'Outspoken' Carrie Fisher 'Would've Liked to Have' Worked More AfterStar WarsFame (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Sharon Horgan; Carrie Fisher.Photo:Frazer Harrison/Getty;  Stefania D’Alessandro/WireImage

Frazer Harrison/Getty;  Stefania D’Alessandro/WireImage

Carrie Fisherhad a lot left to give before her death in 2016.

Sharon Horgan, who worked with the late actress onCatastrophe, wasone of the last people to see herbeforeshe suffered a heart attack on a plane rideanddied days laterat age 60. The actresseshad dinner together with Salman Rushdie in Londonbefore Fisher boarded a flight back to Los Angeles, where she went into cardiac arrest.

Thinking back on her time with the star, Horgan, 54, tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue that Fisher was “kind of dangerous.”

“I think because she was such an outspoken, honest person, she got the short [stick] in Hollywood. She was honest and outspoken when it wasn’t fashionable,” she says.

Sharon Horgan, Rob Delaney and Carrie Fisher in ‘Catastrophe’.Amazon

Amazon

“She was very aware that her fame was something that’s hard to understand. You can’t understand it. She would say, ‘I’m like Mickey Mouse,'” Horgan remembers. “You’re put into a film like that and you become so famous, it’s almost like your image isn’t your own anymore.”

Though she understood the difficulty of her fame, Fisher “had this unnecessarily long period of time where she wasn’t working, where she would’ve liked to have been working.”

“I wish I was writing parts for her,” Horgan says.

Carrie Fisher in ‘Catastrophe’.Amazon

“I think at the end of the day, she was a storyteller in her writing and in her acting, and she would’ve loved to continue doing that through those mediums,” she continues. “It’s our loss. It’s a shame because she was just an incredible person.”

For more on Sharon Horgan, pick up this week’s issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.

The actresses met whenFisher joined season 3 ofCatastrophe—the sitcom Horgan created and starred in withRob Delaney— and Horgan says she “felt like I was just getting to know her” when she died.

Sharon Horgan and Carrie Fisher at the Tribeca Film Festival premiere of ‘Catastrophe’ in 2016.Splash news Online

Splash news Online

“She knew how much I enjoyed her. She was so funny and so quick. And I mean, she also loved being in [Catastrophe]. She loved getting a chance to play a character like that,” theBad Sisterscreator and star says of Fisher’s portrayal of her character’s difficult mother-in-law, Mia. “And she wishes that she had more of an opportunity to do that.”

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“I think about her a lot,” Horgan admits. “Mainly because I wish she was still around.”

source: people.com