'Did she lose her mind?' Sharon Horgan explains her turn to the dark side
NEW YORK — When "Catastrophe" came to an end three years ago, Sharon Horgan was bereft.
"I had real grief," said the writer-actor-producer during a recent sit-down in Manhattan. "I know that sounds dramatic, but we were so close and so in it for five years." The Amazon series, which took an unflinchingly honest look at the ups and downs of long-term commitment, was inspired by her own headlong dive into marriage and motherhood.
Shortly after it concluded — with an ambiguous finale, a la "The Sopranos," which left the fate of the main characters open to interpretation — Horgan signed a first-look deal with Apple TV+.
After working on something so all-consuming for so long, "I knew I had to find something that I could completely fall in love with" at her new professional home, Horgan said.
That passion project ultimately came from an unusual place: Belgium.
Her first creation for the streaming service is "Bad Sisters," a darkly comic thriller based on a Flemish series called "Clan." Set near Dublin, the 10-episode adaptation follows the tight-knit Garvey sisters, led by eldest sibling Eva (Horgan), who share a deep bond informed by the trauma
