It's safe to say that "Schitt's Creek" was Annie Murphy's breakout role. The Canadian actress was auditioning for pilot season and feeling truly down on her luck when the role of Alexis Rose popped up. Dan Levy — the show's creator and the actor who would eventually play her brother David Rose — was immediately impressed. However, Eugene Levy, his dad and co-creator, wasn't convinced as he saw the character as more of a blond, and Murphy was a brunette. One more audition, where they had her try the part of motel worker Stevie Budd, solidified Dan Levy's original thought and Murphy was cast.
Before the actress truly understood her role, though, she had to do some research. The only thing she really had to go on was that the creators wanted Alexis to be a "blonde socialite" and a simple reference to a "young Goldie Hawn." In an interview with Variety, Murphy said, "I really latched onto that because a young Goldie Hawn was bubbly and bright and maybe a bit frivolous, but she was also a really cool, interesting, smart woman. She had layers to her."
Working with this idea, Murphy began to dive into a world she had not known much about, watching YouTube clips of famous young socialites like Kim Kardashian, Paris Hilton, and Lindsay Lohan. Some of her most-talked-about traits, like her voice and the way she stands with one arm out, came from these stars.
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