FISHER’S FINAL DAYS ON SET

Writers had plans for actress

LOS ANGELES The creators of Amazon Prime’s Catastrophe, which stars Carrie Fisher in one of her final roles, said they were shocked by her unexpected death last year and had bigger plans for her character.

“We had no idea. I don’t think she had any idea,” series star and co-creator Rob Delaney said.

On Dec. 23, Fisher was returning to Los Angeles from London after shooting her final scenes for season 3 of Catastrophe. She suffered a medical emergency aboard the flight and died on Dec. 27, at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.

Fisher, 60, played Delaney’s mother, Mia, in the series about a couple navigating the highs and lows of marriage and parenthood.

The show also stars Sharon Horgan, who spent time with Fisher the night before her fateful flight.

“We had dinner and she skipped off to her room,” said Horgan, who is also a Catastrophe co-creator.

Horgan said Fisher spoke of a renewed excitement about her acting career and “had massive plans to do more of that.”

“She brought her incredible, crazy, hilarious, warm, kind personality, but she also brought us the character of Mia. You know, we wrote it down, but she made her the brilliant monster that she is,” Horgan said. “I miss her, but I’ll miss her in our show, you know, I’ll miss that character and I’ll miss being able to tell that character’s story.”

Horgan said they deeply regret not having more time with the actress and her Catastrophe character.

“We wanted to do a lot more with Carrie.”