Schitt's Creek star Eugene Levy opens up about Scottish mother in new travel TV series
dailyrecord.co.ukEugene Levy has spoken about his Caledonian roots after visiting his mother’s homeland for the first time. The actor’s mum Rebecca Kudlats was born in Glasgow where she lived until 12 before her family emigrated.
But, despite growing up listening to her stories of life in a tenement, Eugene, 77, had never set foot in Scotland until last year while filming the second series of his hit show The Reluctant Traveller.
The dad of two, who played Johnny Rose in the award-winning Netflix sitcom Schitt’s Creek, said he felt an instant connection with Glasgow, where Rebecca lived with her 11-strong family in a three-bedroom flat.Eugene said: “My mum was born in Glasgow in the early 20th century and came over to Canada by boat when she was 12.
She’s no longer with us but I still have relatives in Glasgow.“Scotland was on the initial list of possible locations for the first series of The Reluctant Traveller but I thought it would be cold, cloudy and windy and I didn’t know if I wanted to spend a week in a place with no sun.
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