"The character of Allison was so appealing because she was so different from Alexis," Annie Murphy says of diverging from her "Schitt's Creek" role.

Annie Murphy, who stars in new dark comedy series "Kevin Can F Himself," explains why the show is so different while her co-star Eric Peterson reveals his take on his role.

"It was really important to me, coming off ‘Schitt's Creek,’ that I do a character as far from Alexis Rose as I possibly could," says the Ottawa-born actress, "not because I didn’t have the best time of my life playing her, but just because I really needed to prove to myself that I could do something else." .

But casting directors tried totypecast Murphy into roles similar to the frothy and (initially) shallow and self-seeking celebutante. "A lot of people were like, ‘Listen, it's not at all like Alexis,'" Murphy recalls. "'It's a completely different character.

(In real life, Murphy has been married to musician Menno Versteeg for nearly a decade.)

"In there, you can see just what her life actually looks like, and she's miserable and alone, and no one really seems to pay attention out in that other room," Armstrong says

"Allison was so appealing because she was so different from Alexis,"  says Murphy

"But she was also this woman who was just so full of anger and hurt and sadness, with a deep desire to change her life for the better. 

"Especially after this past year, so many people have stepped back and taken stock of what their life looks like and what they want it to look like and how they want it to change and who they want to be a part of it

"I really do think that things are starting to change," she says, "and that just having a female character who likes her boyfriend and that's about it is coming to an end, thank God!"