FX’sThe Beautywill mark the biggest showRyan Murphyhas ever worked on.
It’s appropriate, then, that the concept stitches different parts of the showrunner’s past work together.
“I’ve also done a lot of body horror in my work, mostly throughAmerican Horror Story.
‘Nip/Tuck,’ ‘The Beauty,’ ‘American Horror Story’.FX; Image Comics; Suzanne Tenner/FX
What would you do for beauty?
What would you do for money?
Even more surprising but perhaps not so is that the vast majority of the infected intentionally contracted the disease.
Season 1 ofThe Beautyretains an 11-episode order at FX with production gearing up to start in 2025.
“I’ve never done anything this big,” Murphy continues.
“I’ve never done anything international except forEat Pray Love.”
(Murphy directed the 2010 Julie Roberts-led rom-com.)
It’s a very long shoot.
It’s a big shoot and it’s fun.
I just think it’s that phrase, ‘may you live in interesting times.’
I think that applies toGrotesquerie.
It applies toThe Beauty.
I’m trying to work out how I feel about all these times.”
“But what are you really working on?
Whats going on with you that you feel you should probably do that?
Sometimes it is health, sometimes its vanity.”
