Catwalk Carnage! Inside the Premiere of Ryan Murphy’s The Beauty at MoMA

Catwalk Carnage! Inside the Premiere of Ryan Murphy’s The Beauty at MoMA Leave it to showrunner Ryan Murphy ’s latest project to bring together a cast of who’s who on a school night-in January, no less. On Wednesday evening, FX’s The Beauty premiered at Manhattan’s Museum of Modern Art. And if MoMA is typically the backdrop for streamlined minimalism, this time around, it played host to maximalist glamour, with cast members Bella Hadid , Rebecca Hall , Evan Peters, Ashton Kutcher, Anthony Ramos, Isabella Rossellini , Jeremy Pope, and Amelia Gray Hamlin ready for their closeup. Photo by: Frank Micelotta/Picturegroup for FX1/24Bella Hadid Photo by: Stephanie Augello/PictureGroup for FX2/24Ashton Kutcher Given the show’s premise, the over the top display of fashion and beauty felt on brand. Based on the graphic novel series by Jeremy Haun and Jason A. Hurley, The Beauty explores a world where a sexually-transmitted virus transforms people into the epitome of physical perfection (but in Murphy’s signature body horror style, the glow up comes at a fatal cost.) Hall-who plays an FBI agent who is assigned to the “catwalk carnage” case-opted for a figure-flaunting cut-out gown by Ludovic de Saint Sernin for the occasion. “When Ryan Murphy pitched me the concept, I felt like I was listening to Ryan Murphy deliver the most Ryan Murphy-sounding storyline I'd ever heard,” she told Vogue . A silky Saint Laurent-clad Pope, who previously worked with Murphy on Hollywood and Pose , chimed in: “Ryan texted me and said, ‘Hey, you want to read something weird?’ I was like, ‘Ryan, everything you do is weird. What are you talking about?!’ And then I read it and said, ‘Oh, this is weird .’” Another returning collaborator is Peters, who played serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer in Monster , among other unsettling characters in the Murphy-verse. “It’s always a new character, and it’s always a new challenge,” he said, adding that the series offered a shift in tone. “This was an opportunity to play a less dark character. There was a lot to sink your teeth into, but it wasn’t going to be so isolating.” Meanwhile, Kutcher plays a villain-a new direction for the star. “It seemed like a fun, interesting challenge-and a really poignant subject,” he said, drawing parallels between society’s current obsession with GLP1s. And while plenty will be said about the Versace speedos his character wears, Kutcher was dressed in a more subdued Todd Snyder look on the night. His favorite experience? Shooting said Speedos scene with Rosselini. “It was nerve-racking because I’m, like, yelling at one of the greatest of all time.” Hadid, the show-opener, plays-you guessed it-a supermodel. On Wednesday, she graced the carpet in a scene-stealing red gown by Schiaparelli . “I love Daniel [Roseberry] so much, but I also know that [my character] Ruby would love Daniel as well,” Hadid told Vogue . “She would have definitely worn this dress.” Hadid is involved in one of the series’ most memorable fashion moments, executed by costume designer Sarah...

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