Innholdsfortegnelse for Award Special 3 38A November 2018 i The Hollywood Reporter

THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE Mike Flanagan Adapting a classic work of horror fiction for television is a daunting enough prospect on its own. For his interpretation of Shirley Jackson’s iconic The Haunting of Hill House, creator Flanagan was contending with not only the story’s legendary qualities but practical ones as well: telling two parallel stories divided across time with entirely different casts of actors playing the same characters — the Crain family — over a period of nearly three decades. In addition to tracking and modernizing the sprawling story, Flanagan’s hefty workload included directing all 10 episodes of the Netflix series (which stars Carla Gugino and Michiel Huisman), including the groundbreaking sixth installment, presented in a series of single takes. HOMECOMING Sam Esmail The Mr. Robot creator helmed every…

Indya Moore | Angel Though Moore says now that she “couldn’t love Angel more,” she was initially hesitant about slipping into her character’s faux furs and stilettos. Having already played a trans sex worker in 2017’s musical fantasy film Saturday Church, Moore thought she might be perpetuating an “unfortunate stereotype” by taking on the role of Pose’s resident call girl turned peep show performer. “I have to be honest. I was nervous,” Moore says, noting that trans actresses are frequently relegated to prostitution storylines in Hollywood. “I grew tired of seeing trans women sexualized and demonized.” But, after recalling her own experience being “forced to participate” in sex work, the 23-year-old Bronx native decided to let Angel take flight inside her soul. “The pain that I went through accelerated my…

THE STREAMERS Amazon Sam Esmail’s Homecoming (above), starring TV newbie Julia Roberts, is the sort of thing Globe voters love. Less certain, but possible, are the limited series The Romanoffs (Matthew Weiner’s return) and supernatural comedy Forever, co-created by Alan Yang (Master of None) and Matt Hubbard (30 Rock) for Fred Armisen and Maya Rudolph. Hulu Voters may not be able to resist the star power of Sean Penn, making his first foray into TV on The First, former House of Cards showrunner Beau Willimon’s high-production-value eight-episode drama about the first manned mission to Mars. Natascha McElhone (Designated Survivor) co-stars in the series, which earned mixed reviews from critics. Facebook Watch The newest streamer has won raves for Sorry for Your Loss, its understated drama (created by Kit Steinkellner) about…

Last year, Miss Golden Globe — the title annually bequeathed to the offspring of Hollywood’s biggest stars (with an occasional Mr. in the mix) — rebranded after half a century. The teens in black-tie attire handing out statues onstage at the Beverly Hilton would henceforth be known as Golden Globe Ambassadors. For the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which grants the Golden Globes, the renaming was meant to modernize the role and highlight its philanthropic aspects. This year’s ambassador, Isan Elba, the 16-year-old daughter of actor Idris and Kim Elba, is embracing that evolution, choosing to highlight mental health in teenagers and the African-American community as her personal cause ahead of the Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 6. Elba spoke with THR about her new platform and what she likes best…

HBO’s Sharp Objects, adapted by Marti Noxon from Gillian Flynn’s debut novel, is a gripping small-town whodunit that soon reveals its real mystery to be its protagonist, Camille Preaker (Amy Adams). A functioning alcoholic with a litany of self-inflicted scars, Camille reluctantly returns to her Missouri hometown to report on a series of murders and is soon drawn back into the toxic web of her own family, including mother Adora (Patricia Clarkson) and mercurial half-sister Amma (Eliza Scanlen). The 53-year-old showrunner, who just signed a rich four-year deal with Netflix (she made her 2017 feature directorial debut, To the Bone, for the streamer), discusses the challenge of writing Objects’ twist ending and the need for more “great woman” movies. What has the reaction to the show been like for you?…

It may take three, even four hard looks before you recognize Patricia Arquette in Escape at Dannemora. The Showtime miniseries (which premiered Nov. 18), based on the 2015 breakout at New York’s Clinton Correctional Facility, required the 50-year-old Oscar-winning Boyhood actress to lose herself in the dowdy shoes, body and irises of Joyce “Tilly” Mitchell — a prison worker who aided in the infamous spree after alleged affairs with the two escapees. And now that Arquette has had a taste of working in disguise, she’s ready for more. You’re bound to get attention for the physical transformation here. Can you talk through the process? I had to gain a bunch of weight, so I started working with a nutritionist. I asked her, “How do I do this in a healthy…

In 1952, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association made an interesting choice in selecting Cecil B. DeMille, then 70, for the life achievement award that would thereafter bear his name. There’s no arguing that DeMille was a seminal figure in the movie industry. He made 70 feature films in 43 years. His 1914 silent Western The Squaw Man was a huge hit, and the proceeds allowed him to make 30 films over the next three years. He helped establish Paramount Pictures and for 25 years his 1923 silent version of The Ten Commandments held the record as the studio’s most profitable film. His name became identified with such lavish productions as 1934’s Cleopatra, 1949’s Samson and Delilah and his own 1956 Technicolor remake of The Ten Commandments with Charlton Heston as…

“I can’t believe that we’re still having a conversation about unlikable women on television.”LENA DUNHAMThe Camping co-creator, to THR, about criticism of the show’s characters, adding, “What matters is that you relate and you understand.” “I thought, ‘Well, I got one with kissing him, but I better try something else: I’ll lick his nipples!’”HUGH GRANTThe A Very English Scandal actor, to Business Insider, about improvising his sex scenes with co-star Ben Whishaw. “We are still severely underrepresented. It’s up to us to get our act together and just push.”RITA MORENOThe One Day at a Time actress, to the Omaha World-Herald, about opportunity for Hispanic actors in Hollywood. “I know everyone goes on about the posh thing with me, but despite looking it, I am not that class.”BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHThe actor, to…

Connie Britton and Carla Gugino have been best friends for 25 years. Still, their recent conversation with The Hollywood Reporter was the first time in a while that the two were able to carve out a catch-up session amid busy production schedules. “Getting 45 minutes on the phone together is the biggest luxury!” says Gugino, 47, whose Netflix series The Haunting of Hill House debuted Oct. 12 (she’s now wrapping her next project, as star and executive producer of Cinemax drama Jett, written and directed by her longtime offscreen partner and creative collaborator, Sebastian Gutierrez). The 51-year-old Britton, a single mom of one young son, recently jumped back to her American Horror Story roots for a cameo and just completed production on Bravo’s Dirty John. The adaptation of the popular…

Long typecast as a romantic lead, Hugh Grant earned a different moniker among critics and industry observers in 2018: comedian. In January’s Paddington 2, Grant, 58, satirized self-important actors as thespian Phoenix Buchanan. A few months later, as 1960s Parliament member Jeremy Thorpe, who attempted to arrange the murder of his former gay lover, Grant sought to straddle a fine line between tragic and humorous in Amazon’s A Very English Scandal. Grant spoke to THR about his very funny year, actors who preach collaboration but are secretly “great white sharks” and which roles he’s looking for next. Paddington 2 is a comedy, and you’ve called A Very English Scandal a “black comedy.” How did you end up doing those two comic roles in one year? It was by accident. The…