Warning: This article contains spoilers about the series finale ofHollywood.
Ryan Murphyis obsessed with theOscars.
ForFeud: Bette and Joan,he famously recreated the 1963 Academy Awards.
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“It was one of the biggest upsets in Oscar history when Loretta Young won,” Murphy notes.
“So I liked that we had an even bigger upset.”
“There were a lot of pinks and greens.
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At first, we only had black-and-white photographs.
But then I found some color photographs.
We recreated as best we could what the green room looked like.
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We were very fastidious about that set because there were so many photographs of that.”
“It is sort of the American Dream to win that,” Murphy details.
“The Academy Awards have historically proved to be things that break down barriers in this country.
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The Oscar telecast has all of that stuff infused into it.”
“The crew went bananas,” he says.
“They were crying; they were cheering.
The tears that those actors were shedding [were real].”
“[The Oscars] are a celebration of human spirit,” he reflects.
“And I feel like the biggest tragedy in life is wasted potential.
One could almost call it a Hollywood ending.Hollywoodis now streaming on Netflix.
