“Eleanor Lambert (Kelly Bishop) orchestrates the press at Orly Airport. We really give Elsa her due in this episode and we recognize her skill as an artist and the importance of her work with Halston.” “The third hour opens with a sequence of Elsa Peretti (Rebecca Dayan) creating the amphora pendant that will become Halston’s iconic fragrance bottle. It was important to us to get the members of Halston’s court correct - like Pat Cleveland (Dilone), a legendary runway model famous for her flawless turns and Pat Ast, Halston’s top salesperson and sometimes large-sized model.” “This epic tableau depicts Halston and his entourage as they greet the press like rock stars at Paris Orly. We cast real photographers from the period to work as paparazzi: Here in black leather is celebrity photographer Patrick McMullan.” “Andy Warhol described Studio 54 as ‘a dictatorship at the door, a democracy on the floor.’ The arrivals were as significant as the party inside these people were here to be seen. “Gian Franco met the challenge of this larger-than-life character who was a Dada artist, hustler, sexual outlaw and general disruptor. Victor Hugo (Gian Franco Rodriguez), Halston’s outrageous lover, looking out of place in full leather at the Olympic Tower. “It was important to us that we dressed every one of Halston’s workspaces to be functional, with the correct sketches, newspapers, swatches and tools - right down to the yellow-lined pads and flair pens Halston actually used.” Pictured above: Halston (Ewan McGregor) at his desk in the Olympic Tower. (Read more from The Hollywood Reporter’s cover story here.) In these exclusive and never-before-seen images from the set, Minahan walks through every painstaking detail taken to ensure that the world of Halston felt just right. He had a huge influence on the fashion world.” “Since I first started pitching this project, I’ve seen a Halston revival come and go, maybe twice. Once put into production, no expense was spared to re-create the luxe world that Halston inhabited - from his Olympic Tower design headquarters to his ultra-modern Manhattan townhome to the fabled disco Studio 54, where Halston danced the night away with his entourage, including best friend Liza Minnelli. There’s something so intriguing about him as a character.” There’s something about the way you can see that he holds himself, something behind his eyes. Halston will launch on Netflix on 14 May.“I could tell instantly from the photographs that I wanted to play him,” McGregor recalls. Our first look at the cast comes courtesy of some Maripol-inspired polaroids that reveal Krysta Rodriguez as Liza Minnelli, Rebecca Dayan as Elsa Peretti, Bill Pullman as David Mahoney, Gian Franco Rodriguez as Victor Hugo, David Pittu as Joe Eula, Sullivan Jones as Ed Austin and Rory Culkin as Joel Schumacher. Directed by Daniel Minahan ( American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace), the series is produced alongside the creator of Pose and American Horror Story, producer Ryan Murphy and his frequent collaborator Ian Brennan. With the hope of expanding his business, Halston got into bed with major corporations and paid the ultimate cost of having his name stolen right before his eyes. As a familiar face at Studio 54 and close friend of Andy Warhol, Grace Jones and Diana Ross, he got there, but as the series portrays it’s another thing to stay there. Netflix’s series starts with Halston’s move to New York, where he moved as a 25-year old with a fledgling business and a dream of a seat at fashion’s high table.
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