Pretty/Handsome
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|creator = Ryan Murphy
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Brad Falchuk{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/brad-falchuk-hollywoods-secret-11565699672|title = Why Brad Falchuk is Hollywood's Best-Kept Secret|newspaper = Wall Street Journal|date = 14 August 2019|last1 = Bhattacharji|first1 = Alex}}
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|starring = Joseph Fiennes
Blythe Danner
Robert Wagner
Carrie-Anne Moss
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Dede Gardner
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Brad Pitt
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Pretty/Handsome is a 2008 television pilot by Ryan Murphy that was not picked up to series by FX.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/prettyhandsome-cant-find-a-home-115173|title='Pretty/Handsome' can't find a home|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=7 July 2008|language=en|access-date=2020-04-23}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.newnownext.com/joseph-fiennes-almost-pla/11/2014/|title=Joseph Fiennes Once Played a Transgender Gynecologist in a Ryan Murphy Pilot|last=Avery|first=Dan|date=November 24, 2014|website=LOGO News|access-date=2020-04-23}} According to Vogue, Murphy "was devastated when the studio he was working with decided not to pursue the show because they felt their advertisers wouldn’t support it".{{Cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/pose-ryan-murphy-vogue-june-2018-issue|title=Inside Pose, Ryan Murphy's Evocative New Television Series|last=Bowles|first=Hamish|website=Vogue|date=16 May 2018|language=en|access-date=2020-04-23}}
Plot
Bob, a married person with two sons, has to come out to her family as a transgender woman.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/05/14/how-ryan-murphy-became-the-most-powerful-man-in-tv|title=How Ryan Murphy Became the Most Powerful Man in TV|magazine=The New Yorker|date=7 May 2018}}
Cast
- Joseph Fiennes as Bob Fitzpayne
- David Lambert as young Bob Fitzpayne
- Blythe Danner as Bunny Fitzpayne, Bob's mother
- Robert Wagner as Scotch Fitzpayne, Bob's father
- Carrie-Anne Moss as Elizabeth 'Liz' Fitzpayne
- Jake Cherry as Oliver Fitzpayne
- Jonathan Groff as Patrick Fitzpayne
- Jessica Lowndes as Cassie Boothe
- Christopher Egan as Beckett
- Sarah Paulson as Corky Fromme
Production
The project began shooting in the end of October 2007. The original title of the project was 4 oz., but was later changed to Pretty/Handsome. FX did not pick the show to be a regular series.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2011/02/fx-orders-pilot-from-ryan-murphy-and-brad-falchuk-107262/|title=FX Orders Pilot from Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, Duo Remains Committed to 'Glee{{'-}}|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=February 17, 2011|website=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=Mail.com Media|accessdate=September 8, 2011}} After Pretty/Handsome, Murphy worked on Glee because he "wanted to develop a wholesome comedy that the entire family can watch".{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-glee-idUSN2350141820080724|title=Murphy segues from "Nip/Tuck" to "Glee" club|date=2008-07-24|work=Reuters|access-date=2020-04-23|language=en}}
References
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External links
{{Portal|LGBTQ|Television}}
- {{IMDb title|0871425|Pretty/Handsome}}
{{Ryan Murphy}}
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Category:2008 in American television
Category:Television pilots not picked up as a series
Category:Transgender-related television shows