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I knew there was going to be a lot of drama. He’s really a student of film, so he recognized all the ways it was noir and all the way it wasn’t. There’s so much of it. ″I lost the primary in September and [Ryan] was calling me in December while I was out Christmas shopping saying, 'I know you've been hearing about this for a while but I want to make this offer and I want to tell you how great it’s going to be and why.'". But even though those are all things she’s done in her life, she’s still not sure that Ryan Murphy actually created the part with her in mind. He did say that, as soon as he watched one, he wanted to see the next one. On a clandestine mission, Mildred presents herself as the perfect image of what a dedicated nurse should be, but the wheels are always turning and as she begins to infiltrate the mental health care system and those within it, Mildred’s stylish exterior belies a growing darkness that has long been smoldering within, revealing that true monsters are made, not born. One of these times we were in Montauk and a very drunk man I think didn’t understand how loud he was being — he was like, “Lesbians eating oysters,” at the top of his lungs and his poor girlfriend was trying to shut him up. 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During this 1-on-1 phone interview with Collider, actress Cynthia Nixon (who plays Gwendolyn Briggs, the woman in charge of the state governor’s bid for re-election and interested in romancing Mildred) spoke about Murphy’s presentation for this project, the wide array of juicy characters, how this role pushed her, whether she’d consider doing American Horror Story, her upcoming series The Gilded Age from Julian Fellowes, and much more. And the other time it happened in a fancier wine bar in Edinburgh, Scotland, and they were more subtle but it was actually sort of nastier and creepier because they were so unpleasant and laughing and it was very clear what they were doing. Pushing it down is only going to make it spring back bigger and stronger than before,” she says. Does that go a long way in establishing the trust between him and his actors? Christina Radish is a Senior Reporter of Film, TV, and Theme Parks for Collider. As soon as the war was won and the GIs came home, it was kind of like, ‘Thanks so much. Nixon also commends the setting in what feels like the dark ages of psychiatric medicine for creating a space to explore the institutionalized ways in which people have been labeled sick and othered. Interested in Digital Spy's weekly newsletter? This character certainly seems like a woman who’s a bit ahead of her time. Cynthia Nixon talks Ryan Murphy's new Netflix series Ratched, her complex character, if she'd join American Horror Story, and teases The Gilded Age. What does Ryan Murphy say when he presents something like this? "So, I don't know. He spoke about it as a moment that was such a terrible awakening for women who had been such an integral part of the war effort on the front and even more so back at home, and having opportunities and responsibilities that they had never been offered before. So to be asked by Ryan to play this person who is just so sure who she is and so confident and so optimistic about the world and what's possible and what's possible for her in it — she's a woman, she's a queer woman, and she wants to not only have a career in politics but someday runs for office herself, these are huge, almost impossible dreams. But she is the only person in Ratched sort of advocating the path of light.”. I feel like she's kind of not only the heart of Ratched but also the person advocating the path of light when there is so much darkness and so much malevolence. NIXON: No, I hadn’t. NIXON: I think he enjoyed the mixture of the scary elements and also the campy elements. Click the button below and wait for a message from our Facebook bot in Messenger! In Ratched, Cynthia Nixon plays a strong woman with political aspirations who falls in love with another woman and then undergoes a breast cancer scare. I feel like not only my character but it’s such a broad canvas with so many characters, so many juicy parts, and so many astonishing actors. Y’all can go sit down now,’” Nixon says. Digital Spy participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on editorially chosen products purchased through our links to retailer sites. We were like, we've got to have some physical component to this. Offers may be subject to change without notice. I think they decided they liked having us around. I didn't think that a character like Gwendolyn would be my forte either but Ryan Murphy thought differently.". Ratched's Cynthia Nixon reveals who was supposed to die, dishes on that sexy oyster-eating scene. I often play people who are darker and more divided against themselves, and sometimes their own worst enemy. "I tried to watch American Horror Story and only made it through one episode, I was so terrified by it," Cynthia told Collider. NIXON: I tried to watch American Horror Story and only made it through one episode, I was so terrified by it. But it’s weird! NIXON: He really spoke to me about the moment in American history when Ratched starts, which is 1947, right after World War II has ended. NIXON: One of the great things that Ryan Murphy does is that he goes back and looks at these periods and looks at where people of color and queer people have been erased from the narrative and he puts us back in. Entertainment Weekly may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. How do you feel Murphy most pushed you, as an actor, in working on this project? Since then, viewers have been buzzing about two specific characters; Mildred Ratched (Sarah Paulson) and Gwendolyn Briggs (Cynthia Nixon). “One of the big themes of Ratched is if there is some part of you that either you don’t like or society doesn’t like, trying to cut it out of yourself or suppress it is not going to, in any way, eradicate it from you. But I have to imagine there were some laughs filming that scene. “We see so many women in our story who have so much ambition for themselves and their careers but are struggling against the old patriarchal mores that have returned to roost.”. Perhaps the accomplishment isn't all that surprising though, given the popularity of the source material: the 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Digital Spy has launched its first-ever digital magazine with exclusive features, interviews, and videos. ″Worldwide, it’s the No. As women, as queer people, we would never be where we are if it hadn't been for them going against the odds. He’s a collector of actors. Get notified about exclusive offers every week! From creator Evan Romansky and executive producers Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, the Netflix series Ratched crafts a haunting origin story for the iconic character of Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. NIXON: Yes but the clothes are incredibly helpful in that regard. Marah Eakin is the Executive Producer of all A.V. BGN interviews Cynthia Nixon (Gwendolyn Briggs) and how Ryan Murphy develops characters who are erased in the Netflix series ‘Ratched’. She is also a Cleveland native and heiress to the country's largest collection of antique and unique bedpans and urinals. Star Sarah Paulson recently broke down the scene in question, explaining it was an "opportunity to understand what Ratched's pain was". COLLIDER: This is one of those shows where it must have been so delicious to sink your teeth into a character like this. It would be such a relief when I got to take it off, at the end of the day. She wants to find love with another woman and in a lasting way. So, I don’t know. Yeah! BGN interviews Cynthia Nixon (Gwendolyn Briggs) and how Ryan Murphy develops characters who are erased in the Netflix series ‘Ratched’. She was a journalist and moved in a very male world and was hard drinking. Do you know what changed and why they kept Gwendolyn around? I’m gonna start, knock on wood, filming a new television series in New York, called The Gilded Age, which is a Julian Fellowes show about New York in the 1880s. From Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, Ratched is a suspenseful drama series that tells the origin story of asylum nurse Mildred Ratched. But she’s so the force of light and optimism and the path of goodness. Ratched is currently streaming on Netflix. One way Gwendolyn moves through the world fairly undetected as she hits up secluded women’s bars, like the one where she takes Mildred for a nightcap, is with a lavender marriage to Trevor Briggs played by The Boys in the Band’s Michael Benjamin Washington.

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