Sarah Paulson Will Play Geraldine Page In Ryan Murphy’s ‘Feud’ For FX
Feud creator Ryan Murphy tweeted the news that Sarah Paulson has been cast as Geraldine Page in the anthology series’ first installment on FX.
Excited to announce Sarah Paulson will be playing legendary Oscar-winner Geraldine Page in FEUD.
— Ryan Murphy (@MrRPMurphy) August 23, 2016
The network has given an eight-episode, straight-to-series order to Feud, which will explore famous feuds. It hails from Fox 21 TV Studios and Plan B, with Brad Pitt executive producing alongside Murphy.
The first installment will star former American Horror Story leading lady Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon, leading a high-profile cast that also includes Alfred Molina, Stanley Tucci, Judy Davis and Dominic Burgess. It tells the story of the legendary rivalry between two of the greatest movie stars of all time — Joan Crawford (Lange) and Bette Davis (Sarandon) — and how they came together in 1962 to collaborate on a picture each hoped would revive their careers. The resulting box office smash What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? ultimately received five Academy Awards nominations and became a cult classic. But for Crawford and Davis, the real horror was working together. Molina will play the film’s director Robert Aldrich, Tucci will portray studio titan Jack Warner, Davis will play gossip columnist Hedda Hopper and Dominic Burgess will be Crawford and Davis’ co-star Victor Buono.
Paulson has a longtime working relationship with Murphy. She recently received two Emmy nominations for her work in the Murphy-produced The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story as well as the fifth season of American Horror Story. She’s appeared in every season of the horror anthology series, and she’s set to star in the second season of the American Crime Story franchise, which will revolve around Hurricane Katrina.
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