“Ratched” is the latest collaboration between Sarah Paulson and mega-producer Ryan Murphy. The Netflix drama series explores the backstory of the enigmatic Nurse Mildred Ratched from “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” a role that won Louise Fletcher an Oscar in 1976. Paulson plays a young Ratched in the 1940s, scheming her way into becoming the head nurse at a psychiatric hospital in order to set free her murderous brother, Edmund (Finn Wittrock). Scroll down for our exclusive video interviews with six Emmy contenders from the horror drama.
Paulson is not the only award-winning actress in the cast of “Ratched.” She is supported by Judy Davis as a fellow nurse, Betsy Bucket, Cynthia Nixon as Gwendolyn Briggs, a press secretary who becomes Mildred’s love interest and Sharon Stone as an heiress out for revenge. Sophie Okonedo has a recurring guest role as a patient with dissociative identity disorder. Other stars...
Paulson is not the only award-winning actress in the cast of “Ratched.” She is supported by Judy Davis as a fellow nurse, Betsy Bucket, Cynthia Nixon as Gwendolyn Briggs, a press secretary who becomes Mildred’s love interest and Sharon Stone as an heiress out for revenge. Sophie Okonedo has a recurring guest role as a patient with dissociative identity disorder. Other stars...
- 7/3/2021
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
Fifteen years is a long time to wait between Golden Globe nominations. Not too many actresses have waited as long or longer, including Angela Lansbury, Helen Hunt, and Cynthia Nixon. Since 2006 Nixon has collected her second Emmy, a Grammy, and two Tonys, yet had not captured the attention of the HFPA. This year, however, the talented actress’s performance in the Netflix drama series “Ratched” has earned her a sixth shot at victory.
SEEGolden Globes nominee profile: Sarah Paulson (‘Ratched’) follows in Louise Fletcher’s awards footsteps as notorious nurse
At these Golden Globes, Nixon faces off against Gillian Anderson (“The Crown”), Helena Bonham Carter (“The Crown”), Julia Garner (“Ozark”), and Annie Murphy (“Schitt’s Creek”) in the race for Best TV Supporting Actress. Garner and Murphy are both first-timers, while Anderson has amassed five previous bids and one win. Bonham Carter has eight previous nominations to her name, including one...
SEEGolden Globes nominee profile: Sarah Paulson (‘Ratched’) follows in Louise Fletcher’s awards footsteps as notorious nurse
At these Golden Globes, Nixon faces off against Gillian Anderson (“The Crown”), Helena Bonham Carter (“The Crown”), Julia Garner (“Ozark”), and Annie Murphy (“Schitt’s Creek”) in the race for Best TV Supporting Actress. Garner and Murphy are both first-timers, while Anderson has amassed five previous bids and one win. Bonham Carter has eight previous nominations to her name, including one...
- 2/27/2021
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
Forget Sarah Paulson. The real star of Netflix’s “Ratched” is Petunia the Monkey.
This furry, banana-eating thespian exploded on social media last September when she appeared alongside her human-sized co-star Sharon Stone in Ryan Murphy‘s “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” adaptation. Fans weren’t just impressed with Petunia’s acting chops, but also her colorful wardrobe, which consisted of several dazzling looks. “This was my first time designing for a monkey and working with one,” reveals costume designer Rebecca Guzzi during our recent interview (watch below). “Miss Petunia had five changes overall and believe me, if we could have made 100 for her, we would have.”
See Peachy! Sarah Paulson on track for Golden Globe nomination for Ryan Murphy’s ‘Ratched’
Stone played Lenore Osgood throughout the first season, a spoiled heiress who stopped at nothing to make sure Dr. Hanover (Jon Jon Briones) paid the ultimate price for disfiguring her son,...
This furry, banana-eating thespian exploded on social media last September when she appeared alongside her human-sized co-star Sharon Stone in Ryan Murphy‘s “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” adaptation. Fans weren’t just impressed with Petunia’s acting chops, but also her colorful wardrobe, which consisted of several dazzling looks. “This was my first time designing for a monkey and working with one,” reveals costume designer Rebecca Guzzi during our recent interview (watch below). “Miss Petunia had five changes overall and believe me, if we could have made 100 for her, we would have.”
See Peachy! Sarah Paulson on track for Golden Globe nomination for Ryan Murphy’s ‘Ratched’
Stone played Lenore Osgood throughout the first season, a spoiled heiress who stopped at nothing to make sure Dr. Hanover (Jon Jon Briones) paid the ultimate price for disfiguring her son,...
- 2/1/2021
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
If you’re an aspiring costume designer who hasn’t yet broke into the industry, don’t give up! Five top talented dressers recently spoke with Gold Derby about how they got started and when they knew they wanted to work in Hollywood: Rudy Mance (“The Alienist: Angel of Darkness”), Amy Andrews-Harrell (“The Good Lord Bird”), Rebecca Guzzi (“Ratched”), Hope Hanafin (“The Right Stuff”) and Phoenix Mellow (“Sylvie’s Love“). Click each name above to watch their individual interviews separate from our Meet the Btl Experts: TV Costume Designers group panel.
“I luckily had two artistic parents, so they were always very supportive of the arts,” Mellow reveals to the group. “I grew up wanting to be a fashion designer and I went to school in New York at Fit for that. It sort of dawned on me that I really didn’t care about what sold in stores next month...
“I luckily had two artistic parents, so they were always very supportive of the arts,” Mellow reveals to the group. “I grew up wanting to be a fashion designer and I went to school in New York at Fit for that. It sort of dawned on me that I really didn’t care about what sold in stores next month...
- 12/8/2020
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
One of the first things viewers notice about Ryan Murphy‘s “Ratched” is the colors. The costumes and sets of Netflix’s series are bright, lively and full of life, a direct contrast with the film that inspired it, “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” (1975). As “Ratched” costume designer Rebecca Guzzi explains to Gold Derby in our TV Costume Designers Panel (watch above), “Ryan from the first meeting was very adamant that he did not want what was featured so prominently in ‘Cuckoo’s Nest’ — this really bleached, institutionalized, void of any color palette, both in the costumes and the sets. We are gonna lead up to that, but we don’t want to start there.”
SEECan ‘Ratched’ creep its way into the SAG ensemble race? Don’t underestimate this killer cast!
Guzzi and fellow costume designer Lou Eyrich immediately began discussing fresh ideas for the nurse’s scrubs. “We scratched our heads and said,...
SEECan ‘Ratched’ creep its way into the SAG ensemble race? Don’t underestimate this killer cast!
Guzzi and fellow costume designer Lou Eyrich immediately began discussing fresh ideas for the nurse’s scrubs. “We scratched our heads and said,...
- 12/8/2020
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Five top TV costume designers will reveal the secrets behind their crafts when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Btl Experts” Q&a event with key 2021 guild and Emmy contenders this month. Each person will participate in two video discussions to be published on Tuesday, December 1, at 5:00 p.m. Pt; 8:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our senior editor Marcus Dixon and a group chat with Marcus and all of the designers together.
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This “Meet the Btl Experts” panel welcomes the following 2021 guild and Emmy contenders:
“The Alienist: Angel of Darkness” (TNT): Rudy Mance
Mance received an Emmy nomination for “The Alienist.” Other projects have included “The Politician,” “American Horror Story,” “Pose,” “The Knick” and “The Leftovers.
RSVP today by clicking here to book your reservations. We’ll send you a reminder a few before the start of the show so you won’t miss watching.
This “Meet the Btl Experts” panel welcomes the following 2021 guild and Emmy contenders:
“The Alienist: Angel of Darkness” (TNT): Rudy Mance
Mance received an Emmy nomination for “The Alienist.” Other projects have included “The Politician,” “American Horror Story,” “Pose,” “The Knick” and “The Leftovers.
- 11/24/2020
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Like many a Ryan Murphy project, Netflix's Ratched is steeped in a bold and telling color palette. In contrast with something as blushed-tinted as The Assassination of Gianni Versace, the Sarah Paulson-led series radiates with punchy greens and reds. But Ratched is no Christmas affair. Far from emanating wholesome yuletide energy, these colors symbolize themes such as oppression, corruption, and lust. Ahead, let's take a look at how these menacing hues generate Ratched's terror and suspense.
Throughout the series, the set and costume designers treat us to a feast of greens and blues. The show, which takes place in Northern California in Lucia, has both a grassy and aquatic vibe. Lucia, in fact, is an unincorporated community in the coastal Monterey County, so the landscapes themselves are quite green and blue. We also see green all throughout Lucia State Hospital - the uniforms, walls, and furniture are...
Throughout the series, the set and costume designers treat us to a feast of greens and blues. The show, which takes place in Northern California in Lucia, has both a grassy and aquatic vibe. Lucia, in fact, is an unincorporated community in the coastal Monterey County, so the landscapes themselves are quite green and blue. We also see green all throughout Lucia State Hospital - the uniforms, walls, and furniture are...
- 9/20/2020
- by Stacey Nguyen
- Popsugar.com
Prior to Friday’s premiere there were warning signs that “Ratched” might be more of a Ryan Murphy camp-fest than a sincere prequel to “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.” An eye-popping color palette, with certain scenes completely bathed in red or green, stood in stark contrast to the white and gray backdrop of Milos Forman’s 1975 movie.
Explicit, darkly comic threats over the theft of a breakroom peach took the place of Nurse Ratched’s passive-aggressive manipulation of patients. And the villainous character’s symbolic place in popular culture as a representative of corruption and dehumanization within industrialized medicine, especially for anyone reliant on in-patient care, didn’t appear as important to the new series as ghoulish frights.
Also, Sharon Stone’s co-star was a monkey. Again.
Seeing as the Oscar-nominated actress has turned curious guest arcs on random shows into high art a time or two before, she...
Explicit, darkly comic threats over the theft of a breakroom peach took the place of Nurse Ratched’s passive-aggressive manipulation of patients. And the villainous character’s symbolic place in popular culture as a representative of corruption and dehumanization within industrialized medicine, especially for anyone reliant on in-patient care, didn’t appear as important to the new series as ghoulish frights.
Also, Sharon Stone’s co-star was a monkey. Again.
Seeing as the Oscar-nominated actress has turned curious guest arcs on random shows into high art a time or two before, she...
- 9/19/2020
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
“Weeks upon weeks upon weeks.” That’s how long it took, says costume designer Lou Eyrich, to gain Ryan Murphy’s approval on the precise hue and weight of the bluish-green fabric for the hospital uniforms in Ratched, his origin story for the nurse memorably played by Louise Fletcher in 1975’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. The horror series, starring Sarah Paulson as Mildred Ratched, premieres Sept. 18 on Netflix.
Eyrich and co-costume designer Rebecca Guzzi are used to Murphy’s meticulous attention to detail. “I’ve worked with Ryan for 20 years, so there’s a little bit of shorthand, but this ...
Eyrich and co-costume designer Rebecca Guzzi are used to Murphy’s meticulous attention to detail. “I’ve worked with Ryan for 20 years, so there’s a little bit of shorthand, but this ...
“Weeks upon weeks upon weeks.” That’s how long it took, says costume designer Lou Eyrich, to gain Ryan Murphy’s approval on the precise hue and weight of the bluish-green fabric for the hospital uniforms in Ratched, his origin story for the nurse memorably played by Louise Fletcher in 1975’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. The horror series, starring Sarah Paulson as Mildred Ratched, premieres Sept. 18 on Netflix.
Eyrich and co-costume designer Rebecca Guzzi are used to Murphy’s meticulous attention to detail. “I’ve worked with Ryan for 20 years, so there’s a little bit of shorthand, but this ...
Eyrich and co-costume designer Rebecca Guzzi are used to Murphy’s meticulous attention to detail. “I’ve worked with Ryan for 20 years, so there’s a little bit of shorthand, but this ...
The Creative Arts Emmy Awards honoring the best in casting, technical achievement, guest acting and more across TV movies, animated programs, shorts and documentaries are being handed out this weekend from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
“USS Callister (Black Mirror)” won the award for Outstanding Television Movie. Samira Wiley, Ron Cephas, Tiffany Haddish, Katt Williams and more all took home Emmys for winning in Guest Acting categories. Christina Pickles, at 83-years-old, won her first Emmy out of seven nominations in her career. And “Game of Thrones” returned to the Emmys in style, winning seven Emmys so far. “The Assiassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story” won four Emmys.
Also Read: Constance Wu, Alec Baldwin, Tina Fey Among 70th Emmy Awards Presenters
There are so many awards categories (96 in total) that it’ll take two nights to hand them all out — the event will continue on Sunday.
Below is the...
“USS Callister (Black Mirror)” won the award for Outstanding Television Movie. Samira Wiley, Ron Cephas, Tiffany Haddish, Katt Williams and more all took home Emmys for winning in Guest Acting categories. Christina Pickles, at 83-years-old, won her first Emmy out of seven nominations in her career. And “Game of Thrones” returned to the Emmys in style, winning seven Emmys so far. “The Assiassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story” won four Emmys.
Also Read: Constance Wu, Alec Baldwin, Tina Fey Among 70th Emmy Awards Presenters
There are so many awards categories (96 in total) that it’ll take two nights to hand them all out — the event will continue on Sunday.
Below is the...
- 9/8/2018
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
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