‘Halston’ First Look: Ewan McGregor Stars As The Fashion Icon In Ryan Murphy’s Netflix Series, Coming This May
Halston: Fashion designer, LGBTQ icon, the subject ofRyan Murphy’s latest Netflix series. And devastatingly handsome, if the first look images ofHalstonare anything to go by. But that’s just a byproduct of being played byEwan McGregor, who stars in the Netflix limited series as fashion designer Roy Halston Frowick, an icon of the ’70s and ’80s fashion scene. See theHalstonfirst look images below.
Halston First Look Images
Netflixreleased a slew of new photos fromHalston, the limited series produced by Ryan Murphy and co-created by Daniel Minahan, who also directs the show about fashion designer Roy Halston Frowick. The above image shows McGregor as Halston as he “leverages his single, invented name into a worldwide fashion empire that’s synonymous with luxury, sex, status, and fame, literally defining the era he lives in, 1970s and ’80s New York — until a hostile takeover forces him to battle for control of his most precious asset… the name Halston itself,” reads a plot description.Entertainment Weeklydebuted moreHalstonimages of Halston’s entourage, staged as Andy Warhol-inspired polaroids. In the images, McGregor’s Halston is accompanied byKrysta Rodriguezas Liza Minnelli,Rebecca Dayanas jewelry designer Elsa Peretti,Gian Franco Rodriguezas artist and window dresser Victor Hugo,David Pittuas fashion illustrator Joe Eula,Rory Culkinas future filmmaker Joel Schumacher, andVera Farmigaas Adele (not the one you’re thinking of).
Rounding out the cast is Bill Pullman as corporate giant David Mahoney, Sullivan Jones as buyer for Alexander department store Ed Austin, and Kelly Bishop as fashion publicist Eleanor Lambert.
It’s as star-studded and glitzy an affair as you’d expect of a Ryan Murphy show, though it’s hard to be excited forHalstonafter the diminishing returns of Murphy’s Netflix projects, which have included shows likeThe Politician,limited series likeHollywoodandRatched, and feature films such asThe PromandThe Boys in the Band, all of which received mixed to middling reviews. But the stars certainly have the look right, and it’s hard not to anticipate what McGregor will do with such a flashy lead role. PerhapsHalstonwill break the mold of Murphy shows and stay on track instead of spinning gloriously off the wheels.
Along with these slew of new images, Netflix has set the release date forHalstonforMay 14, 2021. See the brand new poster forHalstonbelow.
