![]() ![]() Meeting this show’s version of Liza Minnelli through such an iconic song as “Liza With a Z” is bold. Here, Rodriguez talks with Variety about her research process for the role, her “Liza With a Z” introduction scene and whether working on “Smash” helped prepare her to sing on this show. When things are going wrong in his life, or things are going wrong in her life, they find each other through every decade, through every era, through every trial, and usually it’s in one of their homes, quietly, just the two of them.” “What I love about the relationship that I got to have on the show was that her and Halston got to be ride or dies,” Rodriguez says, “and that my interactions with him were always emotional. “What I tried to honor was her genuine humanity,” Rodriguez told T&C.While fans of both the eponymous fashion designer and the actor-dancer-singer may know about their public escapades at Studio 54, where they were photographed together many times, their behind-closed-doors bond is something Rodriguez was most excited to explore within the series. That guileless quality, the sadness, and the tenacity that Liza has.” “Besides the similarities of Krysta's physicality–she has the right bone structure and those big, beautiful eyes–she had something about her. T&C also caught up with director Dan Minahan, who shared why Rodriguez was such a good fit for the role. They were linked their whole lives, and I think that the two of them meeting created both of them.”Īn aptitude for entertaining isn't the only thing Rodriguez holds in common with Minnelli. “What I wanted to get into was her emotional journey and her relationship to Halston. “Liza has been replicated so often by people trying to do impersonations and emulate her,” she said. In an interview published in T own & Country's May issue, Rodriguez dished about how she tackled the role. Icon of stage and screen (and one of Halston's closest friends) Liza Minnelli is portrayed by Krysta Rodriguez, who herself has experience performing both on Broadway ( The Addams Family, A Chorus Line, In The Heights, and Spring Awakening) and in TV shows like Younger and Smash. To go to the extremes of his temper,” McGregor said in the interview. And there are people who love him and are unbelievably loyal to this day. “There are people I met who do not have nice things to say about him. “But in this case - and I don’t want to sound like I’m worming out of this, because it’s something I did think a lot about - I suppose ultimately I felt like it was just one part of who he was.” “If it had been a story about Halston’s sexuality more, then maybe it’s right that gay actors should play that role,” he said. In his interview with The Hollywood Reporter, McGregor expressed that he understood and respected the criticism, but stood by the casting. Minahan told the Hollywood Reporter, “When you see him make the dresses in the show, he’s literally cutting the fabric, pinning it, and making it.”īut some people, including Billy Porter, were critical of the decision to cast McGregor–who identifies as heterosexual–as the openly gay Halston. He sat in on pitch meetings, studied footage of the designer, met with Liza Minnelli herself, and even worked with the show's costume designer to learn how to sew. After officially signing on to the project, McGregor dove in. Just something about the way he holds himself, something in his eyes,” McGregor said. “I could tell instantly from the photos: I wanted to play him. The Obi-Wan Kenobi actor told the Hollywood Reporter he was interested in the role as soon as director Dan Minahan showed him pictures of Halston and his entourage. ![]()
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