JamesG
04-04-2018, 02:05 PM
Ryan Murphy on Scrapping Monica Lewinsky "American Crime Story" Season
by Lacey Rose
April 4, 2018
The producers of FX's Emmy-drenched anthology series "American Crime Story" have hit the brakes on a season centered on the White House saga of Monica Lewinsky.
Though Jeffrey Toobin's 2000 best-seller, A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Sex Scandal that Nearly Brought Down a President, was optioned as source material more than a year ago, Murphy says they had second thoughts.
And he's already relayed as much to a relieved Lewinsky, whom he ran into at a Hollywood party.
"I told her, 'Nobody should tell your story but you, and it's kind of gross if they do,'" Murphy recalls saying. "'If you want to produce it with me, I would love that; but you should be the producer and you should make all the goddamn money.'"
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/ryan-murphy-american-crime-story-future-scrapping-monica-lewinsky-season-1099146
by Lacey Rose
April 4, 2018
The producers of FX's Emmy-drenched anthology series "American Crime Story" have hit the brakes on a season centered on the White House saga of Monica Lewinsky.
Though Jeffrey Toobin's 2000 best-seller, A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Sex Scandal that Nearly Brought Down a President, was optioned as source material more than a year ago, Murphy says they had second thoughts.
And he's already relayed as much to a relieved Lewinsky, whom he ran into at a Hollywood party.
"I told her, 'Nobody should tell your story but you, and it's kind of gross if they do,'" Murphy recalls saying. "'If you want to produce it with me, I would love that; but you should be the producer and you should make all the goddamn money.'"
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/ryan-murphy-american-crime-story-future-scrapping-monica-lewinsky-season-1099146