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events winner Ewan McGregor plays the titular role and features Broadway actress Krysta Rodriguez as Liza Minnelli and Rory Culkin as Joel Schumacher.
“I have a vision,” McGregor’s Halston says in the trailer. “I’m going to change the face of American fashion.”
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“I’ve been an outsider my whole life ’til one day I just stopped giving a flying f—,” he says, before being given a warning during a meeting.
Ewan McGregor plays the designer Halston in an upcoming Netflix miniseries.
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“My wife thinks your a genius. I think that’s dangerous,” says a man sitting at a restaurant with Halston. “I think once you call yourself a genius you stop growing.”
The trailer then sees the designer freefall into a chaotic life of drugs, sex and temper tantrums, leading someone to call him “out of control.”
“Do you ever feel like everything you have can disappear in an instant?” Halston asks as the trailer ends.
Born Roy Halston Frowick, Halston was known for minimalistic designs that became massively popular in the 1970s. He’s credited with revolutionizing American fashion.
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The designer died at the age of 57 due to an AIDS-related illness.
“Halston” is one of the many projects being produced for Netflix by awards darling Ryan Murphy. Netflix’s “Hollywood,” “Ratched,” “The Politician,” “The Boys in the Band” and “Ratched” are also produced by Murphy.
On the broadcast side, Murphy is known for producing “American Horror Story,” “American Crime Story,” “Glee” and “9-1-1.”
Liza Minnelli with designer Halston circa 1982 in New York City. (Photo by Robin Platzer/IMAGES/Getty Images)
McGregor is perhaps best known for playing Obi-Wan Kenobi in multiple “Star Wars” movies. He’s set to reprise his role as the wise and powerful Jedi in a miniseries set for Disney+.
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The actor won a Golden Globe in 2018 when he played twins in “Fargo.” He also received an Emmy nomination for the role, as well as for a guest appearance in “ER” and for his work as a narrator of the docuseries “Highlands: Scotland’s Wild Heart.”
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His two other Globe nominations came for his performances in “Mouline Rouge!” and “Salmon Fishing in the Yemen.”
“Halston” hits Netflix on May 14.
