[WATCH] Ryan Murphy on ‘The Prom’, His Career Tests and Covid – Behind The Lens – Deadline

Ryan Murphy takes us behind the lens of his first major musical The prom in today’s edition of my weekly Deadline video series, which focuses on filmmakers and their careers. Murphy, of course, is not only a director and writer, but also one of Hollywood’s most prolific producers, who always seems to have multiple productions going on at the same time.

In fact, when I talked to him on vacation, he was juggling five different television programs at one stage or another, with the added challenge of doing them under strict safety protocols dictated by the coronavirus pandemic: He talks about how, to finish in the last days of shooting The prom after being shut down for months, he and Netflix in coordination with health officials created the model to proceed with filming during the pandemic. (At the time of the interview, he personally just received his 90th (!) Covid test to keep working and keep his squads and teams up and running.

The list of Murphy projects is long, including american horror story and American Crime Story anthology series, Glee, 9-1-1, Ratched, The Politician, Pose, Nip / Tuck, limited series like Hollywood, movies like The boys of the band and The Normal Heart, and so on. The prom is one of the big chances for Netflix awards this year at the Golden Globes and Oscars, and Murphy is no stranger to the gold rush, having won several awards over the years, including six Emmys in various categories as a producer, director and writer . He laughs and says he’s basically known for “musicals and horror stuff,” although his varied filmography reveals a collection of credits that go well beyond those genres.

Click on the video above and watch our conversation while we discuss getting it The prom on screen in record time after seeing the show for the first time on Broadway in January 2019; why the time was right to bring it up now in very dark times; what Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman told him about their emotional states when he called to see if they would like to spend some time singing and dancing on the screen for him (“I’m tired of crying. I want some joy,” Streep told him ); how he recreated Broadway in downtown Los Angeles, when shooting in New York for as long as necessary would be impossible – and more. Appreciate.