SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched “Hollywood,” streaming now on Netflix. When Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan first sat down to write “Hollywood,” their new…
first sat down to write “Hollywood,” their new seven-part limited series about the Golden Age of Tinseltown, they wanted the show to be an investigation into the power of inequality when it came to the lack of inclusion for women and people of color both in front of the camera and behind-the-scenes. But, as time went on, they soon enough realized it was more interesting to tell a story of what could have been, rather than what actually happened.
“Hollywood” begins with a clear divide of power between the aspiring actors and writers, such as that young black woman Camille , who has been relegated to playing maids but dreams of being a leading lady, and the producers, agents and studio executives who dictate whose stories get to be told — and who gets to tell those stories. Jack is a veteran and husband who dreams of being a movie star and at first spends his days standing outside of studios hoping to be picked to be an extra in a movie.
“There’s an old quote about Shakespeare and in a scene with the king it’s not up to the actor playing that role to project power in the scene, it’s up to every other actor. So a lot of the times Joe just wanted to say less. It was interesting and I wouldn’t have expected that — and you rarely find an actor who asks for less dialogue — but he was exactly right.
Further wanting to “live through their moments of victory and aspiration,” Brennan says, inspired the decision to see “Meg” not only get nominated for a number of awards at the 1948 Oscars but also win them. It was a way to show the industry around these select individuals rising up and meeting them with strides for representation. But it was also a way to rewrite a few real people’s lives in ways “that I think they would have liked it to go,” he explains.
This also includes Rock Hudson who still changed his name and his teeth, but found himself in a loving, committed relationship with Archie and opted to go public with that, even if it meant he wouldn’t get acting work.
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