When Ryan Murphy announces a series, there is an immediate intrigue that is often associated with it. Take a look at his track record: Popular, Nip/Tuck, Glee, American Horror Story, Scream Queens,…
, which gives a look at the inclusive film and TV industry that could have been during the glitz and glamour of post-World War II Hollywood.“I grew up reading about Hollywood and being obsessed about it and there were three people that I was really, really obsessed with: Rock Hudson, Anna May Wong and Hattie McDaniel,” Murphy told Deadline. “I was always really moved by them and I never really understood why until I was older.
. Wong, a first-generation Chinese American, was one of the few Asians who were working actors during the era whentakes place. She was famously known for going out for the lead role of the Chinese character O-Lan in MGM’s adaptation of Pearl S. Buck’s. She lost out the role to white actress Luise Rainer, who went on to win an Academy Award for Best Actress.
Being Asian American, Krusiec felt a direct connection to Wong on that front, but found an even deeper connection to her as an Asian American actress who has been cutting her teeth in the industry for decades. There was something wildly meta when it comes to Krusiec experience as an actress and Wong’s journey. Krusiec goes back to Wong’s missed opportunity with . There is a scene in the series where Wong is auditioning for the role and Krusiec wanted to get it right. “
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