As buzz grows louder for his new Netflix seriesThe Politicianfollowing last week’s trailer,Ryan Murphyhas started casting his next show for the streamer, and multiple sources have told Collider that Broadway sensationJeremy Popehas landed the lead role.
Murphy took to Instagram back in February to announce that his next series,Hollywood, would “begin principal photography this summer,” calling it “a love letter to the Golden Age of Tinseltown.” Pope is expected to play a gay, aspiring writer in 1940s Hollywood, and he’ll likely be joined by a slew of Murphy regulars, includingDarren Criss(American Crime Story),Dylan McDermott(American Horror Story),Jim Parsons(The Normal Heart),David Corenswet(The Politician) andJoe Mantello(The Normal Heart).
Murphy recently toldTime Magazinethat hisPosestarPatti LuPoneandHolland Taylorhad joined theHollywoodcast, and sources add that Murphy will be casting actors to play closeted screen legendRock Hudsonand two-time Oscar winnerSpencer Tracy. Netflix declined to confirm or comment on any casting.
“This straight-to-series production will be my third show for Netflix and I couldn’t be more excited or proud about the work we are doing together,“wrote Murphy, who co-createdHollywoodwith frequent collaboratorIan Brennan. The two of them previously co-createdGlee,Scream Queensand the upcoming Netflix seriesThe PoliticianstarringBen PlattandGwyneth Paltrow. Murphy will followThe PoliticianwithRatched, which is expected to debut on Netflix in 2020, withSarah Paulsonplaying the infamous nurse fromOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
Pope recently made his Broadway play debut inChoir Boy, in which he plays a young man coming to terms with his sexuality and identity, and he also made his Broadway musical debut inAin’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations, in which he playedEddie Kendricks, a founding member of the Motown group. His peers noticed his work on stage, voting him just the sixth actor in Tony Awards history to be nominated for two separate performance in the same year. Pope is represented by Gersh and Door 24, and representatives for the actor did not respond to requests for comment on Tuesday.
Per Time Magazine, Hollywood is expected to debut on Netflix in May.
