On Sunday night, the stars of Ryan Murphy’s upcoming Netflix series — “Hollywood” — were gathered for the first screening of the show, out May 1.
“We wrapped just two weeks ago,” said Jeremy Pope, stylish in a Paul Smith suit inside the San Vicente Bungalows in Los Angeles. “The lines are still on the tongue.”
Pope plays an aspiring screenwriter navigating Tinseltown during its Golden Age in the Forties alongside a group of actors, filmmakers — and sex workers.
Jeremy Pope and Laura Harrier
Courtesy of Netflix
“It’s super fresh,” agreed Jake Picking. “I was in a daze stepping out of that.”
Picking, who will next be seen in Tom Cruise’s “Top Gun: Maverick,” took on the role of American actor Rock Hudson. “I read and watched everything that I could,” he said of preparing for the part.
“Jeremy is the sexiest person I’ve ever seen on screen,” said costar David Corenswet. He, too, was seeing the series for the first time. “Except, then Jake comes on, and he’s the sexiest and most sympathetic character.”
It was all “very meta,” he said of the experience. “I’m an actor playing an actor, playing an actor. There’s layers.”
While entertaining, the show — co-created by Ian Brennan — brings to
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