The Politician: Jessica Lange and Zoey Deutch on the New Ryan Murphy Netflix Series

The Politician: Jessica Lange and Zoey Deutch on the New Ryan Murphy Netflix Series

With The Politician now streaming on Netflix, I recently sat down with Zoey Deutch and Jessica Lange to discuss the new Ryan Murphy series. During the wide-ranging interview they talked about their first meeting’s with Murphy, how Ryan Murphy pushes diversity and inclusion both in front of and behind the camera, what they were excited to film before shooting began, and more.

Created by Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Ian Brenner, The Politician is about a wealthy high school student (Tony Award-winning actor Ben Platt) from California with ambitions of becoming President of the United States. However, every dream has to start somewhere, and his starts with trying to become Student Body President. As he tries to make it happen, he’s forced to make a number of deals with a host of colorful characters. The series also stars Lucy Boynton, Gwyneth Paltrow, Julia Schlaepfer, Laura Dreyfuss, Rahne Jones, Theo Germaine, David Corenswet, Bob Balaban and Benjamin Barrett.

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