Pretty/Handsome

Pretty/Handsome is a 2008 television pilot by Ryan Murphy that was not picked up to series by FX.^[2][3] According to Vogue, Murphy "was devastated when the studio he was working with decided not to pursue the show because they felt their advertisers wouldn’t support it".^[4]

Pretty/Handsome
Genre	Drama
Created by	Ryan Murphy
Written by	Ryan Murphy Brad Falchuk[1]
Directed by	Ryan Murphy
Starring	Joseph Fiennes Blythe Danner Robert Wagner Carrie-Anne Moss
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Brad Falchuk Dede Gardner Ryan Murphy Brad Pitt
Producers	Dante Di Loreto Dede Gardner Patrick McKee
Editor	Bradley Buecker

Plot

Bob, a married person with two sons, has to come out to her family as a transgender woman.^[5]

Cast

• Joseph Fiennes as Bob Fitzpayne
• David Lambert as young Bob Fitzpayne
• Blythe Danner as Bunny Fitzpayne, Bob's mother
• Robert Wagner as Scotch Fitzpayne, Bob's father
• Carrie-Anne Moss as Elizabeth 'Liz' Fitzpayne
• Jake Cherry as Oliver Fitzpayne
• Jonathan Groff as Patrick Fitzpayne
• Jessica Lowndes as Cassie Boothe
• Christopher Egan as Beckett
• Sarah Paulson as Corky Fromme

Production

The project began shooting in the end of October 2007. The original title of the project was 4 oz., but was later changed to Pretty/Handsome. FX did not pick the show to be a regular series.^[6] After Pretty/Handsome, Murphy worked on Glee because he "wanted to develop a wholesome comedy that the entire family can watch".^[7]