It was near what was the old Swamp nightclub, "because he wanted to be close to the gay bar, so he could walk over there and buy cocaine and pick up guys and bring them back." At the time, Mr. Gaines said, Victor Hugo, Halston's partner, would annoy him, so he rented him a house in Wainscott that was right behind Mr. He pointed out one inaccuracy, that Halston did not own the house in Montauk featured in the series, but actually rented from Andy Warhol for many years. And he keeps on flipping them over, saying, 'No, no, no.' You can't behave that way in business. "And he gets up and he's really grand and nasty. Gaines said the series illustrated that well in the boardroom scene where he is being shown different bottles for his perfume. At this point, he was still using cocaine and was in a constant manic state. In the book, he demonstrates it by quoting five people in a row, who all essentially say that Halston started to believe his own publicity. Gaines thought the series distilled very well was the turning point, "where you realize that Halston is saying 'no' unreasonably, and then he's beginning to destroy himself." "I've watched it too many times, I keep promising myself I won't watch it anymore." I walk around the house now in my bathrobe with a red scarf and a pan up in the air like it's a cigarette, pretending I'm him," he said with a laugh. He did a Meryl Streep, you know, he became that person. McGregor's transformation and the way the series painstakingly recreates the clothes, objects, and settings that help define the era. The series received mixed reviews, but even the less enthusiastic ones marveled at Mr. Concurrently, drug use, an extravagant lifestyle, and bad business decisions, including selling the rights to his name, set the stage for an inevitable implosion of his empire. The story follows the fashion designer from the 1960s to the 1980s as he builds his design house and brand to become synonymous with the style of that time. ![]() Gaines, who said recently he was thrilled with the result. The three decades from publication to series premiere were worth the wait for Mr. Murphy (who has a production deal with Netflix) became involved, everything began to move very quickly. Minahan said a representative of Ryan Murphy Productions reached out to say that he loved the story and wanted to work on the show. Vachon had first worked with in Todd Haynes's "Velvet Goldmine," came aboard. Once they committed to a serial format, the story unlocked itself. ![]() Vachon, who sent him a check for $10 to renew her option. In 2016, that option expired and it reverted to Mr. Gaines, these included Kevin Spacey, Brendan Fraser, Rupert Everett, and Alec Baldwin, who held the option on it, directly or indirectly, for some time. In the interim, others attempted as well, with several actors reportedly interested in or considered for the lead. In hindsight, it's too big a story to fit into a 90-minute movie," he said in an interview provided by Netflix. ![]() Vachon, who became an executive producer of the series, but "we couldn't crack the story. Why did it take so long to go from option to finished product, and with essentially the same team? According to Daniel Minahan, the director of the series, it was the struggle to contain the material in a traditional film format. "Simply Halston" was initially optioned in 2001 by Christine Vachon, head of Killer Films and the artistic director of Stony Brook University's M.F.A. ![]() The much earlier dates of the books give some sense of the odyssey involved on their way to the screen. Now, another of his infamous tell-alls, "Philistines at the Hedgerow," published in 1998, is being produced as a fictional narrative series. Viewers of the "Halston" limited series, which Netflix released in May, may have noticed the Wainscott resident credited as the author of the 1991 book "Simply Halston," which the series used as its source material. For a man who describes himself as retired, Steven Gaines's name is showing up on some very high-profile projects.
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