Halston (miniseries)

Halston is an American biographical drama television miniseries based on the life of designer Halston, starring Ewan McGregor. Adapted from the 1991 book Simply Halston by Steven Gaines, the series was ordered by Netflix in September 2019 and premiered on May 14, 2021.

Main

 * Ewan McGregor as Halston
 * Rebecca Dayan as Elsa Peretti
 * David Pittu as Joe Eula
 * Krysta Rodriguez as Liza Minnelli
 * Bill Pullman as David J. Mahoney

Supporting

 * Rory Culkin as Joel Schumacher
 * James Riordan as Henry Bisset
 * Sullivan Jones as Ed Austin
 * Kelly Bishop as Eleanor Lambert
 * Gian Franco Rodriguez as Victor Hugo
 * Dilone as Pat Cleveland
 * Vera Farmiga as Adele
 * James Waterston as Mike
 * Jason Kravits as Carl Epstein
 * Mary Beth Peil as Martha Graham
 * Molly Jobe as Sassy Johnson
 * Maxim Swinton as Young Roy Halston
 * Sietzka Rose as Karen Bjornson
 * Jack Mikesell as John David Ridge
 * Shannan Wilson as Bobbi Mahoney

Development
In January 2019, it was announced that Legendary Television and Killer Films had put in development Simply Halston, a miniseries based on the life of Halston that would be based on the book of the same name by Steven Gaines, with Ewan McGregor set to star as Halston and the series to be written by Sharr White and directed by Daniel Minahan.

In September 2019, Ryan Murphy revealed to Time that he had signed onto Halston as an executive producer and that the series had been ordered by Netflix under his overall deal at the company. The series premiered on May 14, 2021.

Casting
On February 18, 2020, Murphy announced on a since deleted Instagram post that in addition to McGregor starring, other cast members of Halston included Krysta Rodriguez as Liza Minnelli, Rory Culkin as Joel Schumacher, Rebecca Dayan as Elsa Peretti, Sullivan Jones as Ed Austin, David Pittu as Joe Eula, Gian Franco Rodriguez as Victor Hugo, and Maxim Swinton as Young Roy Halston.

Reception
For the limited series, review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 67% based on 54 critic reviews, with an average rating of 6.30/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Ewan McGregor brings megawatt charisma to match Halston vibrant recreation of a fashion era, but the series' glib treatment of the legendary designer's interior life yields a lot of style with little substance." Metacritic gave the series a weighted average score of 50 out of 100 based on 20 critic reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".