Ryan Murphy Talks Self-Policing on American Horror Story: Coven
Has there been anything you wanted to do this season that was too extreme, even for basic cable?
Never. I’ve had a really good relationship with our standard and practices department, and the network and the studio are obviously very supportive of the show. I’ve never really had that problem. Once in season two, but that’s because Jessica Lange said, “I’m not gonna cane anyone else, that’s it.” There was another scene in season one that even I thought was too vile.
Actually we shot a scene this year that I cut because I thought it went over the edge. I didn’t think it went over the edge when we wrote and shot it, but when we saw it … I try and police myself if I can, and this was too much. It was a scene between Madison and Spalding. He had some fun with his doll, her corpse. Denis O’Hare and Emma did it wonderfully, but it was a little much. When I saw Denis on the last day of The Normal Heart he was like, “I’m so glad you cut that scene!” He was very glad we didn’t show his ass to the world — although I will go on record saying it was a wonderful ass. Maybe we’ll put it on the DVD. I’ll ask the actors. And that’s the thing: I love the cast, I want to protect them, and they know that. I’m also aware that this year has developed a very loyal young female audience, and I didn’t want to put that out in the world.
When I interviewed Taissa about the threesome between Zoe, Kyle and Madison, she saidshe was very glad you went with “the implied version” of it.
There were other versions. That was also one where you write it and you work on it and you talk to the actors. Emma and Evan are dating, so I didn’t want for them to have to do something that was odd or that they didn’t feel comfortable doing. They were very cool about it, and would have done it, but I love them and wanted to make them happy. There are lots of discussions sometimes, but for the most part people go for it knowing if it’s too much — or too little — we’ll do it again or work on it in editing.
Rest of the Interview HERE
* Didn't Graham Yost of Justified said something similar in regards to "Unrated DVD". The operative word here is "ask the actors". No way they going to say aye to anything involving nudity especially Emma.
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