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.
Cast and characters
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
- Shawna Hamic as Pat Ast
- Maxim Swinton as Young Roy Halston
- Sietzka Rose as Karen Bjornson
- Jack Mikesell as John David Ridge
- Shannan Wilson as Bobbi Mahoney
Production
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.