Pretty/Handsome

Pretty/Handsome is a 2008 television pilot by Ryan Murphy that was not picked up to series by FX. 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".

Plot

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

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. After Pretty/Handsome, Murphy worked on Glee because he "wanted to develop a wholesome comedy that the entire family can watch".