Sarah Paulson on ‘Going Back to Work Soon’ and What to Expect From ‘Ratched’

Ratched. Each season will be nine episodes.

is Ryan Murphy’s latest, ambitious series, exploring the origins of one of film’s most iconic villains, Nurse Ratched of  Led by Sarah Paulson, the series fills out her backstory with a cast of eclectic characters played by the likes Cynthia Nixon, Sharon Stone, Sophie Okonedo and Jon Jon Briones, who opens up to ET about playing Dr.

Lindsay Blake Ryan Murphy’s new “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” prequel, “Ratched,” finally dropped today on Netflix. The highly-anticipated origin story takes a look at the early career of infamous villain Nurse Mildred Ratched (played by a deliciously vicious Sarah Paulson) as she perfects her special brand of patient care and lobotomy skills at the fictional Lucia State Hospital.

Ryan Murphy‘s world just expanded. The producer’s first Netflix series, Ratched, dropped on the streaming giant on Friday, September 18, introducing the world to an entirely new Nurse Ratched — a character featured in the 1975 drama One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.The thrilling drama is dark, twisted and at times, very funny, following the life of Sarah Paulson‘s Ratched, a nurse who cons her way into on a job at a mental hospital.

Sarah Paulson’s new Netflix series “Ratched” has just debuted and, while promoting the chilling “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” prequel on SiriusXM’s “The Jess Cagle Show”, she also teased an upcoming role.

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Ryan Murphy's latest series,Ratched,tells the origin tale of Nurse Mildred Ratched, the infamous character in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Sarah Paulson, who stars as Nurse Ratched in the prequel series, opens up to The Hollywood Reporter about creating the Netflix show that expands on the story of the nurse from the 1975 film, based on the 1962 novel by Ken Kesey.

Sarah Paulson has revealed that “Ratched” isn’t pronounced the way that it looks!

 Ratched, Ryan Murphy's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest prequel series, to know that the series is a pretty significant detour from the 1975 film, with the (extremely fabulous) 1940s costumes dominating the mood. While Ratched delves into how Nurse Ratched — Mildred, as we learn at the outset of these eight episodes — becomes the villain that she is, the bulk of Season 1 plops us right into the action as she begins a campaign of torment and terror for reasons that soon become clear.

Ryan Murphy's Ratched has been billed as the story of how Nurse Ratched from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest becomes the stiff, forcefulauthoritarian of a psychiatric hospital we see in the film, but that description doesn't exactly jibe with the eight episodes sent to critics.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticAt this point, there are several things you’re almost sure to encounter when diving into one of Ryan Murphy’s gilded television worlds. No matter where or when it’s set, the show will have impeccable, eye-popping costume and production design.

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Were you given a nutshell description of Hanover going into the project?Before we started shooting, I was sent the first three episodes. Ryan [Murphy] e-mailed me asking if I wanted to talk about my character and I said, “Yes, please,” but it never happened.

"Weeks upon weeks upon weeks." That’s how long it took, says costume designer Lou Eyrich, to gain Ryan Murphy’s approval on the precise hue and weight of the bluish-green fabric for the hospital uniforms in Ratched, his origin story for the nurse memorably played by Louise Fletcher in 1975’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. The horror series, starring Sarah Paulson as Mildred Ratched, premieres Sept.

Sarah Paulson tells ET about, Netflix’s ambitious and stylish new series about the origins of one of cinema’s most iconic and villainous characters, Nurse Ratched from, created by Evan Romansky and executive produced by Ryan Murphy. Ahead of its Sept.

Film fans often debate the necessity of a prequel film or TV series. Often, prequels serve only to shine a light on mysteries that should have remained in the dark.