Arriving Wednesday on FX, Grotesquerie Follows Detective Lois, who, in addition to facing family issues at home, believes a serial killer has decided to antagonize her. She reluctantly teams up with sister Megan, hoping that her expertise can be an asset in the case. Together, the women become a surprising, but powerful, duo determined to end the string of murders that have corrupted their small town.
Grotesquerie is written and created by Ryan Murphy, Jon Robin Baitz and Joe Baken, and stars Emmy Award-winners Nice Nash Bets. The rest of the main cast includes Courtney B. Vance, Leslie Manville, Michaela Diamond, Nicholas Alexander Chavez, Raven Godwin and Travis Kelce. Chavez and Diamond share that they are drawn to any series with Murphy, with the latter also interested in the unlikely friendship between her character and Nash-Bets.
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Screen Rant Interviewed Chavez and Diamond about stepping into the roles of sister Megan and father Charlie and the role they play throughout Grotesquerie Season 1.
Chavez and Diamond share their favorite Ryan Murphy shows
“I think any director who has the scope of doing Glee and Dahmer is rare.”
What attracted you to Grotesquerie And made you want to get involved?
Michaela Diamond: Ryan Murphy called. When Ryan Murphy calls and says you’ve booked a part, you jump right on that plane. And I think also, for me, I just had to read the first script when I booked it, and the thing that drew me in was the unlikely friendship between these two women who, I think, at another point in their lives t Really give each other a shot.
But I think sisters Megan and Lois see something in each other that is compelling to them, whether they are broken in themselves and see it in the other person or it represents some sort of hope for both of them. That’s really what started it for me. And also, how fun is it to play a nun in a horror genre? There is a world of choices out there.
Nicholas Alexander Chavez: We were on the back half of Shooting Monsters when Ryan called me and told me about Growsquare. He said, “Nick, I have this really exciting new project that I’m working on. I want to share some of the scripts with you,” and as soon as I started reading them, I was instantly hooked. I knew that this would provide me with an opportunity to bring a different element of my creativity to the project because it wasn’t playing a real person that was, so I could use my own imagination to fill in the different aspects of who Father Charlie is. It was a great opportunity.
Ryan Murphy is behind so many great shows. Was there one you saw before that made you think, “I need to be in a project of his”?
Nicholas Alexander Chavez: I watched Dahmer when it came out, and I was blown away. I was blown away by Niecy and by Evan. When I got the chance to work with Niecy on this project, it really came full circle for me.
Micaela Diamond: This has nothing to do with the genre, but I was primed audience for Glee. I think any director who has the scope of doing Glee and Dahmer is rare. I don’t know how someone can have that kind of humor and camp and go to something so incredibly dark and evil. I think that is Ryan’s opinion. This is the mind of a genius.
Diamond enjoys the contrasting energies of Sister Megan and Detective Lois
“I’m incredibly front-footed, and she’s incredibly laid back in a way. Together, it’s a really fun mystery-solving-crime moment.”
How would you each describe your characters to someone who hasn’t seen the series?
Nicholas Alexander Chavez: Father Charlie is tasked with trying to reinvigorate the church and keep the community together amid all the really, really horrible murders. And then he also brings a lot of unconventional ideas that he sees as progressive to the more traditional members of the Catholic Church. It’s a really compelling character, and he has a lot of different objectives. And then he is also grappling with the discrepancy between what he feels internally and what he feels tasked with doing externally. So yes, really compelling.
Michaela Diamond: The string of murders going on in this city have real religious undertones and references. Sister Megan, who is a nun and a journalist, makes her way into the area of ​​Lois Tryon, who is the main amazing detective on the case, the only one who will be able to solve it and prove her worth and how she is going to be Quite helpful in helping you solve them. As a couple, they make a really interesting duo. I think they together, their energy – I’m incredibly front-footed, and she’s incredibly laid back in a way. Together, it’s a really fun mystery-solve-crime moment.
About Ryan Murphy’s Grotesquerie
In FX’s Grotesquerie, a series of heinous crimes unsettle a small community. “Detective Lois Tryon” feels that the crimes are very personal, as if someone – or something – is taunting her. At home, Lois grapples with a strained relationship with her daughter, a husband in long-term hospital care and her own inner demons. With no leads and not sure where to turn, she accepts the help of “Sister Megan,” a nun and journalist with the Catholic Guardian.
Sister Megan, with her own difficult past, has seen the worst of humanity, but she still believes in its capacity for good. Lois, on the other hand, fears that the world is subject to evil. As Lois and Sister Megan piece together clues, they find themselves entangled in an evil web that only seems to raise more questions than answers.
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Grotesquerie Airs Wednesdays at 10pm ET/PT on FX and is available to stream the next day on Hulu.