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American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace || Episode 07 – Recap Rewind
On this week’s episode of American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace, we dive into the seventh episode titled ‘Ascent’ JLAG and NBEA have some controversial opinions about this episode tune in to find out! | 13 March 2018
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Paste’s TV Power Rankings
5. The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Network: FX
Last Week’s Ranking: 3There are a few moments in The Assassination of Gianni Versace where the temptation to feel pity for whatever happened to create the freakish empty husk that is Andrew Cunanan is relatively strong. Several such moments occur in the latest episode, “Descent.” Then you’re inevitably visited by a character he’s killed in a previous episode, and all you can do is feel sorry for the whole damned world. Because “Descent” is, in the end, about love. Sometimes when people can’t locate any within themselves they have a hard time finding it in others. Occasionally, someone is driven actually insane by this, and might even do something unspeakable. We already know what’s going to happen to Andrew Cunanan. I wonder if he does. —Amy Glynn (Photo: Suzanne Tenner/FX)
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Top performer
Clare: While Darren Criss was magnificent as per usual, it was Penelope Cruz in The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story’s “Ascent” that really impressed me this week. Getting to see more of her backstory and her relationship with her brother was really interesting and getting the comparison of her here when Gianni is forced to give the reins of the company to her to when she has no choice but to take control following his murder a few years later was wonderful. Seeing her growth and her gaining in self-confidence and owning her power and creativity was great, made even more poignant with International Women’s Day.
Top moment
Clare: All hail Darren Criss and his ability to say so much with just his eyes and facial expressions. When he walked in and witnessed the brutal murder of Lincoln Aston, the shock, the horror as well as fear for his own life was all perfectly captured in Criss’ face. There is a reason that Criss is basically a shoe-in for a nomination in every limited series best actor award in the award season later this year. This was just another perfect example of that.
Episode 7 “Ascent” Poll results
Average score: 8.296
“Nobody gives a shit how hard you work. This is about being what people want” gives us the definitive statement to Andrew Cunanan’s modus operandi. In this episode we see Cunanan rejected for his half-Filipino heritage, but rewarded with wealth, status, and admiration when he glosses over the racial and financial details of his life. Darren Criss shines as we delve deeper into the inner workings of our main character, getting to turn up his trademark charm as Cunanan seduces his way into more accomplished men’s lives. Darren earns this week’s MVP award with 70.4% of your vote.
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Stay tuned for episode 8!
Director Matt Bomer, facing camera, talks to cast and crew, including actor Darren Criss, right, on the set of ‘The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story.’ ( Source) | 13 March 2018
Q&A: Matt Bomer on directing ‘Versace,’ ‘Boys in the Band’ and a ‘White Collar’ reunion
Actor Matt Bomer is central to Wednesday’s penultimate episode of FX’s The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (10 ET/PT), but viewers won’t see him. He’s playing a new role: director.
Bomer (White Collar, The Normal Heart), 40, spoke to USA TODAY about his first-time gig directing the episode, “Creator/Destroyer,” which looks at designer Versace and his killer, Andrew Cunanan, as pre-teens; working with his mega-producer friend Ryan Murphy; and the chances for a revival of his USA hit, White Collar.
Question: How did this first-time directing assignment come about?
Bomer: I’d worked with Ryan several times. He knew I always would come into the set with reams of text work and research and he said, ‘You should direct.’ I thought it might be on American Horror Story, but he said Versace. I promptly passed out. When I came to, I said, ‘Yes.’ This was a four-month labor of love for me. I read over 3,000 pages of books. I met with director friends to get insight. I did an intensive with the DGA (Directors Guild of America). I shadowed two other directors of the show. So by the time I got on set, I was at least able to fake it till I made it.
Q: How did you approach Cunanan in this episode, which portrays a future killer and a future fashion icon as youths?
Bomer: “We’re all responsible for the choices we make, but it was a big question of this episode: Can we empathize with a monster when we see the circumstances of his life and the hand he was dealt? What makes one person a creator and one a killer?
Q&A: Matt Bomer on directing ‘Versace,’ ‘Boys in the Band’ and a ‘White Collar’ reunion
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