How Sarah Paulson Booked Aaron Sorkin's Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

Nov 30 2020

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While on Collider Ladies Night, Sarah Paulson highlighted two past projects that have a rather unique thing in common - she thinks she booked those roles because of the wives of the men directing them. One of the two actually earned Paulson her very first Emmy nomination, Game Change, the Jay Roach-directed HBO release based on John McCain’s 2008 presidential election campaign. The other project was one of the hottest things in Hollywood at the time, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, the series Aaron Sorkin created right after The West Wing with Thomas Schlamme serving as executive producer and director of four episodes.