ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Its harder to make an impact with connection [television].
Why do you think9-1-1broke through?RYAN MURPHY:Its a couple reasons.
The main reason is Dana Walden is very smart about how she runs that online grid.
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I first met Dana when I first started doing a deal with her back in 2005.
The reason she wanted to hire me and meet with me was because she lovedNip/Tuck.
We bonded on how much we loved those unusual, bizarro cases that are sorta plucked from the headlines.
I said, Okay, lets try it.
People love Angela [Bassett], Peter [Krause], and Connie [Britton].
Those are the main things.
Its very positive too.
But will they lose people?
Will there be a mix of tragedy and joy?Yeah.
So tonight is the infamous roller coaster episode.
Is someone legit hanging upside down from a roller coaster?Yeah.
All of our cases are plucked from the headlines.
In the case of many of them, they die tragic deaths.
So we wanted to show that.
We had to shoot it three times.
We had to shoot a real rollercoaster.
Then we had to build the roller coaster in a soundstage against a green screen.
Then, we had to shoot the stunts of what happens when youre tossed out of a roller coaster.
What does that feel like?
What does that look like?
Angelas and Peters characters know each other on the show.
But will we see Angela and Connie having a glass of wine one night?
Will they all intersect?Yeah, I mean the show was designed for that.
I want to see it.
I need it to happen.
Because Angela and Peter are stationed in the same district, Angela is friends with Aisha and comes over.
Theres a really great sexy subplot that begins to happen with Buck and Abby.
How does she date with her sick mom there?Its tricky [laughs].
Connie and I talk about that all the time.
But the thing about that situation is you gotta have a life.
So yes, Connie then gets involved in the world and Peter makes them these big honkin meals.
I also thought thats interesting if Connie meets Peter but shes dating the Buck character.
And will Angelas on the down-low husband still be a continuing storyline?
Its obviously a complication.
Hes obviously lied to his wife.
So were handling it in an interesting, complicated, non-tragic way.
Now that the secrets out, do you date?
Or do you decide to stay in a sexless marriage because you have young children?
For Angela, I want to see her out in that dating pool and meeting Mr.
Right and thats a really great storyline for Angela.
Its sort of like whatever happened to all of the characters afterWaiting to Exhale.
Make no mistake, its very rocky and tumultuous and fireworks but I think its great TV.
Why does Connie Britton not have a big LOreal campaign and Winona Ryder does?
