Warning: SPOILERS forward for The Magnificence season 1, episodes 1-3!The Magnificence star has reacted to their surprising mid-season recast, unpacking the daring transfer the Ryan Murphy present’s premiere episodes simply made. Murphy’s new present for FX and Hulu follows FBI brokers Cooper Madsen (Evan Peters) and Jordan Bennett (Rebecca Corridor) as they examine a sexually transmitted therapy known as “the Magnificence,” which makes folks conventionally engaging with disastrous negative effects.
Whereas the pair are the present’s core protagonists, episode 2 sees Jordan have a one-night stand with a stranger, leading to her getting contaminated by the titular treatment-turned-illness. By the top of the three premiere episodes, she’s begun turning into another person, one thing that confirms Corridor will not be taking part in Jordan the subsequent time the character seems on the present.
Talking with TVLine, Corridor defined how Jordan’s transformation scene in The Magnificence was made, along with her and a contortionist actor working in tandem to create the sequence. She additionally spoke about how excited she was to see Jordan’s transformation, praising the twist as being in-line with the themes the present is exploring. Take a look at Corridor’s assertion beneath:
There was a contortionist on set who was a double and did among the extra excessive stuff, however once I watched it, I used to be actually fairly stunned by how a lot of it was me! It was enjoyable, although. I used to be recreation to only throw myself round and hope that nobody let me break, which they did not.
I assumed it was fascinating and thrilling and enjoyable, like, why not?
The FBI’s investigation into the Magnificence is drenched in company greed the extra the present reveals concerning the STD. Billionaire Byron Frost (Ashton Kutcher) is trying to make use of the STD to make a revenue as a magnificence therapy, whereas his loyalist, the Murderer (Anthony Ramos) retains the contaminated in line. Simply how a lot Jordan’s an infection will tie into their plans stays to be seen.
Up to now, critiques for The Magnificence have been polarizing. Whereas some critics are happy with how a lot it leans into its wild premise, others are disenchanted in how its concepts are underdeveloped, relying an excessive amount of on intercourse and violence for flashiness. As of writing, the sequence has a 69% on Rotten Tomatoes, and a 5.1 out of 10 from audiences on IMDb.
Even so, the transformation of Corridor’s character emphasizes the compelling manner the sequence will probably be approaching the FBI’s investigation into the Magnificence. Whereas using completely different actors following an infection evokes imagery of Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley’s The Substance, it additionally establishes how anybody could be contaminated, with a unique actor entering into their function.
Relying on what performs out, Jordan’s transformation may assist the FBI examine and uncover extra about how the an infection works. It additionally presents The Magnificence with a race towards time, as Cooper will seemingly be working to reverse the results of his accomplice’s an infection earlier than the lethal negative effects kick in.
New episodes of The Magnificence air Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET on FX and Hulu.