Are monsters born or made? That’s one of the questions Sarah Paulson and Ryan Murphy are tackling in their latest collaboration, “Ratched.” Paulson is playing Nurse Mildred Ratched, one of the most iconic villains in movie history.
Louise Fletcher won the Academy Award in 1976 for her chilling work as the sadistic nurse; in a poll by the American Film Institute, Ratched was ranked as the fifth-greatest villain in cinematic history.
In preparing to play the twisted character, Paulson studied the novel and the film in detail and even borrowed some gestures from the movie.
Ratched’s famous keychain is a link between Fletcher and Paulson. To create a credible (and terrifying) backstory for the sadistic nurse Paulson, Murphy and their