‘The Beauty’ Cast Details Ryan Murphy’s ‘Unhinged’ Pitch: ‘It’s Hard to Say No’

“The Beauty,” a brutally graphic sci-fi body horror about society’s obsession with looks, is the type of show that seems like a hard sell for most creators. Luckily for the cast of the buzzy FX series, it wasn’t just anyone who came calling with the pitch.

Premiering Wednesday, “The Beauty” centers around the emergence of a sexually transmitted treatment that seemingly grants those infected with their perfect physical form. But as the disease spreads, deadly side effects spawn wreaking...