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FX Thriller 'The Beauty' Premieres Wednesday With a Body-Horror Take on Perfection's Price

Cast say the series interrogates how selling perfection exploits insecurity.

Overview

  • The series launches with three episodes on January 21 on FX and Hulu, with international streaming on Disney+.
  • The story follows FBI agents Cooper Madsen and Jordan Bennett as they trace lethal transformations to a tech billionaire and his engineered drug, The Beauty.
  • Rebecca Hall underscored the show’s focus on the commodification of beauty and the profit motive in keeping people feeling inadequate.
  • Ashton Kutcher said his character, The Corporation, views the drug as salvation and justifies violence as a necessary cost.
  • Relationship dynamics shape the narrative, from Cooper and Jordan’s unresolved feelings to an unexpected bond between The Assassin and Jeremy.