For her spellbinding portrait of Marcia Clark in “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story,” Sarah Paulson had won every major award —the first actor in history to do so — but the film offers never came. To add insult to injury, she watched her scene partners, Courtney B. Vance and Sterling K. Brown, receive roles in major Hollywood movies. What was it about her that the film world refused to embrace?
\n\nIt has taken a decade for Paulson to be offered a role worthy of her ability and stature, and it came from the unlikeliest of places: Cody Fern, her co-star in “American Horror Story: Apocalypse.” The dashing Australian actor, who portrayed the Antichrist, was so blown away by Paulson’s embodiment of three distinct characters on the Ryan Murphy series that he got to work writing a part that would show filmgoers what she was truly capable of. The result is “Closing Night,” which will make its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.
\n\nFern’s filmmaking debut follows Sandra Vale (Paulson), a glamorous movie star who invites her estranged sister (Naomi Watts), nephew (Toby Wallace) and his girlfriend (Odessa A’zion) to the opening night of her Broadway…
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