Sarah Paulson Calls Out Actor Who Gave Her Pages of Unsolicited Notes

Sarah Paulson is recalling an “outrageous” interplay she had with a fellow actor who watched her efficiency in a play.

Throughout a Monday look on the Smartless podcast, with hosts Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett, the American Horror Story star was requested if she would settle for suggestions from celebrities who come backstage to fulfill the solid after a theater present.

“I did do a play as soon as. The final time I used to be on stage, I did a play referred to as Talley’s Folly on the Roundabout, and the actress — and I’m going to say this, and I’m not going to ask you to chop this out, as a result of I don’t fucking care — this actress got here to the play. Her title is Trish Hawkins. ‘Hello, Trish! Hello, Trisha!’” Paulson mentioned. “Trish Hawkins got here to the play … am I going to get sued? I don’t care, as a result of I feel that is outrageous.”

The Emmy winner defined that her personal mom introduced Hawkins alongside along with her to look at the efficiency as they have been in “some sort of writing group collectively.” Hawkins was the unique star of Lanford Wilson’s Talley’s Folly, taking part in Sally Talley throughout its 1979 off-Broadway run and its Broadway debut the next yr. Paulson then starred as Sally Talley within the off-Broadway revival of the play in 2013.

“She got here to the play, proceeded to say — she checked out me up and down after which she went, ‘Your costume is yellow. Mine was pink.’ And I believed, ‘What?’” Paulson recalled of her dialog with Hawkins.

She continued, “Minimize to 2 days later, I bought an e mail that was six pages lengthy of notes and a communication to me about what she had performed when she had performed the play, what she advisable I do. It was outrageous. It was actually outrageous. Trish Hawkins, I’ve not forgotten it, and I hope to see you by no means.”

The Run actress added that she stored the notes, however by no means advised her mom concerning the incident: “I simply put it again within the file of issues my mom has performed.”

Hawkins couldn’t be reached for remark.