Before starring in “American Horror Story: NYC“ this year, 2020 was supposed to be Isaac Powell's year. “It was wild. I was having this incredible moment on Broadway, this breakout role and this splashy new revival of ‘West Side Story’.”
Powell regrouped and changed course, deciding to focus on getting into film and television. During the pandemic, he shot the film adaptation of “Dear Evan Hansen” before a call came about joining “American Horror Story,” in which he’s now appeared in two seasons. With a slew of projects in the pipeline, including a film at Sundance next month, Powell’s moment is finally underway.
The most recent season, which aired this fall, focused on New York’s 1980s gay scene. Despite it being his second bout with “AHS,” Powell says this one drew a reaction like none other. “These are the men that I look to in the industry as representation. When I was graduating college, I remember making a list of people who were carving a career out for themselves that I hoped to have as well, my role models in the industry, and those are some of the names that were actually on that list,” Powell says. “So it was really special to me to be included and to feel like I had sort of arrived in this group as well.
Next month, Powell will attend his first Sundance Film Festival on behalf of the film “Cat Person,” an adaptation of the 2017 viral New Yorker article. He wasn’t familiar with the essay when he received an audition for the part of Clay, an ex-boyfriend of the film’s lead Margot , yet quickly got the hype after an initial read.
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