“The Beauty” key art featuring Ashton Kutcher.
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Ryan Murphy’s sci-fi body horror series The Beauty, starring Ashton Kutcher, Bella Hadid and Isabella Rossellini, debuts on streaming this week.
Created by Murphy (American Horror Story, Glee) and Matthew Hodgson (Glee, 9-1-1) The Beauty also stars Evan Peters, Rebecca Hall, Anthony Ramos and Jeremy Pope.
The official synopsis for the series reads, “One shot makes you hot. In FX’s The Beauty, the world of high fashion turns dark when international supermodels begin dying in gruesome and mysterious ways. FBI Agents Cooper Madsen (Peters) and Jordan Bennett (Hall) are sent to Paris to uncover the truth. As they delve deeper into the case, they uncover a sexually transmitted virus that transforms ordinary people into visions of physical perfection, but with terrifying consequences.
“Their path leads them directly into the crosshairs of The Corporation (Kutcher), a shadowy tech billionaire who has secretly engineered a miracle drug dubbed ‘The Beauty,’ who will do anything to protect his trillion-dollar empire — including unleashing his lethal enforcer, The Assassin (Ramos). As the epidemic spreads, Jeremy (Pope), a desperate outsider, is caught in the chaos, searching for purpose as the agents race across Paris, Venice, Rome and New York to stop a threat that could alter the future of humanity … The Beauty is a global thriller that asks: what would you sacrifice for perfection?”
The Beauty also features several guest stars, including Ben Platt, Jessica Alexander, Vincent D’Onofrio, Billy Eichner, Rob Yang and Meghan Trainor.
The first three episodes of The Beauty will begin airing on cable on FX at 9 p.m. ET/PT and streaming on Hulu on Disney+ Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET. The series will wrap up its first season with two episodes on March 4.
For viewers who prefer to stream The Beauty on Hulu on Disney+ offers an ad-based package for $9.99 per month and an ad-free package for $19.99 per month.
Ryan Murphy Wrote ‘The Beauty’ With Ashton Kutcher In Mind
Ashton Kutcher, of course, has largely starred in comedies over the course of his career with roles in such hit series as That ‘70s Show,Two and a Half Men and The Ranch.
And while Kutcher has also starred in dramas over the years, Ryan Murphy had something new in mind for the actor.
In a recent interview with Vanity Fair about work in The Beauty, Kutcher recalled Murphy contacting him and saying, “Look, I wrote this role for you. You’ve never really played a villain, and I think that this is the villain for you.”
Kutcher told the publication that The Beauty is as timely as ever and hopes the series inspires some conversation around the timely topic of body perfection.
“We’re seeing the proliferation of GLP-1s. We’re even seeing our current administration make them cheaper and more available,” Kutcher told Vanity Fair. “There’s this global obsession with beauty that is intellectually ripe for conversation.”
Based on the comic book of the same name by Jeremy Haun and Jason A. Hurley, The Beauty begins airing on cable on FX at 9 p.m. ET/PT and streaming on Hulu on Disney+ Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET.
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/timlammers/2026/01/20/what-time-does-ashton-kutchers-body-horror-series-the-beauty-begin-how-to-watch/
