‘The Beauty’ Star Jessica Alexander on Becoming Rebecca Hall’s Jordan & the Show’s True Message

[Warning: The following post contains spoilers for The Beauty Episode 5, “Beautiful Billionaires.”] While the billionaires were away getting transformed — with hysterically tragic results — in one part of the plot in The Beauty Episode 5, the rest of this week’s installment saw Jordan, now portrayed by Jessica Alexander, reuniting with Cooper (Evan Peters) to explain what’s happened in her post-transformation absence. For Alexander, learning that she would be embodying the “Beauty” version of a character portrayed by Rebecca Hall was “surreal.” The actress revealed to TV Insider that she’s long been a fan of Hall’s work, particularly in indie films like Resurrection, and was delighted to share a role with her, no matter how unusual it was. Alexander was also…