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45 ‘American Horror Story’ Characters Ranked In Order Of Absolute Evilness
Did we miss anyone?
by kat rosenfield 12/24/2014

After putting together the list below, one thing became abundantly clear: “American Horror Story” is quite possibly the most evil show on television. Ever since the inaugural “American Horror Story: Murder House,” the show has been a repository for the deranged, depraved, and morally derelict, with almost nobody in its cast who could be described as a straight-up good person.

But what happens when you try to objectively rank every single major AHS character on an all-time Megalist of Evil, starting with the purest and most innocent, and ending with the baddest baddie of all? Can it even be done?! Well, we tried. And we’re kicking it off with…

Pepper
Pure, buck-toothed, unibrowed innocence: Pepper is our number one “American Horror Story” good guy.

Adelaide “Addie” Langdon
Poor Addie wasn’t evil in the least; she just wanted to be a pretty girl.

Misty Day
A Stevie Nicks-loving hippie witch who used her gifts to resurrect fuzzy-wuzzy little animals, Misty Day had a heart so pure, she wasn’t just good, but too good for this world.

Vivien Harmon
Not evil, just naive — for thinking that her chump of a husband was ever going to stop being a chump. Poor Viv.

Shachath
Most of the residents of “Asylum” are no angels, but this one is! Literally! Although she racks up quite the body count as she kisses/kills her way through the season, she also exists outside the concept of karma as we know it, so we’re sticking her close to the bottom.

Queenie
Not only did Queen come through for her sister-witches in a major way, taking a bullet to defeat their bounty hunter, but she forced Delphine LaLaurie’s disembodied head to watch a civil rights documentary in the hopes of making her less racist… which makes her one of the good guys, if a bit overly hopeful.

Kit Walker
Of all Evan Peters’ roles on AHS, poor Kit was the only one we can reasonably put in the pure, innocent victim category.

Violet Harmon
Sweet Violet might have fallen in love with a murderer, but she wouldn’t hurt a fly. (Instead, she ended up getting consumed by them.)

Ethel Darling
Ethel might not have been the greatest mom, or the most sober one, but she had a big heart… and a beautiful beard.

Bette and Dot Tattler
One is a schemer; the other, a dreamer. But despite having at least one murder under their mutual belt — and despite Dot’s not-so-secret desire to be liberated from her other half, no matter the consequences to Bette — the twins have lately shown that they’re pretty decent girls.

Desiree Dupree
She’s not evil, but she’s also not afraid to take the balls of anyone who hurts her freak family.

Myrtle Snow
The fabulous Myrtle does indulge in a little eyeball-scooping vengeance toward the end of “Coven,” but considering that it’s in retaliation for being burned at the stake, it’s hard to see her bad acts as anything but righteous justice.

Cordelia Foxx
She’s more than just good; she’s goddamn Supreme. Plus, she put out her own eyes for the good of the coven, so an extra ten points for martyrdom.

Zoe Benson
On the one hand, Zoe is guilty of using her killer vagina to murder a guy in a hospital. On the other hand, he did kind of have it coming.

Jimmy Darling
Good at heart, but man, is Jimmy full of resentment. Plus, he’s a total jerk when he’s drunk.

Nan
We’re not sure where to put Nan. On one hand, she was never as conniving as some of the other witches in the coven; on the other, after taking a dark turn and committing a horrific (if well-deserved) murder, Nan was ultimately killed as a sacrifice and left arm-in-arm with Papa Legba, which means she’s basically a devil’s minion now.

Kyle Spencer
Kyle had the decency to be horrified at his frat brothers gang-raping Madison Montgomery. But then again, this couldn’t have been his first inkling that they were not exactly awesome dudes, and yet he was spending time with them anyway — which makes Kyle a good guy, yes, but perhaps not the best guy.

Moira O’Hara
She’s one of the more sympathetic ghosts haunting the Murder House… but she was also a shameless homewrecker (not to mention a sh–ty maid!)

Lana Winters
The ambitious Lana is one of those marvelously morally ambiguous characters in which AHS seems to specialize; she’s not a bad person, exactly, but she’s too opportunistic and grasping to be among the innocents.

Spalding
The silent servant of “Coven” was primarily into chinoiserie and dolls, but his secondary penchant for playing with dead bodies puts him over the line into Naughtyland.

Sister Jude
The least evil of Jessica Lange’s characters, the pompous and strident Jude at least had a conscience — and a late-in-life redemption as a surrogate grandma to Kit’s kids.

Chad Warwick
Although he’s responsible for his own fair share of mercilessly tormenting the Harmons, Chad’s motivations are human enough that we can also feel kind of sorry for him.

Sister Mary Eunice McKee
This poor nun was really and truly just trying to do good works in a bad, bad world… until halfway through Season 2 when she was literally possessed by the devil. So, we’ll split the difference and put her right in the middle of the list.

Maggie Esmerelda
The bad: She’s a shameless scam artist who agreed to help Stanley in his mission to kill basically the entire cast of “Freak Show.” The better: In recent episodes, she seems to be wavering in the direction of remorse and redemption.

Monsignor Timothy Howard
The Monsignor was unsympathetic, power-hungry, and corrupt — which are bad things for anyone to be, but in a priest, they’re especially noxious.

The Axeman
We would have counted the serial killing Axeman among “Coven”‘s hell-bound bad guys, but since he ends up in his own personal heaven with Fiona at the end of the season, perhaps AHS knows something about the quality of his character that we don’t.

Larry Harvey
Everything he did, he did for love… but man, he did some really bad stuff.

Papa Legba
As an evil spirit, enabling bad deeds is part of his job description. So, evil! But also profoundly less evil than the characters who are evil by choice.

Elsa Mars
She’s a grasping, jealous has-been who’s done craven things in the name of fame — but her affection for her peculiar “children” and her great Bowie covers save her from being higher up on this list.

Dell Toledo
Dell might have a complicated, closeted backstory to contend with, but he’s also the monster who smothered Ma Petite to death, and for that, he cannot be forgiven.

Dr. Ben Harmon
Murderer, schmuck, and crying masturbator! Ben Harmon would top our list of evil “American Horror Story” characters, if he weren’t also so completely pathetic.

Twisty the Clown
Edward Mordrake said it best: “I have met many a craven killer, many a sniveling coward in my time, but every one of them could admit the blackness in their own hearts when the hour came. You have caused the demon to weep.”

Gloria Mott
In addition to having given birth to the spoiled rotten villain of “Freak Show,” Gloria’s insistence that her son was just a misunderstood sweetie totally crossed the line between obtuse and evil.

Madison Montgomery
Spoiled, mean, remorseless, and miserable despite having so many privileges: Madison Montgomery is the same evil breed as Dandy Mott, only less delusionally deranged.

Billie Dean Howard
We didn’t see much of Billie in “Murder House,” but as a friend of Constance Langdon, she’s evil by association.

Johnny Morgan
It’s not Johnny’s fault that he’s the son of a psychotic serial killer, but it is his fault that he didn’t find a healthier way to cope than hunting down and trying to kill his own mother.

Tate Langdon
Despite the big, sweaty crush we had (and continue to have) on Tate, it cannot be denied that he was a pretty bad guy, really.

Constance Langdon
The only thing good about this scheming, sniping murderess and manipulator was her capacity for amazing zingers.

Stanley
The avaricious Stanley’s entire plot arc has centered on trying to murder the freaks of “Freakshow” so that he can display their bodies for personal gain, which makes him pretty damn evil.

Dandy Mott
A portrait of whiteboy entitlement taken to its most extreme logical conclusion, Dandy’s corruption is all the more offensive for being completely freaking unnecessary. He could have had a very nice life without killing anyone, but noooooo.

Dr. Oliver “Bloody Face” Thredson
Not just evil through and through, but also responsible for one of the few “American Horror Story” scenes that was so gross as to be unwatchable.

Marie Laveau
What is Marie Laveau doing so high up on this list? Consider: Every year, by agreement, she has to offer a human baby as a sacrifice to Papa Legba. Marie Laveau is over 300 years old. Do the math. That’s a lot of dead babies.

Dr. Arthur Arden
This man was a Nazi. A NAZI. That is all.

Fiona Goode
Fiona was so bad that when she tried to make a business deal with the voodoo devil, it turned out she didn’t even have a soul to sell.

Delphine LaLaurie
This unapologetic serial murderess and virulent racist not only tormented and tortured her slaves, but she’s one of the few “American Horror Story” characters who’s based on a real person. Congratulations, Delphine: On a list of dozens morally corrupt jerks, you are our number one gal.


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P.S.: Wait a minute, where are Charles and Nora Montgomery?

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45 ‘American Horror Story’ Characters Ranked In Order Of Absolute Evilness
Did we miss anyone?
by kat rosenfield 12/24/2014

After putting together the list below, one thing became abundantly clear: “American Horror Story” is quite possibly the most evil show on television. Ever since the inaugural “American Horror Story: Murder House,” the show has been a repository for the deranged, depraved, and morally derelict, with almost nobody in its cast who could be described as a straight-up good person.

But what happens when you try to objectively rank every single major AHS character on an all-time Megalist of Evil, starting with the purest and most innocent, and ending with the baddest baddie of all? Can it even be done?! Well, we tried. And we’re kicking it off with…

Pepper
Pure, buck-toothed, unibrowed innocence: Pepper is our number one “American Horror Story” good guy.

Adelaide “Addie” Langdon
Poor Addie wasn’t evil in the least; she just wanted to be a pretty girl.

Misty Day
A Stevie Knicks-loving hippie witch who used her gifts to resurrect fuzzy-wuzzy little animals, Misty Day had a heart so pure, she wasn’t just good, but too good for this world.

Vivien Harmon
Not evil, just naive — for thinking that her chump of a husband was ever going to stop being a chump. Poor Viv.

Shachath
Most of the residents of “Asylum” are no angels, but this one is! Literally! Although she racks up quite the body count as she kisses/kills her way through the season, she also exists outside the concept of karma as we know it, so we’re sticking her close to the bottom.

Queenie
Not only did Queen come through for her sister-witches in a major way, taking a bullet to defeat their bounty hunter, but she forced Delphine LaLaurie’s disembodied head to watch a civil rights documentary in the hopes of making her less racist… which makes her one of the good guys, if a bit overly hopeful.

Kit Walker
Of all Evan Peters’ roles on AHS, poor Kit was the only one we can reasonably put in the pure, innocent victim category.

Violet Harmon
Sweet Violet might have fallen in love with a murderer, but she wouldn’t hurt a fly. (Instead, she ended up getting consumed by them.)

Ethel Darling
Ethel might not have been the greatest mom, or the most sober one, but she had a big heart… and a beautiful beard.

Bette and Dot Tattler
One is a schemer; the other, a dreamer. But despite having at least one murder under their mutual belt — and despite Dot’s not-so-secret desire to be liberated from her other half, no matter the consequences to Bette — the twins have lately shown that they’re pretty decent girls.

Desiree Dupree
She’s not evil, but she’s also not afraid to take the balls of anyone who hurts her freak family.

Myrtle Snow
The fabulous Myrtle does indulge in a little eyeball-scooping vengeance toward the end of “Coven,” but considering that it’s in retaliation for being burned at the stake, it’s hard to see her bad acts as anything but righteous justice.

Cordelia Foxx
She’s more than just good; she’s goddamn Supreme. Plus, she put out her own eyes for the good of the coven, so an extra ten points for martyrdom.

Zoe Benson
On the one hand, Zoe is guilty of using her killer vagina to murder a guy in a hospital. On the other hand, he did kind of have it coming.

Jimmy Darling
Good at heart, but man, is Jimmy full of resentment. Plus, he’s a total jerk when he’s drunk.

Nan
We’re not sure where to put Nan. On one hand, she was never as conniving as some of the other witches in the coven; on the other, after taking a dark turn and committing a horrific (if well-deserved) murder, Nan was ultimately killed as a sacrifice and left arm-in-arm with Papa Legba, which means she’s basically a devil’s minion now.

Kyle Spencer
Kyle had the decency to be horrified at his frat brothers gang-raping Madison Montgomery. But then again, this couldn’t have been his first inkling that they were not exactly awesome dudes, and yet he was spending time with them anyway — which makes Kyle a good guy, yes, but perhaps not the best guy.

Moira O’Hara
She’s one of the more sympathetic ghosts haunting the Murder House… but she was also a shameless homewrecker (not to mention a sh–ty maid!)

Lana Winters
The ambitious Lana is one of those marvelously morally ambiguous characters in which AHS seems to specialize; she’s not a bad person, exactly, but she’s too opportunistic and grasping to be among the innocents.

Spalding
The silent servant of “Coven” was primarily into chinoiserie and dolls, but his secondary penchant for playing with dead bodies puts him over the line into Naughtyland.

Sister Jude
The least evil of Jessica Lange’s characters, the pompous and strident Jude at least had a conscience — and a late-in-life redemption as a surrogate grandma to Kit’s kids.

Chad Warwick
Although he’s responsible for his own fair share of mercilessly tormenting the Harmons, Chad’s motivations are human enough that we can also feel kind of sorry for him.

Sister Mary Eunice McKee
This poor nun was really and truly just trying to do good works in a bad, bad world… until halfway through Season 2 when she was literally possessed by the devil. So, we’ll split the difference and put her right in the middle of the list.

Maggie Esmerelda
The bad: She’s a shameless scam artist who agreed to help Stanley in his mission to kill basically the entire cast of “Freak Show.” The better: In recent episodes, she seems to be wavering in the direction of remorse and redemption.

Monsignor Timothy Howard
The Monsignor was unsympathetic, power-hungry, and corrupt — which are bad things for anyone to be, but in a priest, they’re especially noxious.

The Axeman
We would have counted the serial killing Axeman among “Coven”‘s hell-bound bad guys, but since he ends up in his own personal heaven with Fiona at the end of the season, perhaps AHS knows something about the quality of his character that we don’t.

Larry Harvey
Everything he did, he did for love… but man, he did some really bad stuff.

Papa Legba
As an evil spirit, enabling bad deeds is part of his job description. So, evil! But also profoundly less evil than the characters who are evil by choice.

Elsa Mars
She’s a grasping, jealous has-been who’s done craven things in the name of fame — but her affection for her peculiar “children” and her great Bowie covers save her from being higher up on this list.

Dell Toledo
Dell might have a complicated, closeted backstory to contend with, but he’s also the monster who smothered Ma Petite to death, and for that, he cannot be forgiven.

Dr. Ben Harmon
Murderer, schmuck, and crying masturbator! Ben Harmon would top our list of evil “American Horror Story” characters, if he weren’t also so completely pathetic.

Twisty the Clown
Edward Mordrake said it best: “I have met many a craven killer, many a sniveling coward in my time, but every one of them could admit the blackness in their own hearts when the hour came. You have caused the demon to weep.”

Gloria Mott
In addition to having given birth to the spoiled rotten villain of “Freak Show,” Gloria’s insistence that her son was just a misunderstood sweetie totally crossed the line between obtuse and evil.

Madison Montgomery
Spoiled, mean, remorseless, and miserable despite having so many privileges: Madison Montgomery is the same evil breed as Dandy Mott, only less delusionally deranged.

Billie Dean Howard
We didn’t see much of Billie in “Murder House,” but as a friend of Constance Langdon, she’s evil by association.

Johnny Morgan
It’s not Johnny’s fault that he’s the son of a psychotic serial killer, but it is his fault that he didn’t find a healthier way to cope than hunting down and trying to kill his own mother.

Tate Langdon
Despite the big, sweaty crush we had (and continue to have) on Tate, it cannot be denied that he was a pretty bad guy, really.

Constance Langdon
The only thing good about this scheming, sniping murderess and manipulator was her capacity for amazing zingers.

Stanley
The avaricious Stanley’s entire plot arc has centered on trying to murder the freaks of “Freakshow” so that he can display their bodies for personal gain, which makes him pretty damn evil.

Dandy Mott
A portrait of whiteboy entitlement taken to its most extreme logical conclusion, Dandy’s corruption is all the more offensive for being completely freaking unnecessary. He could have had a very nice life without killing anyone, but noooooo.

Dr. Oliver “Bloody Face” Thredson
Not just evil through and through, but also responsible for one of the few “American Horror Story” scenes that was so gross as to be unwatchable.

Marie Laveau
What is Marie Laveau doing so high up on this list? Consider: Every year, by agreement, she has to offer a human baby as a sacrifice to Papa Legba. Marie Laveau is over 300 years old. Do the math. That’s a lot of dead babies.

Dr. Arthur Arden
This man was a Nazi. A NAZI. That is all.

Fiona Goode
Fiona was so bad that when she tried to make a business deal with the voodoo devil, it turned out she didn’t even have a soul to sell.

Delphine LaLaurie
This unapologetic serial murderess and virulent racist not only tormented and tortured her slaves, but she’s one of the few “American Horror Story” characters who’s based on a real person. Congratulations, Delphine: On a list of dozens morally corrupt jerks, you are our number one gal.


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Denis O'Hare's character plays a dangerous game in 'American Horror Story: Freak Show'
BY BILL HARRIS

Denis O'Hare came up with a perfect way to describe his character in American Horror Story: Freak Show.

“(Stanley) is the billiard ball that scatters the other balls,” O'Hare said.

Those balls would be wise to roll as far away as possible.

American Horror Show: Freak Show has been airing Wednesday nights on FX Canada and FX in the U.S. The season will pick up post-holiday on Jan. 7, with a total of three episodes remaining.

This is the fourth season of American Horror Story, with each season telling a different tale, in a different time and place. But creator Ryan Murphy was quoted recently saying that all the seasons are connected in some way.

Coincidentally, about a month before Murphy's comments, I wrote these words in early October: “I've always had a dream about American Horror Story, that somehow, however long this series runs, all the stories will link together at the end, even in a really vague or loose or existential way.” Well, I got my wish.

“It didn't surprise me, because (Murphy) is an awfully clever guy,” O'Hare said. “I know they put a lot of thinking into the resonances. The biggest, obvious resonance this year was Pepper (played by Naomi Grossman) being in both Asylum (the second season) and in our (current) season. But there are actually two other ones coming up that are very, very strong resonances which are fascinating.

“The biggest challenge, of course, is the setting. If you set it too far in the past you make it difficult to make connections. With Asylum (the second season, set in the early 1960s) and Freak Show (set in the early 1950s) being only 10 years (apart), it made that a lot easier. But I’m just as excited as you are to see what (Murphy) will do.”

O'Hare has had roles in three of the four seasons of American Horror Story thus far. He was the burn-damaged Larry in season one. He was creepy butler Spalding in season three. And now he's playing Stanley, the cold businessman and wannabe social climber who is preying on the vulnerable performers at a “freak show” near Jupiter, Fla., in 1952.

“All three of those characters are yearning for some way of transcending their life,” O'Hare said. “It was most obvious in the case of Larry, who was wanting to escape the hell that he was bound in by his actions and by the consequences of his actions, his wife and kids being burned up in a fire. What Larry wanted was release.

“I loved Spalding. He was such an unusual character and a great technical challenge. Spalding was actually not that sweet. I joked with (Murphy), I said, 'I think Spalding’s ultimate dream is to become a doll.' I thought, wouldn’t it be cool if at the end we saw Spalding on the shelves and he finally had achieved his dream.

“For Stanley, oddly enough, we have those glimpses of him at the morbidity museum while they’re doing a toast, and he’s sort of assuming he’s going to be feted, he’s going to be the one who is called out for recognition. He wants to be accepted into larger culture. What Stanley wants is to be respected.”

Of course, the path to “respect” that Stanley has chosen is a gruesomely murderous one. Initially Maggie, played by Emma Roberts, was Stanley's partner in crime, but even she has experienced a crisis of conscience.

“(Stanley) really is the instigator,” O'Hare said. “He’s the engine of the season, because what he’s doing is setting everything into motion, with his attempts to co-opt, murder, corral and change, weaving this spell around different people.”

As Denis O'Hare accurately put it, Stanley is the billiard ball that scatters the other balls. It brings new meaning to the billiard term, “Break.”


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'American Horror Story' season 4 episode 11 returns Jan. 7: Neil Patrick Harris to frighten fans with spooky magic
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The freaks might be in hiatus from giving "American Horror Story: Freak Show" fans more nightmares during the coming holidays, but it does not mean that they are not preparing something big once the season returns next year.

The official synopsis for the midseason opener of "AHS: Freak Show" reads:

"Elsa prepares for her move to Hollywood. The Twins grow enamored with a traveling salesman. Dell plots Jimmy's escape from police custody."

In episode 11, a beloved actor will join the cast for added frightening scenes in the series as the traveling salesman/creepy magician.

The world first knew him as the teenage doctor in "Doogie Howser, M.D." and loved him for portraying the awesome role of Barney Stinson in the TV comedy "How I Met Your Mother." But this time, Neil Patrick Harris will terrify fans as a spooky magician in FX's horror anthology series.

The Tony Award-winning actor, who is also a self-confessed fan of the horror series, will finally get what he wished for by landing a role in "AHS." He will portray the role of Chester, Elsa Mars' (Jessica Lange) successor in managing the Jupiter, Florida carnival, and the newest apple of the eye of the Tattler twins Bette and Dot (Sarah Paulson). He will be introduced in the midseason premier episode titled "Magical Thinking," and his character will last until episode 12.

Chester's involvement in the lives of the Tattler twins may not be good news, since he claims that his extra spooky ventriloquist dummy is the one that "relaxes him." Incidentally, that dummy looks very much like the returning "AHS" star Jamie Brewer, who will also return to the show on the same episode.

This is not the first time that Harris will work with "AHS" series creators Brad Falchuk and Ryan Murphy. The 41-year-old actor also appeared in a "Glee" episode, which is also created by the duo.

"American Horror Story: Freak Show" will return on Jan. 7.



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‘American Horror Story: Freak Show’ spoilers: First details on ‘Show Stoppers’

Freak Show -Want to see how “American Horror Story: Freak Show” is going to be closing things off early next year? While we cannot tell you just yet anything about the big series finale, there is something else right now we can share: Some of the first hints on “Show Stoppers,” the penultimate episode of the series that is coming on the air Wednesday, January 14.

We wouldn’t say that there are any major spoilers in the synopsis below, at least other than that some of the following characters make it to at least this episode alive:

“Dandy gives the Twins troubling information about Chester. Maggie vows to prove her loyalty to Jimmy. The Freaks enforce their harsh code of justice.”

Chester may be the character played on the show by Neil Patrick Harris; we know that he is appearing near the end of the episode, and will be a traveling salesman who may not be everything that he is cracked up to be.

As for the rest, it’s mostly nice to see that Dandy is making it at least this far in the season, given that we prefer to have one fairly-consistent Big Bad character throughout, and not just someone who pops up for a while, only to go away like Twisty the Clown did. We are still feeling a little bit of the burn that comes from that one.

As for how this entire “Horror Story” finishes up, who knows what Ryan Murphy and company have in store? We do expect a few deaths, but hopefully at least some of these characters can figure out a way to be happy moving forward.

Want to know some further news right now related to “American Horror Story”? Then be sure to visit the link here right now! Also, you can sign up to grab some additional TV scoop on everything we cover courtesy of our CarterMatt Newsletter. (Photo: FX.)


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Finn Wittrock on Playing Dandy in American Horror Story and Getting Rail-Thin for Unbroken
By E. Alex Jung

Finn Wittrock is having a good fall. After stepping into Ryan Murphy’s orbit in a devastating death scene as Albert, Bruce Niles's (Taylor Kitsch's) boyfriend on The Normal Heart, he’s in two high-profile roles: first as the sociopathic brat Dandy in American Horror Story, and then as U.S. soldier Francis “Mac” McNamara in Angelina Jolie’s World War II epic Unbroken. Wittrock, looking ruddy and freshly shaven, sat down with Vulture for an interview in the Mandarin Oriental Hotel during Unbroken’s press junket. We talked about working with Jolie, comparing rib bones with Matt Bomer, and where Dandy stacks up in the American Horror Story universe.

Unbroken is the story of Louis Zamperini, a World War II veteran who, among other things, survived 47 days at sea and torture in a Japanese POW camp. He died earlier this year at the age of 97. Did you get to meet him?
I did get to meet him. It was amazing. [Angelina Jolie] got to show him a cut of it in the hospital, I believe, on her laptop a few days before [he died]. But in typical Louis fashion, they gave him one week to live and he lived eight more. How is that possible? I got to meet him, and we talked about Mac, and it becomes a whole new world of real when you're not just playing someone that a writer made up off the top of their heads. When someone tells you, "This guy died in front of me, I saw him starve to death," it becomes a whole new level of responsibility for you to pull off.

What did Louis tell you about Mac?
He told me that he was always after stimulus. He was always eating desserts, always off drinking and smoking and chasing women. He was eternally a child. Louis had to be paternal towards him. If he would criticize him at all, Mac would crumble. So he had to take care of him.

How do you see your character Mac fitting into that story?
I've been thinking about how Louis has a continual inner resilience in him, that he's somehow able to keep standing up every time he gets knocked down, again, again, and again. He somehow finds this mental persistence and tenacity. You need Mac in the story to contrast that, to show that once your mind goes to despair and you're convinced you're going to die, your body follows. It really is mind over matter. He and Louis and Phil all had the same lack of food and the same amount of exposure to the elements and everything else, and one guy's body just couldn't make it because his mind unraveled.

Were the conditions difficult for you?
We were mostly on water, so that was difficult. We were so thin, our body fat was very low, so I'd get cold very quickly. The storm scene, they were just throwing water on us, and I was literally shivering. I have to say the crew did a really good job of taking care of us. We all knew we were going to some dark places, and I didn't have to touch the prison camp, thank God. I got to stay on the raft.

How much weight did you have to lose?
I secretly felt like Mac had to be the worst off, so I pushed myself. I think I lost like over 35 [pounds].

Do you literally just have to starve yourself to look like you're starving?
Before the nutritionist came on, before I met him, I was basically just starving myself. I was just pushing through: a lot of black coffee. I'd eat something but would keep the calories really, really low every day. And then when he came on, he gave us a much more healthy, conscientious regimen, which basically is just protein and vegetables.
Because we did the second half of the raft first, we did [the part from] day 18 emaciation first. I got to go away right before the holidays and eat myself silly and, you know, come back to the beginning. When your job is to gain weight, it's a lot more fun.

I bet the holidays were awesome.
Yeah, last year's Christmas was probably the best Christmas since I was 5, I would say.

You’ve had some brutal death scenes in your career already.
Yeah, what is that? What is that about? Why do they all want to torture and kill me so badly?

Any tips on how to die well?
That's one thing: I die well. It's like anything. It's scary, you know, to actually think of that, that thing that's gonna happen to all of us. You just try to put yourself there. Anyone can relate to it. It's universal. It's going to happen to all of us. But as soon as you do, it's not hard to imagine what it's going to be like.

Your death scene in The Normal Heart was just brutal.
I don’t know if you can tell in that that I'm skinner, but I did the airplane scene right after I finished the raft scenes in New York.

Oh, so you didn't have to go gain and lose weight again.
No, amazingly, the timing worked out so I was already thin. I just stayed thin a little longer than I wanted to.

I know that Matt Bomer also had to lose a ton of weight. Did you compare notes?
Well, I saw him when we were both low. He was lower at that point. By the time I had gotten there, I gained a little bit. He was at his lowest. We compared ribs.

Like how many you could visibly see?
Yeah, and we compared what we were doing. We were doing different things. He was on a broth diet. I was just like, I'm not doing that. I need some fish, at least.

Angelina was on The Daily Show recently, and she said that she was really unsure of herself. Did it seem like that?
I didn't see an inch of that. She always has such grace in everything that she does. I knew that it was a big undertaking for her. I knew that there was pressure on her from the studio but also from herself. Because as sprawling and huge as this story is, it's a personal film for her because her relationship with Louis was really sincere and it was a real friendship. There was a lot riding on it, for sure. She was our fearless leader.

It looked like you all were really chowing down on some of that fish. How did it taste?
It tasted like fish. [Laughs.] Everyone's like, It's like sushi! And it's like, No. Sushi has a lot more done to it after the fish is dead. There are scales and bones. And at that point in shooting, we had to replicate our facial hair, so we had fake facial hair, so we were passing [the fish] to each other and seeing this little artificial — that's actually yak hair — on top of it and it's like, Oh, it's my close-up, I can't back out now. I gotta dig in!
I think the shark liver was a piece of prosciutto, which was good. And that was when we were hungry, so we were really happy that day. The things you take for granted.

Mac seemed especially into eating.
He has a childish impulse which makes him eat the chocolate out of a sort of panic. And that sort of seals their doom in a way. And that guilt unravels him. Lack of faith. I say more lack of hope. Some of us just aren't built with that inner resistance, that inner fight. We all want to think we'd be Louis in that situation. I think Mac is actually maybe a little more common.

I'm pretty sure I'd be Mac.
That chocolate is mine!

Speaking of people who are eternally children ...
There is that connection. Good segue!

Thank you!
Dandy.

You're looking quite dandy.
This is a very dandy suit. He would have a vest, though, and a bow tie, probably.

Or an ascot.
Definitely an ascot.

It's funny because Twisty was sort of a red herring in American Horror Story: Freak Show. I assume when you first got the script ...
Yeah, I didn't know.

That Dandy would evolve to become the real villain.
Yeah, I think you're diverted by the clown. And John Carroll Lynch was so good in it, and the design of the clown was so scary and terrifying. I think that they wisely realized that it's better to keep it short and have the clown be the scariest clown you've ever seen and then move on, you know? And, yes, Dandy revered the clown, he puts him on a pedestal, he wants to be him, and then he basically becomes him. I mean, he becomes his own version of him. He's still Dandy. I think he inhabits the clown's spirit and that liberates him to do all the nefarious things that he does.

In the last scene where you're bathing in your mom’s [Frances Conroy’s] blood.
Yes. Yes? Like you do.

I was really sad that she died.
Dandy was, too. I think he just knew she had to go. One of them had to go.

How do you think Dandy stacks up in the American Horror Story universe?
He's definitely in the top three, right? But I can never think of him as a villain. I can never think of him as evil. I just have to keep getting under his skin. But he realizes that his purpose in life is to kill. It doesn't get more dangerous than that. Because I actually found that the killing is not out of hatred. He kind of likes the people that he kills. He wanted to be a performer, and somehow that's transformed into murder, so he thinks of it as a performance, like he's fulfilling his destiny.

That's a good way to think about it. Were any of the murders hard to shoot?
Well, it was hard to be covered in blood in my underwear. Because it was very sticky. But at least I got to cut off Matt Bomer's arm. It was sad to see Patti go. I will say that.
She's pretty awesome.

There are some who think of Dandy as a repressed gay man. What’s your take?
No, no, definitely not. He just likes girls with two heads, you know? One head's never enough.


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American Horror Story Freakshow: Neil Patrick Harris Impresses Critics As He Plays New Circus Owner; Will Lea Michele Make A Suprise Appearance On The Finale?

American Horror Story: Freakshow is nearing its final episode, and fans cannot get more excited and sad at the same time.

Recently, Neil Patrick Harris made his appearance on the hit TV show, and his portrayal of Chester had critics impressed. Chester is the new owner of the circus who happens to be a magician himself. He seems to have a thing for both Bette and Dot as he is seen kissing one of them and telling the other she is beautiful.

As previously reported, Patrick Harris is confirmed to guest on the show, along with his husband David Burtka during the final two episodes.

According to IGN: "Harris will appear in the final two episodes of the season as a 'chameleon salesman', according to TVLine. Burtka (who had a recurring role on HIMYM as the Lily-obsessed Scooter) is set to join Harris in the season finale and will have a 'sexy storyline' with Elsa Mars (played by Jessica Lange)."

As previously reported under American Horror Story Freakshow Latest News, Lea Michele is rumored to be included in the cast.

The broadway singer's interest in joining the cast for the Horror TV series has definitely been made clear by herself, stating in an interview with Ellen Degeneres, that she would love to keep working with Ryan Murphy, creator of the AHS series and executive producer of "Glee", in which Lea stars in.

"[I would star in a 'Glee' spinoff], unless he wants to put me in 'American Horror Story," Lea told Ellen. "I know what the theme is for next year, and I'm in. So, if he'll have me ... at least, maybe for one episode. Let's start that campaign."

Fans remain hopeful that the rumors of Michele getting casted for the fourth season of the horror series will indeed come true, as it is not unusual for the creator, Ryan Murphy to cast actors and actresses whom he has worked with in the past.

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‘American Horror Story’ Season 4 Spoilers: Neil Patrick Harris Teases Gory Ending For ‘Freak Show’ Character On Twitter
By Megan Schaefer

Neil Patrick Harris (pictured with his husband David Burtka, right) teased on Twitter his thoughts on his Season 4 "American Horror Story" appearance. Reuters
“American Horror Story” is about to become legen -- wait for it -- dary! According to reports, “How I Met Your Mother” star Neil Patrick Harris has officially finished filming his final Season 4 scene for “Freak Show.” And it looks like Harris’ last appearance on the gruesome FX series has left him feeling a little, well, grossed out.

“Just filming my last scene for ‘American Horror Story,’” the 41-year-old actor recently tweeted to his 12 million followers. “I need to take a shower. Wash off all this horror.”


Does that mean fans of the terrifying miniseries should anticipate Harris to meet a dreadful – and dare we say messy – demise? Considering the fact that the bloody death of Matt Bomer’s character Andy is still sending chills up our spines, we can only imagine what gory ending Ryan Murphy, co-creator of “AHS,” has in store for Harris.

In October, it was revealed that Harris, 41, would be appearing in two episodes of the show’s fourth season. The Wrap elaborated, explaining that viewers should anticipate Harris to make his “AHS” debut in episode 11, “Magical Thinking,” and return in episode 12, “Show Stoppers,” as a chameleon salesman.

“He had very specific ideas for what he wanted to do, and I had very specific ideas, so we’re working on melding those,” Murphy told TVLine of Harris' role. “He’s awesome. He’s obviously one of our great entertainers, and I’d love to see him and Jessica Lange [Elsa Mars] go at it in a really cool, fun way. Neil seems to be intrigued by that notion.”

But it looks like someone else will be snagging screen time with Lange in a “sexy storyline” TVLine teased. According to their report, Harris’ husband, David Burtka, 39, will also be making a guest appearance on “Freak Show,” acting alongside Lange’s character in the season finale of the show’s fourth installment.

Catch Harris' debut role in "American Horror Story: Freak Show," Wednesday, Jan. 7, at 10 p.m. EST on FX.


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American Horror Story: Freak Show Pics: Neil Patrick Harris Has Magic Touch
By Michael Ausiello / January 2 2015

Neil Patrick Harris is set to work his magic on American Horror Story: Freak Show on Wednesday (10/9c, FX), and we have an exclusive first look at his master illusionist Chester at work.

The following pics appear innocent enough: The dapper Chester, AKA the new owner of Elsa’s Freak Show, is on stage preparing to execute one of his signature tricks. However, as eerily foreshadowed in the episode’s trailer, Chester’s performances tend to build toward a bloody climax.
Check out the images below, and then hit the comments with your thoughts/predictions on NPH’s Freaky, two-episode stint.
First Look: Neil Patrick Harris Gets FREAKy




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EXCLUSIVE: Sarah Paulson Gets Very Involved With Neil Patrick Harris on 'AHS'
by Leanne Aguilera 12:08 PM PST, January 07, 2015


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The amazing Sarah Paulson is one of the few recurring actors to appear in all four seasons of American Horror Story. In Freak Show, the show’s fourth season currently airing Wednesdays on FX, Paulson has let creator Ryan Murphy push her to new limits with her role as conjoined twins, Bette and Dot Tattler.

The role has not only required a physical transformation involving a fake head (“When I have that animatronic head on, I can't even bend down to put my socks on”), but it also commands extra emotional depth to give both sisters distinct personalities.


Bette and Dot have certainly been the most challenging roles yet, but that’s part of the appeal and why the 40-year-old actress returns each year. “[Ryan] knew there would be a lot of work, so I think he was just giving me a gift, like the way he tends to do,” Paulson tells ETonline. “It's like Christmas morning every day at the Sarah Paulson household when it comes to Ryan Murphy.”

Ahead of the series return -- which features the addition of Neil Patrick Harris as Chester the Illusionist -- Paulson opens up to ETonline about her transformation for the part, working alongside her new co-star, and what would happen if all her AHS characters were in one room.


ETonline: How much detail goes into filming your scenes?

Sarah Paulson: Oh Leanne, if you had enough time in the day I would tell you everything but you would probably fall asleep before I finished. I think, according to what Ryan told me if I understand correctly, there are upwards of twenty-two people working on every single shot that there is of me in this show. hey have to do the visual effects and all of that happens in post. When we're actually shooting it, it's also incredibly time-consuming...But I’m only wearing the animatronic head when we have a big wide shot. The animatronic head looks just like me, she opens her eyes, opens her mouth and has my teeth in it.


How terrifying was it when you first put that Sarah Paulson twin head on?

It was actually really scary. Although, when I first put it on I was very excited about it because it meant I wasn’t going to have to use as much of my imagination to imagine something that was almost unimaginable. And I found myself getting very nervous every time I had to take it off. We used more visual effects work because it was very hard for me to imagine, physically what it was like to have another person there and to remember when to look at her and just all the intricacies that go into having them deal with one another. I'm right-handed, not left-handed, but Bette is a left-handed person and it was just all kinds of details that go in to make it look as authentic as possible and it's a pretty time consuming process that involves everyone.


The subtle nuances that you give individually to Bette and Dot are incredible. Why do you think Ryan Murphy tasked you with these particular characters this season?

The biggest thing is that [Ryan] knows I like a challenge. He knows that I tend to feel most alive as an actor when I'm stumped and I don’t know how to figure something out and so you couldn’t give me more of something that would be a head-scratcher than this one. At first it was challenging to try to figure out how to do all this, and like you said, which I appreciate you saying, the nuances and the subtle differences between the two of them because on the one hand they are different beings, but on the other hand they are twins. They had the same mother and father. They have similar ways of being just by virtue of the fact that like any twin that you meet, typically they share certain way of communicating with each other. I wanted there to be differences but also similarities so that you don’t forget that not only are they attached to one another but that they are sisters, twin girls. All those little nuances are very important to try and figure out.


Looking ahead to tonight’s episode, what can you tease for Bette and Dot's journey with guest star Neil Patrick Harris?

My characters are very involved with Neil Patrick Harris' character. It's pretty amazing, believe me, I'm such a fan of his that it was really amazing. I work with some incredibly great actors but they're old news to me at this point. [Laughs] It's become part of my world at work to be with this incredible caliber of actors, so when somebody calls and they said all of your scene will be with Neil, I was just like, "What?!" I got so excited because I'm such an enormous fan. So I felt pretty cool, but all I can say is there's a Neil Patrick Harris twin story that I think is very interesting and really about Bette and Dot coming into their own as women.

How great was it seeing Neil bringing his own magical talents to the show?

It was pretty incredible and he is so brilliant at it, and I think that's another wonderful thing about Ryan. He's very smart and if he knows that you have a particular talent that lends itself to the show, he is going to ask you to call upon it. That means the show is only going to benefit from Neil Patrick Harris doing magic that he can actually do versus asking him to do something that he can't do. Really, while we're talking about Neil Patrick Harris, is there anything that he can't do? You could ask him to do anything and I'm sure he'd be like, "Oh, I actually have a degree in that." There's nothing he can't do.



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‘American Horror Story: Freak Show’ Review: “Magical Thinking”
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We’ve had a nice three-week break from ‘American Horror Story,’ which has given us plenty of time to maybe forget some of the show’s shortcomings and perhaps look forward to rejoining the ‘Freak Show.’ Ryan Murphy’s absurd horror series returns with an all-new episode featuring some very special guest stars, including Neil Patrick Harris and his creepy little puppet friend.

The passage of time does a funny thing: the more that time has passed, the more that things become condensed in your mind. Last month I could write 800 words on all the problems with ‘American Horror Story’ in its fourth season, but now I find myself able to reduce my thoughts and feelings about this season down to a few sentences. It’s mostly: Jessica Lange is playing the same character she plays in every season; the series has no unifying purpose, nothing to bring these characters together or unify its many half-cooked plots; the premiere episode was so strong, and the show has been struggling to measure up to it, like a drug addict chasing that first high; and finally, does Ryan Murphy have attention deficit disorder? Maybe!

“Magical Thinking” does manage to combine elements both melodramatic and unsettling with the arrival of Neil Patrick Harris as Chester, a traveling salesman and aspiring magician who believes his wooden ventriloquist’s dummy Margaret is a real person. Margaret is voiced by Jamie Brewer from the ‘Murder House’ and ‘Coven’ seasons, and she’s a real delight to have back on the show, especially in such a creepy capacity. We’ve seen Brewer hint at this combination of adorable and sinister in her final appearances on ‘Coven,’ so Margaret seems like a really great fit. She also gets to play Chester’s imagined personification of the doll.

This week Murphy and Co. begin setting up the remaining two episodes of the season, which involves some convenient plotting. Elsa hires Chester as a bookkeeper, allowing him to perform as a warm-up act, which leads to her discovery that the mentally unstable war veteran has a bit of cash to spare, so she sells her Cabinet of Curiosities to him with the promise that he won’t disturb the existing lineup. Elsa is now free to traipse off to Los Angeles and become a big, bright and beautiful star, leaving this struggling past of squandered hopes and dreams in the dust where it belongs.

Meanwhile, we discover that Jimmy allowed Stanley to amputate his hands, although he was under the impression he’d only be losing one in exchange for the money needed to get a lawyer and get out of jail. This gives us more nice bonding moments between Jimmy and Dell, and Michael Chiklis has clearly been taking pages from Kathy Bates’ actor handbook—he’s fighting really hard and almost succeeding at getting us to sympathize with his very unsympathetic character. It brings to mind Bates’ performance in ‘Coven,’ in which she somehow managed to elicit something resembling sympathetic pity from viewers while playing one of the most vile racists in history. There were moments where you could briefly forget what that woman had done to people. It’s an insane acting ability that only someone like Bates possesses, but those who have seen ‘The Shield’ (myself included) were already aware that Chiklis is able to operate on that same dramatic level. He almost sells it, too, until that unavoidably ridiculous comment about being a 50 year-old man who’s feeding his son for the first time, while Evan Peters’ Jimmy gazes up at him with helpless little toddler eyes.

Jimmy and Dell’s talk of buying the show from Elsa signals pretty early on in “Magical Thinking” that Dell probably won’t make it out of this episode alive. And he doesn’t because someone conveniently delivers Ma Petite’s Body-in-a-Jar to Elsa, and Desiree begins adding a whole bunch of stuff up—she could deal with the macho BS, she could deal with his repressed homosexuality and his volatile temper, but murder is too far for the woman who almost gleefully murdered Penny’s dad. But before Desiree has the chance to off him, Elsa does it for her.

As for the Tattler twins, they’re busy trying to lose their virginity to Chester, which opens a whole can of crazy worms regarding his past. It’s through his interactions with Dot and Bette (and Dandy’s discovery of their tryst) that we learn of his sad and twisted history: he was a soldier who went off to war with his friend, and while they were away, their wives began a relationship together. His pal died, but Chester lived to return home to his wife and her lover, who are both more than happy to torture Chester by having sex in front of him—even for ‘AHS,’ this is kind of absurd.

Harris really personifies the tone Ryan Murphy is striving for—he’s disturbing and disturbed but sort of wonderfully deranged and off-kilter. A few episodes back I wondered if the melodrama on this series was intended to be satirical, and when Harris steps in, you get the impression that that’s definitely the case. This is less obvious with Jessica Lange’s performance, which I almost wish would go full ‘Mommie Dearest’ at this point. Harris also provides us with this week’s one truly horrific moment, when he walks in on Brewer’s “Margaret” repeatedly hacking at his wife and her lover with an axe, in a manner that unnervingly lacks enthusiasm. She turns to talk to Chester, but she never stops the insistent chopping motion that strikes the bloody bodies over and over with these awful, dull thuds. Gruesome stuff.

With only two episodes left, I find myself a little more than worried. Tonight’s episode conveniently ties up some loose ends or at least begins to pick up those ends with every intention of tying them soon, but there feels like there’s still so much left that’s going to get crammed into two hours of television. Penultimate episodes of ‘AHS’ have always been far more engaging and enjoyable than the season finales—those hours which are mostly just made up of characters making some sense of their lives after the chaos.

Additional Thoughts:

Dandy is really jealous of Chester and mercilessly taunts him, making the aspiring magician recede further into his insanity and insecurity. At the end of the episode, we have no clue where “Margaret” has gone, but I guess I’m just happy that Harris is sticking around for at least one more week. I just wish Murphy could have snagged him sooner because this character feels like he should have been around for a lot longer.
You know, when I start thinking of plot holes in ‘AHS,’ that can’t be a good thing—like, why didn’t Elsa just go over to the Mott mansion and sell the circus to Dandy? She knows he’s loaded and has an interest in the twins, and it doesn’t seem like she’s aware of his psychopathic tendencies at all. Hell, she sold the show to Chester and she’s pretty aware of his instability.
I’m sorry, but I still really like Dandy and his great Patrick Bateman-esque performance.
It was Emma Roberts’ turn to sit an episode out, but does anyone really care besides Jimmy?
I feel like Angela Bassett is being totally wasted.



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John Travolta Is Coming To The ‘American Horror Story’ Spin-Off And We’re Freaking Out
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“American Horror Story” and “Glee” creator Ryan Murphy has always been great at casting, but nothing quite compares to John Travolta breaking his three-decade TV hiatus for the latest “AHS” spin-off, “American Crime Story.”

FX announced via release on Wednesday (January 7) that Travolta would play O.J. Simpson’s defense attorney Robert Shapiro in “Crime Story,” an anthology that will focus on the famous trial for its first season. He’ll also nab a producer credit, and will join a cast that includes “AHS” favorite Sarah Paulson as prosecutor Marcia Clark, “Friends” alum David Schwimmer as Robert Kardashian, and Cuba Gooding Jr. as Simpson himself.

Per the network, the season will focus on “the chaotic behind-the-scenes dealings and maneuvering on both sides of the court, and how a combination of prosecution overconfidence, defense shrewdness, and the LAPD’s history with the city’s African-American community gave a jury what it needed: reasonable doubt,” so Travolta will undoubtedly have a whole lot to do.

His last television stint was his 1975-1979 role on “Welcome Back Kotter,” so like… Welcome Back, Travolta?


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'AHS: Freak Show': Who's the latest freak to die? [Spoiler] talks the major twist -- exclusive
By Tim Stack on Jan 8, 2015 at 2:01AM

[SPOILER ALERT: This post discusses plot details of the Jan. 7 episode of American Horror Story: Freak Show.]

It wasn’t such a Happy New Year for a lot of the freaks on American Horror Story. Jimmy (Evan Peters) discovered that Stanley (Denis O’Hare) had sold his hands. Elsa (Jessica) found out the sad fate of Ma Petite. But the fella who had the worst batch of luck was definitely Michael Chiklis’ Dell: the strongman was shot dead by Elsa after he confessed to Ma Petite’s murder. EW talked exclusively to Chiklis about the twist and whether he’d return to AHS for the fifth season.

EW: Did you know Dell would die from the start?
MICHAEL CHIKLIS: Well they had indicated he would probably die pretty miserably. [Laughs] And I was totally down with that especially with some of the miserable stuff he does. There’s kind of no coming back from that and that’s okay. It is American Horror Story—it’s not American Fun Time Play Time. So it just seemed appropriate and spot-on and in keeping with the nasty.

What was it like filming your death scene? You at least got to go out with Jessica Lange and Angela Bassett with you.
Yeah, here are two iconic women who I love, and I adore both of them. They were incredible to me. I just can’t say enough about how lovely they were to me, the entire cast. When you come into a cast in their fourth season and they’re really successful, it can go a lot of different ways, and they could not have been more supportive and welcoming and lovely, and I consider all of them friends now and we’re maintaining our friendship and staying in touch.
That said, I thought it was incredibly apropos that I die in her hands with Angela there. At least there’s some level of redemption for the character that he essentially really truly heartfelt confesses his sin and then dies for it just like that. Just when you may feel a pang for this poor tortured guy and boom he’s dead. That’s where Ryan is just a full-on genius when it comes to writing drama. He paints in big strokes a lot of the time, but their universals, very visceral, primal emotions and urges and feelings that everyone can relate to at some level. I just think it’s the key to his success not just in this show but why he’s able to do shows so vastly different as Glee and Nip/Tuck. He’s something.

Ethel died but we’ve seen her in fantasy scenes. Will we see Dell anymore?
I’m not at liberty to tell you that. There’s always a chance on that show. But I can’t speak to the stuff ahead of it.

Was the Ma Petite murder hard to film? Was that her you were actually squeezing or like a doll?
No, it was her. Terrifying. So upsetting. First of all, I’m still trying to get my daughters to talk to me again. They’ve just stopped speaking to me. My youngest who’s almost 16 her reaction to it was so intense and so visceral. “No daddy no! I can’t believe you did that!” I’m like, “Honey, remember, let’s differentiate.” It was very very impactful to her.
I have to say it was one of the most upsetting scenes hands down I’ve ever done in my entire career and I’ve done some really upsetting scenes. But just the way it happens with coming and offering her a dress. Ugggghhhh. And then I give her a hug. I’m glad I sold it but I didn’t squeeze her at all to lift the curtain if you will. It was incredibly upsetting and she was getting such a kick out of how I was upset. She was laughing at me. Like, in between takes she was smiling at me and laughing at me because she thought it was all too cool to believe.

I remember him telling me that he lured you with the idea that you’d play something you’ve never played before, and a closeted gay man with a hermaphrodite wife is certainly a new role.
He told me none of that. He said, “Listen, I want you to play something you’ve never played before and you’re going to be playing a strongman whose freak if you will is internal and it’s an internal struggle and it’s indicative of the time being the early ’50s in America.”
I really didn’t have any inkling that that was where he was going but as soon as I read my first episode with my hermaphrodite wife and my first catchy line being “the happiest man on Earth” I just went “Oh okay. Here’s where we’re going.” But then it took turns that I did not expect. What I loved that they were really deeply emotional. One thing I refused to do and I thought was personally appropriate was I refused to play into any clichés. I made this guy as real and as three-dimensional as I could. I love the scene I have with Matt [Bomer]. It was a beautiful scene. They had allotted an entire day for us to shoot it and we were done before lunch. He’s really so good. We just clicked and it just happened. We just hugged each other and we were all in tears and we left and it was great. Just a wonderful day at work.

One of my favorite moments is when Dell and Jimmy get drunk. That relationship was just so great.
Again, another aspect of the character I absolutely loved. Then, of course, I do these horrible things. He does have a weakness in character. Going back to Evan, I had instant rapport. He’s all about the work and really doing a good job. It was a weird night. We thought my youngest daughter was having an emergency appendectomy. It turned out she had the stomach flu but she was doubled over so badly they almost put her into surgery. But she was in L.A. and I was in New Orleans and I was freaking out. We were in the middle of shooting this scene and he was wonderful during that. We were doing this incredibly emotionally charged stuff and in the midst of all of it he sends a video message to my daughter saying, “Don’t lose your appendix tonight, please.” It was so cute. So awesome.

I love that your daughters are American Horror Story superfans.
They both are. But all the girls in my daughters class—these 15-, 16-, 17-year-old girls—they react to Evan like he’s a Beatle back in the day. They cry. He’s got that thing, that it thing. Sure he’s gorgeous and talented and all that but he’s got this other thing that connects to them emotionally. That’s rare when you see that. He’s got that thing.

This was your first season of AHS—how was it?
I had a phenomenal time. I had a great time and there were some hardships for sure. First of all, New Orleans, as much as I love it, I do not love it in the summer. It’s just so humid and I was wearing wool pants. It was brutal in terms of that. Also if you make a horror movie, it’s two months, five months at the most. But to stay in that space for five or six months, it does start to prey on you. It didn’t get to me at first but then after awhile, especially after I started to do the darker stuff, I had to sort of leave it behind me. I watched a lot of comedy.

I bet! I think I asked Paulson about that during Asylum.
By the way, funnest person ever! She is the best! Phenomenally talented actress but quality human. She broke up all the tension for me. I felt bad for her this year from a technical standpoint. From the Fantastic Four, I know about really oppressive costuming and so I was able to help her in that way and make her laugh when she had that second skull on her shoulder all day.

Would you do a season five?
Absolutely. I’d be lying if I said I wouldn’t. I will say that I don’t know that’s going to happen. I don’t know if they’re interested in that happening. In all candor, I don’t know what’s going to happen at this moment. But would I go back there again and play with those people? In a heartbeat.


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'AHS: Freak Show' Post-Mortem: Kathy Bates talks the latest shocking twist!
By Tim Stack on Dec 3, 2014 at 11:01PM

[SPOILER ALERT IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN THE LATEST EPISODE OF AMERICAN HORROR STORY: FREAK SHOW!!!]

It’s been a couple weeks since we’ve had a new episode of American Horror Story: Freak Show and boy did it return with a vengeance! Not one but two major characters—Kathy Bates’ Ethel Darling and Frances Conroy’s Gloria Mott—were killed off in shocking form. Unlike last year’s Coven where death could be reversed via magic, Freak Show‘s goodbyes appear to be more permanent. Murphy told EW at the beginning of Freak Show‘s run, “This season, once you die, you’re dead.” EW talked to Bates about saying goodbye to Ethel and whether she’s really gone for good.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: When did you find out Ethel was going to be killed?
KATHY BATES: You know I can’t remember at all!! I think it must have been before I read it! I can’t honestly say. I remember reading the script and going, “Okay well I’m getting killed.” But I mean American Horror Story you can never tell when you appear again.

Were you bummed?
A little bit. I wasn’t devastated or anything. But I always prefer working. [Laughs] So when you’re waiting and not knowing when you might appear next, you can’t go on and do anything else at the moment. You’re on hold. I’m much better when I’m working so that’s what hit me more than anything was, “Oh my gosh—what am I going to do now?!”

So is there a possibility then that Ethel might pop up again in flashbacks?
Well this is American Horror Story so anything can happen! [Laughs] That’s all I can say about that.

I found it amusing that you ended up with your head off again.
I know! When I read that I thought “Okay, is she going to come back holding her head?”

Was the scene where you’re in the car dead and Denis O’Hare and Jessica Lange are talking over you weird to film?
At first, Denis was a little energetic about wrapping the chains around my neck. And I said, “Can we leave one less chain, one less loop?!” And Jessica and I are always laughing about what happens to our characters and everything. It’s just bizarre. It all makes us laugh.

Speaking of, you and Jessica have that incredible scene where Ethel confronts Elsa. What was that like to shoot?
Oh God it was difficult because of the way it was written. We both had very long monologues to one another. We really worked hard at trying to make that scene natural. [Co-creator] Brad Falchuk really wanted it to be a battle of the titans.

Madame LaLaurie was so villainous. And Ethel is the complete opposite—so tragic and kind. What’s it been like playing such a 180?
They’re obviously two very very different characters. Madame has a lot of swagger. Ethel has her own quiet strength. It’s been a pleasure, it’s been a challenge to try and create a woman who has suffered all of her life, who has suffered all of her life, and yet who has maintained her dignity, certainly within the world of the freaks.

You’ve had many different scenes with different actors than you did last year, like Evan.
I love working with Evan and I’m loving his part this year. He had a very difficult part last year where he didn’t speak. This was a wonderful part with him and I loved working with him and loved that he was my son. I thnk he’s one of these actors that’s really is up and coming and it’s been a real honor to work with him.

Ethel’s Baltimore accent really ignited a twitter firestorm. Were you shocked by how much attention it got?
I was surprised. Ryan wrote me a very encouraging email saying it was great that people were talking about it and he encouraged me to keep on doing what I was doing. The funniest remark I got was a man told me he had a friend who had friends from Baltimore. This guy asked his two friends from Baltimore what they thought about my accent and they said, “What accent?” [Laughs] It was good publicity for the show. I didn’t intend for it to be that way but it was good.

Will you miss the beard? How long of a process is that?
In the beginning, we hard our work cut out for us. We were trying different kinds of glues. We wanted to make it so the make up people didn’t have to work on it too much during the day when I was shooting. So we went through a different group of glues and a different group of shapings of what actually went on my face to try and give my face as much mobility as possible. But then we got it down to 3 pieces and really great glue and it goes on in about 20 minutes! It’s a lot of fun to have a beard like that. Gabby [Sidibe] saw me for the first time when she came back to do the show and she said, “I like it! It’s the new black!” [Laughs]

I know you and Gabby are so fond of each other but you didn’t have any scenes together this year.
I know—I missed it. But when she was in town, we went out for dinner. I just love her. I love her to pieces. She’s just a unique woman and I’m crazy about her. Whenever we get the chance, we get together. We’re keepin’ it going.

Would you want to do another year of American Horror Story? Is there hope for Kathy Bates to be in season five?
Well of course there is. I love Ryan. I love working with him and for him. One thing I didn’t get a chance to say in my Emmy speech is that after Harry’s Law and then I had gotten sick with breast cancer, I was really in the dumps. I was really like, “I’ll never work again. I’m too old. Blah blah blah.” Lo and behold, I get this amazing call from Ryan to come in and meet with him. He created these wonderful parts for me to play and I’ll be forever in his debt for that. He’s rejuvenated my career in a way that I have a young audience now and that’s fabulous! So why wouldn’t I want to come back for more of that?



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