American Horror Story : Jessica Lange to return but not in the way we hoped

Cinema 6 August, 2018

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Since American Horror Story : Freakshow, Jessica Lange had stopped rotating in the saga of Ryan Murphy. Fortunately, the’re back. But for what role ?

Aired for the first time on 5 October 2011, American Horror Story has very quickly become over the seasons of a series phenomenon. With a peak of 3.1 million viewers during the first episode, and an average around 3-4 million during the previous seasons, the series horror stamped Ryan Murphy has become one of the shows of the most popular in recent times.

Our queen and all

One of the keys to its success : the same lineup of players returning from season to season. Between Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Frances Conroy or Angela Bassett, Ryan Murphy likes to resume his stars the headlights. Except that in October 2013, Jessica Lange, winner of the Oscar for best actress for Blue sky and that is used in the show, announced to the media americans want from the series after season 4 (Freakshow) :

“I am coming to the end of my acting career. I still have a list (a play, a movie or two, a season of AHS), but it will be all. Because I think that is enough.”

Since then, his absence was keenly felt despite his superb performance in Feud last year. Except that it could depart from its rule set, just one time. A small. During a conference of the Television Critics Association, Sarah Paulson, one of the stars of the series has confirmed the return of his partner in the film, Jessica Lange, for only one episode :

“Yes, she returns in the role of Constance in one episode than I realize. “

Surprisingly, b—h. #AHSApocalypse https://t.co/JDiXHoJsxF

— E! News (@enews) August 3, 2018

As a reminder, this new season, titled Revelation, will be a crossover between season 1 (Murder House) and season 3 (Coven). It was also announced that two of the actors “fetishes” of the series will each episode of season 8, including Sarah Paulson (who will carry out the 6th episode) and Evan Peters (the episode has not yet been specified).

The kick-off will be given September 12 in the United States on FX.

Jessica Lange in the skin of Constance in the first season