I thought Lange would continue with the show given what a ratings hit FREAK SHOW was and the fact she won an Emmy right before the season aired. Good for her for sticking to her word. It'd be interesting to see the show continue without her. I am pretty excited about the idea of a Lady Gaga-led AMERICAN HORROR STORY. I sure hope Sarah Paulson comes back.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
Taz, that's my understanding, here's an EW article about Matt Bomer joining the cast that speaks to that (from the sounds of it, Gaga and Bomer will be the leads):
“I love collaborating with Ryan Murphy,” he said, playing coy on exactly what his role will be, though he is billed as the lead alongside Lady Gaga. EW
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
I predict, with Murphy and Falchuk saying this season will be unlike all of the others, an intriguing three or so episodes with some promise at the start, and then a clusterfu*k of WTF and "meh."
So with Wes Bentley being announced to join the cast as a regular, we got Gaga and three hot men on board. Poor Evan Peters is gonna look as hot as Pee Wee Herman if he comes back... I hope Leslie Jordan (woefully underused during Coven) gets to come on and ogle over all the mens! LOL!
Now I REALLY know what 'chewing the scenery' means--this season is a mouthful and very hard to swollow-in fact I'm a tad bored with most of it-- now up to where the twins are about to get sliced. Let's hope Bates Hotel season 5 will have at least some real Horror.
I'm waiting for Penny Dreadful's return which, mostly, seemed to get the balance of genuine horror and camp right. Sweetlips--if you're getting bored with Freak Show by that point, all I'll say is it does not perk back up.