‘American Horror Story’ Season 5 Spoilers: Sarah Paulson Excited to Take on Evil Role

By Cheri Cheng - 13 Jul '15 10:43AM

Fans finally know who will be starring in season five of Ryan Murphy's horror TV series, "American Horror Story"

At the joint Comic-Con panel for "American Horror Story" and Murphy's other show, "Scream Queens," which he co-created, the director revealed information on who will be playing the bad guys this year especially now that Jessica Lange will not be returning to the FX series.

Murphy revealed some of the actors and their roles: Sarah Paulson as Hypodermic Sally, Evan Peters as Mr. March, Kathy Bates as Iris, and Matt Bomer as Donovan. This group of actors and Angela Basset will be evil.

"I think what I'm going to do is try to bring Jessica Lange to the show without her being here by just borrowing all her moves," Paulson said in regards to how she will prepare for her upcoming role when she visited the Entertainment Weekly Lounge at Comic-Con.

Paulson's character this year might not make it to the end alive. Paulson's previous characters have always survived. The show will also star Chloe Sevigny, Wes Bentley, Finn Wittrock, Max Greenfield and Cheyenne Jackson.

Aside from revealing some of the characters for the next season, Murphy also teased that a lot of former characters from the other seasons will be checking into the hotel, which is season five's theme. Murphy, however, did not reveal much about the plotline and how this season will tie into the previous ones.

At Comic- Con, Murphy also talked about Lady Gaga, who could not attend the panel. He revealed that the artist contacted him personally and asked if she would be able to play a bad guy, to which he had replied, "YES." Lady Gaga will not be singing on the show.

"American Horror Story" will be returning in October on FX.

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