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Surprise! Major Character From Previous Season Of AMERICAN HORROR STORY Joining The Freak Show! Full Scoop Is Within



AMERICAN HORROR STORY: FREAK SHOW returns next month with an all new exciting and edge of your seat season. The show begins its tale in the quiet, sleepy hamlet of Jupiter, Florida. The year is 1952. A troupe of curiosities has just arrived to town, coinciding with the strange emergence of a dark entity that savagely threatens the lives of townsfolk and freaks alike. This is the story of the performers and their desperate journey of survival amidst the dying world of the American carny experience.

If you are a fan of the second season ASYLUM, you will be pleased to know that Ryan Murphy has confirmed that Pepper, played by Naomi Grossman, will be part of the FREAK SHOW this season which takes place 12 years before ASYLUM.



Ryan Murphy spoke with EW about the upcoming season saying:

“What Elsa (Jessica Lange) has done for 20 years is she goes around to hospitals and jails and rescues these ‘freak’ circus performers who are going to be shipped away to asylums and she signs the waivers and she becomes their guardians.”

On Pepper being part of this season:

"It's sort of like what happened to Pepper before she went to the asylum.”

On the decision to bring Pepper into the fold:

“We thought about it long and hard and we decided that it was interesting to do.”

Jessica Lange returns as Elsa Mars, Academy Award winner Kathy Bates plays Effil Darling, celebrated actress Angela Bassett is Desiree Dupree, Sarah Paulson will do double-duty as Siamese twins Bette and Dot Tattler, Evan Peters plays Jimmy Darling, Emma Roberts is Maggie, and Naomi Grossman returns as Pepper.

Plus, AHS newcomer Michael Chiklis stars as Wendell Del Toredo, and joining the cast this season is John Carroll Lynch, who will play a core villain. Also starring are Francis Conroy, Gabourey Sidibe, Wes Bentley, Finn Wittrock, Patti LaBelle, Jyoti Amge, and the recently added Matt Bomer.

The first episode of AMERICAN HORROR STORY: FREAK SHOW is titled "Monsters Among Us." Here is the synopsis:

"One of the only surviving sideshows in the country struggles to stay in business during the dawning era of television. When police make a terrifying discovery at a local farmhouse, the eccentric purveyor of the freak show (Lange) sees an opportunity that will lead her troupe either to their salvation or ruin. Written by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk; directed by Ryan Murphy."

AMERICAN HORROR STORY: FREAK SHOW will air October 8th on FX.
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