'American Horror Story: Hotel' Character Details, Spoilers: Lady Gaga as the Owner of Hotel, Sarah Paulson as 'Drug Addict' and More
Official details for the characters of the highly anticipated fifth installment of FX's hit horror anthology "American Horror Story" has finally been revealed.
During the network's panel on the Television Critics Association press tour in Beverly Hills, California, last week, the cast dished out the specifics of their onscreen roles.
As found out, Sarah Paulson's character is named Sally, a resident of the hotel.
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"I think she's sexy. She's a drug addict, and not that drug addicts are sexy, but this girl happens to be quite sexy. She's got a thing. I don't think it's like anything I've done on this show," she said.
Actress Angela Bassett will take on the part of a certain Ramona Royale, also a "sexy" individual but "not a drug addicty kind of way."
"And I have a very strong real lasting relationship with [Lady Gaga's] character. And my character is also this fabulous actress. I don't live at the hotel, but I vist there a lot," Bassett revealed.
Speaking of Lady Gaga, series creator Ryan Murphy revealed that her character's name is Elizabeth.
"She owns the hotel, and she is sort of a very wealthy social doyenne who is consumed with art and fashion and people and she has a nefarious plan that is revealed in the first episode and plays out over the course of the season," Murphy explained.
Kathy Bates, meanwhile, plays the hotel manager named Iris. Chloe Sevigny is Alex, a mother and a doctor "dealing with great loss." Matt Bomer is Donovan, a "close associate" with Lady Gaga, Bates, and Wittorock's respective characters.
Finn Wittrock, on the other hand, is a male model named Tristan Duffy. Cheyenne Jackson briefly revealed that he's Will Drake, a "fashion icon." Denis O'Hare also teased that he will be playing the movie icon Liz Taylor, perhaps as an impersonator. And Wes Bentley is Sevigny's onscreen husband named John Lowell.
"American Horror Story: Hotel" premieres its 13-episode season on Oct. 7.
