Jessica Lange Reveals Fifth Mystery Character in AHS 13 — SkimNews
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- Jessica Lange confirmed on "Good Morning America" that she will return for American Horror Story Season 13, reprising four characters — Constance Langdon (Season 1), Sister Jude Martin (Season 2), Fiona Goode (Season 3), and Elsa Mars (Season 4) — and debuting a fifth mystery character she won't identify.
- Constance Langdon is "featured pretty much throughout the whole thing" because she was Ryan Murphy's favorite character from the beginning, Lange said.
- Elsa Mars from "Freak Show" was the character Lange said she "really loved playing," singling her out among her four returning roles.
- Lange teased a musical number she'll perform as "one of the characters," joking she had to "beg, borrow and plead" to get anyone to let her sing.
- Lange downplayed any Grammy potential from the musical number, telling Sam Champion the character "won't be a strong singer" and that she'd have to "find a Grammy a different way" — appearing to rule out the musical as her EGOT-completing moment.
- American Horror Story Season 13 premieres on FX on Thursday.
Why it matters: For FX and Ryan Murphy, Lange's five-character return marks the anthology's most ambitious reunion yet, with the season anchored around Murphy's self-described favorite Constance Langdon. For Lange, the musical tease doubles as a meta-joke about her acting-first identity, with the EGOT suggestion gently turned aside on live television.
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