American Horror Story: Hotel, Everything About Season 5
After the abominations and abnormalities that made up American Horror Story: Freak Show, fans are getting ready for something a bit more posh and polished. Our new home away from home will be an extended stay at American Horror Story: Hotel, which has been casting various roles over the past couple of months. And though we sadly won’t be seeing Jessica Lange back in Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk’s universe (any time soon, at least), we’re going to keep an updated list of everyone and everything checking in to the Hotel.
Who She’ll Be Playing: Hypodermic Sally
Sarah Paulson is no stranger to the world of American Horror Story, having played pivotal roles in all four of the previous seasons. She’s played a psychic, an investigative reporter-turned-asylum inmate, a sometimes-blind witch and set ofconjoined twins. But her innocence will apparently end soon, as Ryan Murphy took to Twitter to call her “the baddest bad girl of them all” for this season. And it's been rumored that she might not live through the season for the first time ever.
Matt Bomer
Who He’ll Be Playing: Donovan
Matt Bomer joined the American Horror Story family last season for a small role as a doomed male prostitute that Michael Chiklis’ character was in love with. Having worked on Glee and The Normal Heart in the past, Bomer will hopefully have his biggest role yet with the co-creator Murphy, although there are no details about how involved he’ll be.
Kathy Bates
Who She’ll Be Playing: Iris
Back for her third run at American Horror Story, Kathy Bates went from playing the racist (sometimes decapitated) murderer Madame LaLaurie in Coven to a bearded drunkard in Freak Show. This time around, the Oscar-winning actress will be in a position of power, as Murphy revealed on Twitter that she’ll be “running the Hotel.” I’m guessing she won’t be a sweet and sensitive general manager.
Chloë Sevigny
Who She’ll Be Playing: Unknown
Indie drama queen Chloë Sevigny took on one of the more memorably disgusting characters in the American Horror Story universe, as she played Shelley, the mutated Asylum experiment of Nazi mad scientist Dr. Arden. The actress, who recently starred in Netflix’s stellar drama Bloodline, was confirmed to be a series regular. Hopefully she’ll get to keep both her legs on this time.
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Wes Bentley
Who He’ll Be Playing: Unknown
It’s hard to hold the title of “Weirdest American Horror Story Character,” as it’s a list that knows no bounds. But I believe The Hunger Games star Wes Bentley holds that position for his work as Freak Show’s Halloween boogeyman Edward Mordrake, a top hat-donning ghoul who listened to an evil face on the back of his head. He was only in a handful of episodes, but he certainly made an impression. He’ll be a series regular, as confirmed by Murphy.
Evan Peters
Who He’ll Be Playing: Mr. March
Evan Peters has been a part of the American Horror Story family for all four previous seasons, with his characters often tied to the weirdest points of the show, such as the school shooter-turned-ghost, the alien-minded inmate, the Franken-lover and the claw-handed carnie. According to Murphy, Peters will "be waiting for you in Room 64." If that's anything like Room 237, we're in for a treat.
Angela Bassett
Who She’ll Be Playing: Unknown
Angela Bassett made a big outlandish-accent splash when she joined American Horror Story: Coven as the voodoo queen Marie Laveau, and then experienced some bodily changes when she joined the cast of Freak Show. When it comes toHotel, Ryan Murphy tweeted that she'll be "making lots of trouble with Lady Gaga in the ballroom and elsewhere." Will she be a dancing queen, or will she be getting a bucket of pig blood ready?
Finn Wittrock
Who He'll Be Playing: Unknown
Finn Wittrock and Ryan Murphy not only worked together on American Horror Story: Freak Show, in which the actor played the murderous momma's boy Dandy Mott, but also on the acclaimed HBO movie Normal Heart. While details of his role in Hotelare unclear at this point, a tweet from Murphy seems to indicate that he'll be in a love triangle (or something) with Lady Gaga and Matt Bomer, as he playfully asks which of the two men will Gaga choose. Something tells me it won't be all good, no matter which way it goes.
When Will It Air?
FX hasn't officially announced a premiere date for American Horror Story: Hotel just yet, only saying that it'll be coming this October. Except for the Asylum storyline, all of the seasons have debuted in the first nine days of the month, to build up to Halloween. What American Horror Story Actors Will Be Returning?
Sarah PaulsonWho She’ll Be Playing: Hypodermic Sally
Sarah Paulson is no stranger to the world of American Horror Story, having played pivotal roles in all four of the previous seasons. She’s played a psychic, an investigative reporter-turned-asylum inmate, a sometimes-blind witch and set ofconjoined twins. But her innocence will apparently end soon, as Ryan Murphy took to Twitter to call her “the baddest bad girl of them all” for this season. And it's been rumored that she might not live through the season for the first time ever.
Matt BomerWho He’ll Be Playing: Donovan
Matt Bomer joined the American Horror Story family last season for a small role as a doomed male prostitute that Michael Chiklis’ character was in love with. Having worked on Glee and The Normal Heart in the past, Bomer will hopefully have his biggest role yet with the co-creator Murphy, although there are no details about how involved he’ll be.
Kathy BatesWho She’ll Be Playing: Iris
Back for her third run at American Horror Story, Kathy Bates went from playing the racist (sometimes decapitated) murderer Madame LaLaurie in Coven to a bearded drunkard in Freak Show. This time around, the Oscar-winning actress will be in a position of power, as Murphy revealed on Twitter that she’ll be “running the Hotel.” I’m guessing she won’t be a sweet and sensitive general manager.
Chloë SevignyWho She’ll Be Playing: Unknown
Indie drama queen Chloë Sevigny took on one of the more memorably disgusting characters in the American Horror Story universe, as she played Shelley, the mutated Asylum experiment of Nazi mad scientist Dr. Arden. The actress, who recently starred in Netflix’s stellar drama Bloodline, was confirmed to be a series regular. Hopefully she’ll get to keep both her legs on this time.
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Wes BentleyWho He’ll Be Playing: Unknown
It’s hard to hold the title of “Weirdest American Horror Story Character,” as it’s a list that knows no bounds. But I believe The Hunger Games star Wes Bentley holds that position for his work as Freak Show’s Halloween boogeyman Edward Mordrake, a top hat-donning ghoul who listened to an evil face on the back of his head. He was only in a handful of episodes, but he certainly made an impression. He’ll be a series regular, as confirmed by Murphy.
Evan PetersWho He’ll Be Playing: Mr. March
Evan Peters has been a part of the American Horror Story family for all four previous seasons, with his characters often tied to the weirdest points of the show, such as the school shooter-turned-ghost, the alien-minded inmate, the Franken-lover and the claw-handed carnie. According to Murphy, Peters will "be waiting for you in Room 64." If that's anything like Room 237, we're in for a treat.
Angela BassettWho She’ll Be Playing: Unknown
Angela Bassett made a big outlandish-accent splash when she joined American Horror Story: Coven as the voodoo queen Marie Laveau, and then experienced some bodily changes when she joined the cast of Freak Show. When it comes toHotel, Ryan Murphy tweeted that she'll be "making lots of trouble with Lady Gaga in the ballroom and elsewhere." Will she be a dancing queen, or will she be getting a bucket of pig blood ready?
Finn WittrockWho He'll Be Playing: Unknown
Finn Wittrock and Ryan Murphy not only worked together on American Horror Story: Freak Show, in which the actor played the murderous momma's boy Dandy Mott, but also on the acclaimed HBO movie Normal Heart. While details of his role in Hotelare unclear at this point, a tweet from Murphy seems to indicate that he'll be in a love triangle (or something) with Lady Gaga and Matt Bomer, as he playfully asks which of the two men will Gaga choose. Something tells me it won't be all good, no matter which way it goes.
What New Actors are Joining American Horror Story?
Lady GagaWho She’ll Be Playing: Unknown
The first Hotel cast member announced, the Grammy Award-winning, best-selling pop musician Lady Gaga is perhaps the most intriguing addition to Ryan Murphy’s acting stable. This will be the first time she’s on a TV show as someone other than herself since a role in Season 3 of The Sopranos, and she’s also been seen inMachete Kills and Sin City: A Dame to Kill For.
Cheyenne JacksonWho He’ll Be Playing: Unknown
Cheyenne Jackson is another new face we’ll be seeing this season, and we’re not even sure if he’ll be a regular or just a temporary guest at the Hotel. He worked with Murphy in the past, though, on a few episodes of Glee in Season 2. Otherwise, you might know him from 30 Rock, Full Circle, Behind the Candelabra or plenty of other TV and film projects.
Max Greenfield Who He’ll Be Playing: Unknown Another all new face to the Ryan Murphy crew, Max Greenfield has spent his career mostly playing comedic roles, most notably as New Girl's Schmidt, though he's also appeared on Veronica Mars and Ugly Betty. We can look forward to something much different from him for this project, though, as Murphy tweeted Greenfield will be "like you've ever seen him," and that though he'll be checking in, he won't be checking out. Cue the spooky music.
Stay tuned for more cast members as they’re announced.
What Footage Have We Seen So Far?
At this point, we've seen the first teaser for the Lady Gaga casting announcement, which was released back in February, around a month after American Horror Story: Freak Show ended. At the time, we also learned about the Hotel subtitle. It's not much to go off of, but you can check it out, below. 
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