Production on the series began in June under the cloak of secrecy.
Script pages were shredded.
We had everybody in the writers room sign a blood oath.
Credit: FX
We had shredders in the office.
I would go around the office three times a day looking for any clue.
It was like fing Watergate.
Adds co-creator Brad Falchuk, Anything that had the word Roanoke in it was xed out.
Actors and producers were forbidden to tweet or talk about the season.
I personally called all the actors, says Murphy about the cone of silence.
We live in a world where actors dont just act, they want to tweet.
We all had to molecularly change.
I like a good bit of publicity.
And I love a newsmaking tweet!
We just got rid of all of that.
But everyday was a conversation, a security meeting.
It was a big deal.
It was a like Lets change it up.
Lets give you guys something else to have fun with.
It wasnt heavily hyped so they had the pleasure of discovering it.
It all mostly worked until TMZ posted pictures of the set in August.
But that didnt really give everything away.
I have been mulling a couple of ideas and I wasnt loving it, he says.
Then, I literally sat up and bed and said, Thats it!
Whenever it happens its such a relief because its so much pressure.
Its also a narratively strange idea.
Ive already started to call people saying, Put this on your calendar.
Its a good one.
